Reading and Writing Resources

Reading and Writing Resources

Deaf Education Primary

Recommended Library Books

Barrington Stoke: books are edited and designed to minimise some of the obstacles that can stop struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers really being hooked by a book. Website includes teacher resources section with differentiated worksheets based around some of the titles.

Vocabulary Development

·  Expanding and Combining sentences. A. M Toomey & KM Newman, Circuit Publications.

·  Category Workshop. Marilyn M. Toomey. Circuit Publications.

·  Asking Good Questions. J.G. DeGaetano. Great Ideas for Teaching. Sequence Plus. Marilyn M. Toomey. Circuit Publications.

·  Verbal Reasoning Activities. .G. DeGaetano. Great Ideas for Teaching. 150 ‘What’s Wrong with This Picture? Scenes. M.T. Webber, Jr. & S.G. Webber, Super Duper Publications

·  Asking More Specific Questions. J.G. DeGaetano, Great Ideas for Teaching.

·  Rhodes to Language, A, Rhodes, STRASS Publications. A book of fun games to play with children from 7-16 years in both individual and group settings. Originally developed for children with dyslexia

·  Help for Vocabulary, A. Lazarri. Worksheets to help develop vocabulary

·  Defining and Describing, Marilyn M. Toomey. Circuit Publications.

·  Up and Away. A resource book for English Language support in primary schools. www.iilt.ie

Syntax: Sentence Structure

·  CLIP: Syntax worksheets. E. Semel & E. Wiig. Worksheets on building sentence structure

Morphology: Grammar

·  No Glamour Grammar. Suzanna Mayer Watt, LinguiSystems, Inc.

·  CLIP: Morphology. E. Semel & E. Wiig. Worksheets on different areas of grammar

Composition

·  100% written narration. D Wisniewski. Helps written story telling

·  100% story writing. D Wisniewski & K. Hemstead. Writing resource for storytelling.

Reading Programmes

·  Reading A_Z, an online levelled reading programme: www.readinga-z.com/

·  Renaissance Learning: Accelerated Reader Enterprise -Resources for reading intervention that helps teachers monitor students' vocabulary growth, literacy skills development, and other reading skills.

·  Edmark Reading Programme: print and software resource which targets SEN and EAL students http://donjohnston.com/edmark/

Websites

Storynory (http://storynory.com/)

Mantralingua (http://www.mantralingua.com/home.php)

Woodlands School(http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/)

http://www.elsp.ie/elsp.shtmls

http://www.readinga-z.com/

http://www.spellingcity.com/

http://www.learningchocolate.com/

http://www.english-4kids.com/

http://www.everyschool.co.uk/english.html

http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.htm

http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/fact-and-opinion-worksheets/

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm

http://primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm

http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm

http://havefunteaching.com

http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/ndcs/research.html

http://www.literacyplanet.com

http://www.worksheetgenius.com

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools

http://www.readingrockets.org

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