Includes: a template and exemplar
Focus: vocabulary building
In our oral language workshop, we talk about using a 'talking prop' to indicate it is a student's turn to speak. A microphone is a great resource, but they are hard to find.
Robyn English, who is the principal at Rolling Hills Primary School in Melbourne, shared this bright idea for making your own. Robyn says, 'I made one by using a clingwrap roll covered in paper with a polystyrene craft ball glued to the top. I then speckled the top with a gold pen. The kids love using it.'
There are lots more oral language ideas in The Oral Language Book.
Includes: a template and exemplar
Focus: vocabulary building
Includes: two writing templates (junior/senior version) and a senior example
Focus: descriptive writing
A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.
Focus: using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks
