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

Famous pets – Find out about a menagerie of special pets and the different reasons they are famous.
The Dog That Made A Wedding – Rosalind Kerven retells this traditional story from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Walking the Dog – A funny poem by Brian Moses about a mischievous mutt going for a walk.
How to look after a pet – Three interactive games on a pets theme – a vocabulary, sentence and instructions sequencing game.
Tops and Tails – Improve your pupils’ sentence writing using this interactive cats and dogs game.
Owl’s story – Literacy Time PLUS Writer-in-residence, Antony Lishak, follows up the Baby Bear comes home story in July’s issue from another character’s point of view.

These are accompanied by a 28-page magazine which includes: * Teachers’ Notes and photocopiable worksheets * Teachers’ planning charts * 10 of the best literacy resources * Two feature articles – Doodles and Poodles, talking to author illustrator Emily Gravett about her work PLUSm is for me exciting phonic resources from Helen Bromley.

Next issue November 2009 (published in November):

Texts and resources on a Great Events theme – Including a play, great events timeline, recounts and a Great Fire of London game.
Interactive resources – Great events interactive timeling and slideshow PLUSI was there… interactive recount resource
Planet 51 – A film narrative based on the new animated movie Planet 51
The Frogs’ Story – A new story from Literacy Time PLUS Writer-in-residence, Antony Lishak