This graphic organiser, ‘Cluster Web’ helps students to organise what they know or find out about a topic. It encourages students to think about the main topic and its supporting ideas.
This graphic organiser, ‘Different Viewpoints about a Park’ asks students to consider different viewpoints of a community park, then write a detailed narrative from one perspective.
The engaging learning activity ‘Losing Your Marbles’ shows dialogues in which children exchange different kinds of marbles. Students need to calculate the values of the different marbles by comparing their exchange rates. They are invited to investigate the quirky names and exchange rates for marbles in their own school. An answer sheet is provided and …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Point of View Pinwheel’ allows students to view and record the content of a topic from different perspectives.
The amusing learning activity ‘Quacky Questions’ has some interesting problems for students to solve, such as: How many legs are there in a group of sheep and ducks? How can you share pizzas to distribute the olives fairly? Students try out different strategies as they solve and discuss the problems. An answer sheet is provided …More
This content area reading learning activity, ‘Webs,’ helps students organise information in a nonfiction text. It is aimed at teaching students to locate information before reading the text.