100 Ideas for Teaching Literacy

Fred Sedgwick is a poet, former headteacher and author of many books in the areas of literature, expressive arts, education and creativity. Fred is author of several education titles, including How to Teach with a Hangover and 101 Essential Lists for Primary Teachers.

'Written by a teacher, parent and poet, the book bristles with enough inspiration for weeks and months, even years of activities and lessons.' Early Years Educator

• Acknowledgements \ Introduction \ Section I: Foundation Stage \ 1. First Day at School \ 2. 'Oh Look, That Says 'Mum!'' \ 3. Tiger in the Snow! \ 4. Study a Picture Book \ 5. Share a Story \ 6. Cuddly Toys \ 7. Rhyme \ 8. Rhyme - continued (but with PE) \ 9. Rhyme - continued (but with art) \ 10. 'Play' \ 11. Making the Room Theirs \12. Making the Room Theirs - continued \ 13. Words from Science \ 14. Science Again \ 15. Literacy and PE \ 16. Literacy and PE - continued \ 17. How Much Do We Talk? \ 18. Bring Back those Brand Names \ 19. Bring Back those Family Names \ 20. Blue \ 21. Red? Blue? \ 22. Large or Small? \ 23. Our Appearance \ 24. A Class Poem \ 25. Another Class Poem \ 26. 'Vincent's Chair' \ 27. Another Image: 'Mother and Child' by Eric Gill \ 28. Other Objects for Display \ Interlude: A Local Artist \ Section II: Key Stage 1 \ 29. A Waste of Space, a Waste of Time, a Waste of You \ 30. Eeny Feeny Figgery Feg ... \ 31. Eeny Feeny Figgery Feg ... - continued \ 32. Bring Back the Ice Balloons \ 33. Science, Cooking and More Words \ 34. Fads \ 35. Fads: spelling \ 36. Fads: handwriting \ 37. Science \ 38. PE \ 39. Writing \ 40. Structure and Teaching Poetry in Key Stage 1 \ 41. Structure: stanzas from sentences \ 42. Structure: sense to verses \ 43. Structure: more of the senses \ 44. Structure: escape from the ordinary \ 45. Structure: tense and sentence \ 46. Structure: looking ahead \ 47. Structure: out of the class \ 48. Structure: angels to monsters \ 49. An Idea for You and Your LSA \ 50. Drawing and Literacy \ 51. Close Observational Drawing \ 52. Drawing: capturing their mood \ 53. Drawing: developing literacy skills \ 54. Display and Literacy \ 55. Surprise \ 56. Reprise \ 57. Rhyme \ 58. Rhyme: phonics \ 59. Rhyme: more of them \ 60. Starting a Correspondence \ Interval: oh no, not again! \ Section III: Key Stage 2 \ 61. The Classroom Atmosphere \ 62. Alphabets and Punctuation Pyramids \ 63. Alphabets and Punctuation Pyramids and Other Bad Things: star charts \ 64. A Meaningful Alphabet \ 65. Reading \ 66. How Can We Make Books Look Inviting? \ 67. Re-read Tiger in the Snow! \ 68. Read Tiger in the Snow! again. \ 69. A Reading Display \ 70. A Reading Display: discussion \ 71. Children Writing: standing orders \ 72. Children Writing continued: more on standing orders \ 73. Children Writing: providing support \ 74. Children Writing: standing orders so far \ 75. Children Writing: standing orders furthermore \ 76. Children Writing: complex sentences \ 77. Complex Sentences - continued \ 78. Children Writing Biography \ 79. Children Writing Biography - continued \ 80. Autobiography \ 81. Autobiography: confessions continued \ 82. Confessions continued (More Editing) \ 83. Confessions continued: different versions \ 84. Writing a Novel: first chapters \ 85. Short Stories \ 86. Writing Inspired by Paintings \ 87. Writing: try it yourself \ 88. Silence \ 89. Editing Friends \ 90. Children Writing: why teach poetry? \ 91. Children Writing Poetry \ 92. Poetry: prepositions \ 93. Poetry and Philosophy: questions \ 94. Poetry and Philosophy: questions (continued) \ 95. Poetry: children with more than one language \ 96. Poetry: quatrains and valentines \ 97. Poetry: quatrains and valentines (continued) \ 98. Five Senses \ 99. Re-read Tiger in the Snow! \ 100. Lie in Bed Late \ References