Reading skill
10
creative ways to teach English that deliver outstanding results
An
English teacher at an outstanding primary, Anna Warren is often asked for
inspiration. Here she shares her favorite approaches for creative English
lessons. 10 creative ways to teach English there are.
First, Immersion
activities. How can children access stories and other texts if their minds and
imaginations not fully engaged? Teacher have found that immersing children in a
range of creative activities before reading the text means that they are fully
prepared, and excited, about the reading journey ahead of them.
Second, Clear
purpose. The point of reading and writing anything if you don't know why you're
doing it? We aim to provide children with a clear purpose to all reading and
especially writing tasks.
Third, Professional
publishing. One effective way of valuing children's work as well as providing a
real incentive, is to plan for a range of ways to publish their writing.
Fourth, Meaningful
planning. Where possible, learning in English is linked with subjects within
the creative curriculum teacher must follow: the international primary
curriculum (IPC).
Fifth, Focused
on strategies.The teaching of reading is not easy. As children's fluency in
reading increases, it's hard to know what reading skills need to be taught, and
when. This could include scanning a text, making an inference, predicting or
creating a mental image. These strategies are then shared as a class, and then
assessed in follow up guided reading activities.
Sixth, Inspirational
learning environment.Take a trip to our school and you'll find classroom
environments that inspire adults and children alike. Not only is the children's
work displayed creatively, but there is a range of learning prompts to inspire
and support all pupils. Teacher must to encourage our children to discover new
texts, genres and authors, so our reading areas are inviting, well resourced
and highly organised.
Seventh, Drama
to engage and inspire.Use of drama is such a powerful tool. Taking the lead
from our drama specialist, all teaching staff use a range of techniques to
promote the exploration of characters, situations and historical events.
Eighth, Rigorous
teaching of spelling and phonics.All children can benefit from tailored
teaching, making maximum progress as a result. All phonics and spelling
activities are fun and as physical possible, the aim being to meet all learning
styles in the class.
Ninth, Grammar
concepts taught creatively.Grammar cannot be taught as a stand alone activity.
Children begin to understand grammar concepts, and start to apply them in their
own writing, when they start to read with a writer's mind. Punctuation rules
and techniques are drawn from shared texts; texts which the children have
already been immersed in and have a good understanding.
The last,
Peer and self assessment. A clear marking key, success criteria and purpose in
mind, children set about assessing either their own, or a partner's piece of writing. Modelled through
the teacher's own formative marking, pupils know what the expectations. They
are well trained in searching for successful examples of the learning
intention, articulating their responses to the work, checking the writing
matches any targets and giving constructive feedback.
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