Grab your own 'VOKI' here
DOWNLOAD Mrs Mac's Library Toolbar here
The toolbar contains links to top sites, professional sites, information literacy, and IWB sites. Regularly updated, too!
FREE!
Click on Mrs Mac's Library Hotspot link opposite to see a GLOG!
Have you made a WORDLE ? Think of a theme and start writing!
WEB 2.0
"Free, voluntary reading has a true impact on reading, vocabulary, comprehension, spelling ability, grammar and writing style and children who read more, typically have a higher literacy development" 1993, 1998
Looking for a webquest or an online research task that will
encourage thinking, not just repeat facts? Check out the links on the left which include online research tasks based on both the HSIE and COGs (NSW) units.
The online activities pages also include titles of related learning objects from TaLe (requires login).
Try the Online Information Pages for Stage 1 as they are written at their level.
National Literacy & Numeracy Week is celebrated throughout Australia from Aug 31 - Sept 6.
The NSWwebsite can be found here
The National website can be found here
The National Activities site can be found here, including National Reading Day
Even though Children's Book Week is coming up, don't forget that voting has now commenced for the
NSW KOALA Awards
Sites of the Month
Like to draw? Try Mr Picasso Head OR Pictap
From the UK School Libraries Association comes this great initiative:
which includes booklists for boys aged 5-11, bookmarks and posters.
Check out this great download for the holidays and make some stick figure animations! Pivot
Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery on DiscoverySchool.com