Welcome to the new Literacy Time online experience. We are delighted to be bringing you more online resources than ever, and all within a brand new website, designed to be more interactive and more personal to you. There are lots of new features to explore – from news stories and feature articles to reader forums, online polls and an interactive calendar. Please take a look around! Read more.
Ancient Egyptian dictionary game
This online resource is an interactive dictionary game, where children match 24 topic-specific words to their correct definitions, selecting from a choice of three. The game can be played as a whole class or in smaller groups, and is designed to generate discussion to justify choices and speculate on possible answers. The complete dictionary, showing the correct definitions and modelling dictionary conventions of layout and content, can also be viewed and printed off.
By Alison Milford — Author and poet
Reading books without paper
In recent weeks, the media has brought to the public’s attention that school libraries are underused and underfunded. Could the reason be that books are too ‘old school’ for our schoolchildren today? Ben Barton looks at the paperless alternative to books.
By Ben Barton — Publishing Director, Rising Stars
Shoo Rayner stories now available in e-formats
How author Shoo Rayner is keeping up with the digital generation
Ancient Egyptian mystery story kit
This interactive story kit supports children to plan, tell and write their own mystery story set in ancient Egypt. The blank storyboard allows them to drag and drop a selection of characters and settings to plot the outline of their story, while the sentence frames and connecting phrases provided will scaffold the use of the language patterns and sentence structures that are useful in mystery stories.
By Helen Watts — Editor, Literacy Time
Also this month
More great articles published this month.
This month's resources
Interactive - Ancient Egyptian mystery story
Create your own mystery story set in ancient Egypt with this interactive resource
Interactive - Egyptian dictionary game
See how much you know about ancient Egypt with this dictionary quiz game.
A dream comes true
This photocopiable sheet can be used in conjunction with the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours featured in Literacy Time Ages 7-9, November 2007, to create a story on the theme of dreams coming true.
Ancient Egyptians and their writing
Use this question sheet with Leaflet 1 in Literacy Time Ages 7-9 November 2007 on Ancient Egyptian writing.
Character profile
Choose and name some characters for your story then use this frame to note down possible features, ready to write your own mystery story.
Egyptian Dictionary Game
Put the words listed into alphabetical order then find the word class and definition. Once the children have put the words into alphabetical order they can use a dictionary to complete the extra challenges – or create their own challenges for a partner.
Other resources this month
This month's calendar
| Calendar for May 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 23 | 24 |
| National Learning at Work Day | Friendship Friday | Brmm Brmm Toot Toot |
Latest news
Children’s Plan aims for world class schools 12 Dec 2007
£1 billion plan launched by the government for education, welfare and play reforms
£3m pilot to help dyslexic children 11 Dec 2007
Schools Minister Ed Balls announces package of measures to improve support for children with dyslexia
Children ‘reading less at home’ 29 Nov 2007
PIRLS study says children are reading less outside school and brighter pupils’ performance has dropped since 2001.
Support for age-ranging of books 27 Nov 2007
Research shows adults in favour of age guidance on children’s books.
New programme for dyslexic children 14 Nov 2007
Springboard for Children launch new campaign to help dyslexic children
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