Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 2 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! R O K B U H E P T S

Test Your Spelling Skills Anagram Challenge 3 See how many different words you can make using this selection of letters. Note: all your new words must be real words that are in an English dictionary! M I C R W E T P J A

Test Your Spelling Skills Beat the Spell-checker 1 – Going on Holiday Students read the sentences. Look at the words that have been highlighted by the spell-checker. They write the correct spelling underneath each highlighted word

Test Your Spelling Skills Beat the Spell-checker 2 – Shopping List Students read the shopping list. They look at the words that have been highlighted by the spell-checker. They write the correct spelling underneath each highlighted word. Answers Provided

Test Your Reading Skills Common Weights and Measures 2 Write out the following common weights and measures in full. For example: 12 ” = 12 inches. 1. 6 tbsp ________________________________________ 2. 10 fl oz ________________________________________ 3. 70 °F ________________________________________ 4. 10 qt ________________________________________ Complete with answers

Test Your Reading Skills Common Weights and Measures 1 Write out the following common weights and measures in full. For example: 12 ” = 12 inches. 1. 10 ” ________________________________________ 2. 5 ’ ________________________________________ 3. 3 yds ________________________________________ Complete with answers

Test Your Reading Skills Homophones 3 Examples Homophones are words that sound the same as each other, but have different spellings and meanings. Write an English word that sounds the same as each of these words: 1. mind ___________________________ 2. it’s ___________________________ 3. course ___________________________ 4. due ___________________________ 5. warn ___________________________ Complete with worksheet

Test Your Reading Skills _________________ ’s Diary Insert the month. Monday 1st ___________ 2017 AM PM __________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday 2nd ___________ 2017 AM PM

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Health Booking appointments for the dentist and the doctor.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Going Out Different entertainment scenarios.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Discussion Starter - Leisure Activities In a small group, talk about leisure activities and fill in the table below: Leisure activities that I already do: Leisure activities that I don’t do but would like to try: Leisure activities that I would never try:

Test Your Listening Skills! The 80 Question Oral Quiz This is a dictation quiz where you read the numbers, letters and words below, and students write what they hear. It can be adapted by allowing students to dictate to each other:

Test Your Writing Skills What’s Your Favourite? 2 A) Write your favourite things below: Example questions... 1. My favourite colour is: _____________________________ 2. My favourite food is: _____________________________ 3. My favourite TV programme is: _____________________________

I am now using the public domain SWRL's Beginning Reading Program (BRP) and my children really love it. I thought I would develop a lot more teaching resources for this fabulous product. I have a set of small and a set of large flashcards. One is for the students and one is for whole class learning. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing - Family 1. A Very Big Family! Scene: Tania meets Jim at the supermarket. Jim is with his brothers and sisters: Jim: Good morning, Tania. How are you? Tania: Fine thanks. How about you? Jim: Oh, I’m not too bad. I’ve got a sore throat and my leg hurts, but apart from that I’m fine. Tania: Who are all these people? .... Good introduction to families...

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Finish the Sentences 2 Read the following sentences out loud. Students have to write an appropriate ending to each sentence. A correct answer is a sentence that makes sense, both in meaning and grammar (note: this could also be a straight writing exercise): Example questions... 1. Please sit _______________________________________________. 2. How old are _______________________________________________? 3. It will soon be lunch _______________________________________________.

Test Your Writing Skills What’s Your Least Favourite. . . ? A) Write your least favourite things below: Example questions... 1. My least favourite colour is: ________________________ 2. My least favourite food is: ________________________ 3. My least favourite TV programme is: ________________________

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills What’s Your Favourite...? Practise asking these questions with your friends. Write down their answers. Ask why they have chosen each answer as their favourite: Example questions... What’s your favourite colour? What’s your favourite food? What’s your favourite fruit?

Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills Role Playing – Shopping 1. Buying a CD Scene: a music shop. Bob works in the shop. Sue is a customer. Sue: Hi. I’m looking for Bon Jovi’s Greatest Hits. Bob: It’ll be in the Rock Music section. Let’s go and have a look..... Read the rest here...

*** Contains a PowerPoint presentation of the book, which contains a wide range of different teaching activities **** Book 15: Sam Is Mad comes complete with a reading certificate so every child feels they are becoming successful reader at each part of the course. The books also contain a set of guided reading questions. I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies. Book 15: Sam Is Mad New Words mad - Decodable that - Special Word Plot Summary Mit the Chimp makes a paper-bag lion mask and puts it over his head. He pretends to be Sam the Lion and teases the other animals. Sis, Nan and a new character, Baby Bear, see through Mit’s disguise and are angry at his tricks. Sam is the angriest when he discovers Mits’ impersonation of him. Finally, Mit drops the mask and tells the animals that Sam is the real lion. Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least five times in the book in which it first appears and five more times in the next ten books.