Reading and Writing Resources
Deaf Education Primary
Recommended Library Books
Barrington Stoke: books are edited and designed to minimise some of the obstacles that can stop
struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers really being hooked by a book. Website includes teacher
resources section with differentiated worksheets based around some of the titles.
Vocabulary Development
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Expanding and Combining sentences. A. M Toomey & KM Newman, Circuit Publications.
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Category Workshop. Marilyn M. Toomey. Circuit Publications.
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Asking Good Questions. J.G. DeGaetano. Great Ideas for Teaching. Sequence Plus. Marilyn
M. Toomey. Circuit Publications.
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Verbal Reasoning Activities. .G. DeGaetano. Great Ideas for Teaching. 150 ‘What’s Wrong
with This Picture? Scenes. M.T. Webber, Jr. & S.G. Webber, Super Duper Publications
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Asking More Specific Questions. J.G. DeGaetano, Great Ideas for Teaching.
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Rhodes to Language, A, Rhodes, STRASS Publications. A book of fun games to play with
children from 7-16 years in both individual and group settings. Originally developed for children
with dyslexia
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Help for Vocabulary, A. Lazarri. Worksheets to help develop vocabulary
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Defining and Describing, Marilyn M. Toomey. Circuit Publications.
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Up and Away. A resource book for English Language support in primary schools. www.iilt.ie
Syntax: Sentence Structure
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CLIP: Syntax worksheets. E. Semel & E. Wiig. Worksheets on building sentence structure
Morphology: Grammar
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No Glamour Grammar. Suzanna Mayer Watt, LinguiSystems, Inc.
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CLIP: Morphology. E. Semel & E. Wiig. Worksheets on different areas of grammar
Composition
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100% written narration. D Wisniewski. Helps written story telling
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100% story writing. D Wisniewski & K. Hemstead. Writing resource for storytelling.
Reading Programmes
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Reading A_Z, an online levelled reading programme: www.readinga-z.com/
Renaissance Learning: Accelerated Reader Enterprise -Resources for reading
intervention that helps teachers monitor students' vocabulary growth, literacy skills
development, and other reading skills.
Edmark Reading Programme: print and software resource which targets SEN and EAL
students http://donjohnston.com/edmark/
Websites
Storynory (http://storynory.com/)
Mantralingua (http://www.mantralingua.com/home.php)
Woodlands School (http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/)
http://www.elsp.ie/elsp.shtmls
http://www.readinga-z.com/
http://www.spellingcity.com/
http://www.learningchocolate.com/
http://www.english-4kids.com/
http://www.everyschool.co.uk/english.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/story/cinderella.htm
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/fact-and-opinion-worksheets/
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm
http://primaryresources.co.uk/english/english.htm
http://englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Reading-Comprehension.htm
http://havefunteaching.com
http://www.education.ox.ac.uk/ndcs/research.html
http://www.literacyplanet.com
http://www.worksheetgenius.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools
http://www.readingrockets.org
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