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

Our senses – An interactive game with three levels to match labels and captions on the senses and create a poem.
Start wtih the senses – Three audio-visual scenes to use to inspire creative writing, poetry and storytelling.
Making sense – Build vocabulary on the senses using this board game poster.
Using the senses – Poems by Moira Andrew, John Foster, Andrew Fusek Peters and Alison Milford on a senses theme
Baby Bear comes home – A caption story by new Literacy Time PLUS Writer-in-residence, Antony Lishak about a Baby Bear’s adventures.
Baby Bear speaks – Baby Bear tells his own story in this guided reading leaflet linked to the Baby Bear comes home poster

These are accompanied by a 28-page magazine which includes: * Teachers’ Notes and photocopiable worksheets * Teachers’ planning charts * 10 of the best * Two feature articles – We announce our Performance Poetry competition winners and Garry Slack tells us how sign language can be used to tell stories.

Next issue September 2009 (published in September):

Texts and resources on a Pets theme – Including an information poster about famous pets
Interactive resources – How to look after a pet non-fiction sentence sequencing and instructions game PLUSTops and tails sentence-writing resource
Walking the dog – A comical poem by Brian Moses about a naughty dog’s walk
Owl’s story – A sequel to the Baby Bear comes home story by Literacy Time PLUS Writer-in-residence, Antony Lishak, told from Owl’s point of view.