Literacy Time PLUS Ages 5 to 7: Literacy Time PLUS Ages 5 to 7 January 2009

Orlando, the clumsy octopus – A touching fantasy story about a clumsy octopus who discovers he has hidden talents.
How to set up an experiment – An interactive resource allowing children to sequence the instructions and take part in a virtual floating and sinking experiment.
Tell me a story – Collect settings, characters and scenarios then tell a tale using story language on this useful poster.
Under water poems – Poems on an under water theme by poets including John Foster, Brian Moses, Clive Riche and Coral Rumble
Paul Cookson Poetry Workshop Part 2 – In these two films, Paul takes part in a question-and-answer session with children, before explaining how he writes his poems and gets his ideas.
Swim around sentences – Use this poster to help the children correctly punctuate the sea-themed sentences.

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 – Great reads for World Book Day.

Next issue March 2009 (published in March):

Texts and resources on an Up in the air theme – Including a retelling of the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus by Moira Andrew
Interactive resources – Landing on the Moon interactive recount PLUS Balloon Busters spelling game
Flying Creatures – A fact-filled non-chronological report about flying creatures real and imaginary
Suffix flight explorer poster – A non-competitive game to add the suffixes -er and -est to words