Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11: Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11 March 2009

Mad Maths Dictionary – Find the correct definitions for 30 mathematical words and terms in this ‘Call My Bluff’-style interactive game. Complete with printable dictionary and answer sheet.
Leopard, Goat and Yam by Kevin Crossley-Holland – A short tale from Africa featuring a clever conundrum, retold by popular children’s author, Kevin Crossley-Holland.
Favourite Author Survey – A presentation of the data collected in a class survey of favourite authors – ready for children to present, analyse or summarise.
Poetry by Numbers – A collection of poems with a strong numeric, line or syllable pattern, including a limerick, two clerihews, two haikus, a tanka, a cinquain and a sonnet.
What is a metaphor? – Kevin McCann reveals how to bring your stories and poems to life, starting with simple similes and ending up with magical metaphors.
shadows: city eye – Powerful images to inspire oral storytelling, caption or story writing.

These are accompanied by the 24-page Teachers’ Notes magazine:

Lesson plans and teaching ideas for each poster and reading leaflet.

Differentiated photocopiable worksheets including SAT-style assessment tests.

New Literacy Objectives – Teaching links to the new Primary Framework for Literacy are all mapped out for you.

Free Downloadable Pages – All the photocopiable pages and objectives charts can be downloaded, as well as great extra material such as Author profiles.

Scottish and Northern Ireland literacy objectives are featured as online planning charts.

Next issue May 2009 (published in May):

Resources on an Africa theme – Including a biography of Nelson Mandela
Where it began – An interactive resource giving a fictional and factual recount of how life began in Africa
The White Giraffe – An extract from Lauren St John’s book set in Africa
Four African Stories – Four African fables retold by Teresa Saunders