Literacy Resources

The Fishing Trip by Rodriguez  is a wonderful wordless book that I will be adding to the list of wordless books on our texts that teach list.  Thanks @madaboutbooks for the recommendation. The book tells the story of Fox, Chicken and Crab who open the fridge to find the cupboard bare.  Chicken and Crab then [...]

Happy New Year to you all.  2011 looks like being every bit as exciting as 2010 did.  I thought I would start off the year as I mean to go on and  therefore want to share a great new book with you. The Beasties by Jenny Nimmo and Gwen Millard is a fantastic book that [...]

The letters aspect of this literacy unit of work can be one of the greatest challenges when looking for  a text to base the work around.  Thanks to the ReadKiddoRead site, I have found Dear Miss by Amy Husband. This wonderful book shows the letters between a teacher and pupil, Michael, and the reasons why [...]