Some Scots nursery rhymes and verses and first level activities.

Flipchart of comprehension activities for Black Dog Aimed at ages 7-10

Halloween related HFW/initial sounds game Either use coloured pencils or bingo dabbers to find the sounds or words. The teacher could call the word out or the words could be cut out and then turned over. I’ll include the word documents so they can be edited.

Helps children identify parts of a sentence- Halloween themed. Easily adaptable.

A selection of read and draw sheets that align with the active literacy programme. This is a great activity for infants. I have made an example for most sounds- as PDF or word document if you wish to edit.

Two sheets per sound- one for encoding and one for decoding- both integral for a child solidifying a sound. I have also included a consolidation sheet at the end.

Two sheets per sound- one for encoding and one for decoding- both integral for a child solidifying a sound. TH- bath TH- then CH- chip I have also included a consolidation sheet at the end.

Two sheets for EW- one for encoding and one for decoding- both integral for a child solidifying a sound.

Two sheets per sound- one for encoding and one for decoding- both integral for a child solidifying a sound. QU- queen X- ox SH- shop I have also included a consolidation sheet at the end.

Two sheets per sound- one for encoding and one for decoding- both integral for a child solidifying a sound. EE OO CK I have also included a consolidation sheet at the end.

Wordsearch for New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay

11 sheets where pupils colour in an initial sound.

I made some questioning and sentence reconstruction activity sheets based around books from Oxford Reading Tree.

Initial sounds activity sheets to be completed once all sounds are learned. Good for consolidation work.

Weslandia flipchart with reading comprehension activities Suitable for Primary 5+

Comprehension work on a new Scots story called Neeps and Tattiers by Carey Morning and Anna York, Suitable for Primary 5 +

Laminate the tablet cards and children can ‘input’ the words from the word list into the tablet and then write it in the screen with a whiteboard pen. Links to Active Literacy Programme from North Lanarkshire.

Reading and writing actvities relating to Tiddler. For ages 6-8. Links to ALP reading strategies- find it, prove it, talk about it.

Set of 4 Task Maps for the fantastic novel Wilderness Wars.

Monkey Puzzle powerpoint and activities for ages 6-8. Links to ALP reading comprehension strategies- find it, prove it, talk about it.