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Educational and fun audiobooks for children and families. A variety of genres await and each podcast comes with podcast specific questions assessing retrieval, sequencing, SPaG, prediction, inference and note taking skills. Ideal as an independent classroom activity, intervention exercise OR homework task.
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Monday Sep 27, 2021
The dictionary of difficult words part 3
Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
The next set of podcasts chronicle “The Dictionary of Difficult Words” by Jane Solomon (Author) and Louise Lockhart (Illustrator) Here, we will delve in to vocabulary new, unusual and niche!
Today continues the alphabet with letters H, I, J and K.
Instead of a list of questions about the text, make a list of any words you feel you could use, in speech or in writing – and see if anybody notices or complements you on your specific vocabulary !
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
The dictionary of difficult words part 2
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
The next set of podcasts chronicle “The Dictionary of Difficult Words” by Jane Solomon (Author) and Louise Lockhart (Illustrator) Here, we will delve in to vocabulary new, unusual and niche!
Today's upload continues with the letters D, E, F and G.
Instead of a list of questions about the text, make a list of any words you feel you could use, in speech or in writing – and see if anybody notices or complements you on your specific vocabulary !
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
The dictionary of difficult words part 1
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
Wednesday Sep 15, 2021
The next set of podcasts chronicle “The Dictionary of Difficult Words” by Jane Solomon (Author) and Louise Lockhart (Illustrator) Here, we will delve in to vocabulary new, unusual and niche!
Today's upload incudes a brief introduction and style guide before starting with letters A, B and C.
Instead of a list of questions about the text, make a list of any words you feel you could use, in speech or in writing – and see if anybody notices or complements you on your specific vocabulary !
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Earth Warp! Chapters 9&10
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
After a summer break we are back with a brand new (kind of!) book "Earth Warp!"
This book is another from the BBC Look and Read series which ran from the 70s into the 90s and many of us 30 and 40 somethings will remember some of these series very fondly.
CHAPTER 9
What was in a heap on the floor?
Why do you think Martin had an asthma attack?
Where did the short cut end up?
What did the children do with the magic sphere?
CHAPTER 10
What does the word 'slammed' tell you how the door closed?
How might Claire have broken the phone?
What does 'murky' mean?
Why did Ollie hug Martin? How do you think this made Martin feel?
What kind of technique is the phrase 'dazzling display' ?
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Earth Warp! Chapters 7&8
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
Wednesday Sep 08, 2021
After a summer break we are back with a brand new (kind of!) book "Earth Warp!"
This book is another from the BBC Look and Read series which ran from the 70s into the 90s and many of us 30 and 40 somethings will remember some of these series very fondly.
CHAPTER 7
How did the 'strange visitor' arrive?
What made Amina better?
Where was Joe Lowin looking for the alien?
The phrase 'the key' has 2 meanings in the last paragraph - can you explain?
CHAPTER 8
Why was Ollie getting more clumsier?
What did Martin tell Joe Lowin? Do you think this was a good idea?
Which phrase tell you Loe Lowin was angry?
What does 'betray' mean?
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Earth Warp! Chapters 5&6
Monday Sep 06, 2021
Monday Sep 06, 2021
After a summer break we are back with a brand new (kind of!) book "Earth Warp!"
This book is another from the BBC Look and Read series which ran from the 70s into the 90s and many of us 30 and 40 somethings will remember some of these series very fondly.
CHAPTER 5
Who was watching the vase being put back together?
What does the phrase 'off the hook' mean?
Why did Jenny have a notebook with her?
Why was Mrs Rowlands worried?
Who was sleepwalking down the corridor and who were they seen by?
CHAPTER 6
What does the word 'gabbling' mean?
Where did the children go to escape the hot without being seen?
Who collected the sea water and how?
How would Ollie get the spaceship?
By the end of this chapter, who was now feeling ill?
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Earth Warp! Chapters 3&4
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
After a summer break we are back with a brand new (kind of!) book "Earth Warp!"
This book is another from the BBC Look and Read series which ran from the 70s into the 90s and many of us 30 and 40 somethings will remember some of these series very fondly.
CHAPTER 3
How long did Ollie have to find the probe?
What toppled over 'all by itself'?
Where were most of the red spots in the map?
Can you think of a suitable synonym for 'tank'
CHAPTER 4
What were the upside and downside of the sphere's magic powers?
What was the probe's name?
Who did Amino really want to call?
Why did Ollie go to the kitchen?
Why was Mr Belcher also at the hotel?
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Earth Warp! Chapters 1&2
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
After a summer break we are back with a brand new (kind of!) book "Earth Warp!"
This book is another from the BBC Look and Read series which ran from the 70s into the 90s and many of us 30 and 40 somethings will remember some of these series very fondly.
This tale has an environmental edge, and (unfortunately) for a tale with was written 25 years ago very little has changed so therefore still has relevance despite it's age on paper. Without giving away too many spoilers, Southbeach is visited by Ollie the Alien, a town blighted by pollution. A group of local children befriend Ollie, who tells then that a probe sent from his planet which landed there 100 years ago may explode due to the pollution in the seas there. But who else might be affected by the town pollution problem?
CHAPTER 1
Which word tells you that the probe stayed there for 100 years?
Where does Martin live?
What is a 'journalist'?
How does Martin look at the stars?
What does the word 'dazzling' tell you about the sight?
CHAPTER 2
What had Martin been dreaming about?
Where on the aliens' body was the 'computer'?
Why did the children say it spoke Chinese?
What is 'a scoop'?