Literacy Time PLUS Ages 5 to 7: Literacy Time PLUS Ages 5 to 7 March 2008

Resources and texts on a Giants theme – including the interactive story of Thor the Thunder Giant and Jack and the Beanstalk games
Story Sequencing and story language poster – Tell the Jack and the Beanstalk story in sequence using the sample words and phrases
Spelling Stalks – Spell the words correctly when adding the suffixes -es and -s to verbs and nouns
The Giant’s Smelly Feet – A great humorous fantasy story, set in a world of giants, dragons and unicorns
Magazine-style information text – Covering giants from the animal and plant kingdoms, giant natural features, giants from stories and real-life human giants
Poetry Playtime – Solve the riddles, complete the acrostic, sort out the spoonerisms and finish the similes in these word play challenges

These are accompanied by a 24-page magazine which includes: * Teachers’ Notes and photocopiable worksheets * Teachers’ planning charts * Book news, offers and events * Feature article – Shoo Rayner discusses why we should Trust the power of the story

Next issue May 2008 (published in May):

Texts and Resources on an Olympics theme – including an audio interview with double gold-winning athlete Kelly Holmes
Sports report – Structure the on-screen sports report about three olympic sports
Let’s find out about Beijing – Information text about the city hosting the 2008 Olympic Games
Amazing Alfie Ashton – A delightful short story by Bev Long about Alfie’s sports day