Literacy Resources

Literacy and Numeracy Resources
John Farrell B.Ed H. Dip. ICT

Literacy Resources

These literacy resources, for the emergent reader, I have created out of the direct needs of the children I teach. I use them to supplement the actual teaching of the children. For example I would use some word attack grids and some phonological flip cards as a "warm up" exercise, before tackling the child's own reading.
    Also, I would have children of varying degrees of ability and this would be a major consideration in the selective use of these literacy aids. These resources can also be used by parents, in conjunction with the class teacher, to develop the literacy levels of the children in a homework context.
    The inspiration for these resources is based on guidelines provided by Marie Stubbings, an expert in the area of dyslexia. Her excellent talks in Carlow were arranged by Carlow Education Centre. She also had an excellent idea re improving sight vocabulary by means of word grids. I have developed this idea by using the three Dolch lists which cover 50% of all reading. I have found that they work quite well. Of all the resources on this site I would regard them as the most important.
    The remaining resources are flip cards. These must be folded horizontally to create the flip effect. On one side you have the problem. When you flip over the card you have the solution.

Word Grids: I find these very effective for teaching children a basic sight vocabulary. Each sheet contains a single grid. On that grid you have four words from the relevant Dolch list. The four words are repeated in a random manner throughout the grid. The grids are hard work but the children stay with them as they realise they do learn the words!

Word Grid Dolch List 1.zip Word Grid Dolch List 2.zip Word Grid Dolch List 3.zip

Visual Discrimination: To use these cards effectively make sure that the child studies the image or text before flipping the card.

Visual Discrimination Shapes.doc Visual Discrimination Shapes Complex.doc

Visual Discrimination Letters.doc Visual Discrimination CAPITAL Letters.doc

Visual Discrimination Two letters.doc Visual discrimination. Two letters difficult.doc

Auditory Discrimination: Use these resources as required. Feel free to develop and improve these resources.

Identify the sound -Single letter.doc Identify the sound -Single letter difficult.doc

Identify the sound. Two letters.doc Identify the sound. Two letters difficult.doc

Phonological Awareness: These are various resources which I use to develop the phonological awareness of the children. Be selective in your usage. Feel free to develop, adapt, improve etc these resources.

Three lettered words.doc More three lettered words.doc 2+ Words.doc 2+2 Words.doc Double Consonants.doc

Contractions.doc th blend.doc Four letter words.doc Magic E.doc