Powerpoint and activities for A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson. Links to ALP strategies- find it, prove it, talk about it.

Lewis Clowns Around by Lynne Rickards Unscramble the sentences True/False/Can’t Tell activity

Hey Deer short animated film Comprehension activity mat x2

Pattern of Secrets by Lindsay Littleson Task Map for Chapter 11

Colour in the circles that contain the specific letter.

Task board signs based on Active Literacy Programme

Wee Willie Winkie, Humpty Dumpty and more rhymes in Scots. Lots of activities to keep Primary 2-4 children busy.

The Magic Paintbrush by Julia Donaldson reading comprehension tasks for Primary 2 and 3 level.

Phonics coordinates game for consolidation weeks in Stages 2 and 3 of the Active Literacy Programme.

Laminate these cards and place them in your reading corner. Early finishers could hunt for their new phoneme in books and write down the words on the cards.

Planning page outline of a witch for descriptive writing and writing frame.

Simple Phonics Coordinates Game for EE OO CK consolidation

Variety of wordsearches I have made that align with the active literacy programme (North Lanarkshire)

Various reading comprehension and writing activities relating to Harris the Hero by Lynne Rickards.

This is a revision activity where children will read the word and identify the group it belongs to. For an extension task, children could write headings in their jotters and write the words in the correct columns. I’ve uploaded the resource in PDF format, as a word document (sassooninfant font), and also in a flipchart, so everything is good to go for you.

Activinspire flipchart on the book The Trouble with Dragons

Phonics revision game for pupils at the end of stage 3 of the active literacy programme. Included the PDF version, word and flipchart.

This is a revision activity where children will read the word and identify the group it belongs to. For an extension task, children could write headings in their jotters and write the words in the correct columns, and then create sentences. I’ve included the flipchart too. This is for the long a sound at stage 4 of the ALP.

Spelling scribble for common/tricky/phoneme words

Descriptive writing lesson