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Reading and Writing Activity - 'My Sandwich'

October 17th 2008 01:25
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Teacher Notes - 'My Sandwich'


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Teacher Notes - 'My Sandwich'.


Notes for teacher/tutor – Making a Sandwich.

This reading/writing activity invites each child to make a sandwich.

This is always a popular activity because it involves eating. The children are following instructions and reading and writing with a purpose. It can be integrated with the Health Learning Area – washing hands before preparing and eating food, eating healthy food and safety first with eating utensils.

You will need:

soap for washing hands

bread (white and wholemeal)
butter
margarine
sandwich fillings for the children to choose from (eg lettuce, cheese, tomato)

a plastic knife for each child
a paper plate for each child on which he/she can make his/her sandwich

Let each child choose white or wholemeal bread, butter or margarine and the sandwich fillings he/she would like.

Give each child the My Sandwich Sheet

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'My Sandwich' - Reading/Writing Activity Sheet


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'My Sandwich' - Reading/Writing Activity Sheet.

My Sandwich

Today I made a sandwich.

In my sandwich I put: (tick or cross)

white bread


wholemeal bread


butter

margarine

lettuce

cheese

other:






Write about your sandwich.

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What is Behind the Door?

October 24th 2008 01:08
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Notes for Parents/Teachers - 'What is Behind the Door'? - page 1 of 3


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Notes for Parents/Teachers - 'What is Behind the Door'? - page 1 of 3.

Young children need lots of practise at speaking in sentences.
Older children need lots of practise at writing sentences correctly, using a capital letter and a full stop.
Children need to practise reading sentences.
This is a fun activity which encourages children to speak and/or read and write in sentences.
This activity integrates reading, speaking, listening and writing.

Notes for teachers – What is behind the door?

This activity asks children to secretly draw a picture behind the door and write clues so their classmates can guess what has been drawn. Older children can write the clues (writing a sentence for each clue) and read them out to the class or group. Younger children can give oral clues to the class or group (speaking a sentence for each clue).

This activity builds on the enjoyment children feel when they have a secret. It integrates oral and written work, reading with a purpose and group work. It also helps develop fine motor and thinking skills.
1) Ask the children to read the title of the worksheet.
2) Divide the class into groups of two (or whatever number you prefer) and ask the
children to discuss what could be behind the door.
3) Collect a few ideas from the class and write them on a chart (or white/blackboard)
4) Ask the children (if they have not already raised the question) why they think there
is a gap in the title. (Answer: for a colour word)
• Ask the children if they think putting in a colour word changes the idea of what is behind the door? eg Think of something that may be behind a green door. Think of something that may be behind a pink door? (etc)
• Ask the children to decide (each child secretly to him/herself) what colour he/she is going to colour the door on his/her sheet.
• Each child writes his/her chosen colour in the gap in the title. (Hint: have a ‘Colour Word Chart’ for the children to copy from if necessary.)
• Using the colour he/she has chosen ask each child to colour the door on his/her sheet. If time allows children may like to colour the wall and make it into a scene.
5) Cut along the cut line, so the sheet of paper is in two pieces.
• Follow the instructions to cut the door on three sides.
• Fold the door open on the fold line.
• Glue the wall and door onto the bottom half of the sheet, making sure the door is
not glued, so it can still be opened.
6) While the glue is drying ask the children to decide, but don’t tell anyone, what they
are going to draw behind their door. Explain they will write (speak) at least 4 clues
about their picture when they have finished.


7) Hint: If the children are emergent readers and writers it is helpful for you to model
(as below) how the children will write the clues. The idea is to encourage the
children to write in sentences. Before they can write in sentences they have to be
able to think and speak in sentences.

• Draw something (secretly) on a piece of paper eg a mouse. Tell the children you are going to give them 4 clues so they can guess what you have drawn.
• Explain to the children that each clue is to be a sentence. Each sentence is to start
with a capital letter and end with a full stop. Think aloud as you write your first
clue on a chart/whiteboard/blackboard.


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Notes for Parents/Teachers - 'What's Behind the Door'? - page 2 of 3


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Notes for Parents/Teachers - 'What's Behind the Door'? page 2 of 3 .

• Say (as if you are thinking aloud),
My first clue is – ‘It is little.’
• The first word is ‘It’.
How do I write ‘It’?
That is correct, I-t, it and because it is the beginning of my sentence it has a
capital letter.
• Write the word ‘It’, sounding it out as you do so.
• ‘is’. How do I write ‘is’? (repeat steps as for ‘It’)
• ‘little’ How do I write ‘little’? (The children’s response will depend on their
maturity – it is a look-say word). As you sound it out you say, as you write, ‘l-
i-tt’ (I know there are two t’s in little ) ‘l’(and I know’ little’ ends with an’ e’)
– ‘little’.
• What does my sentence end with? - a full stop. Read the sentence.
• My second clue is, ‘It is brown.’ (Repeat steps for first clue).

• Model third and fourth clues.
• Children guess what you have drawn.



8) Each child (secretly) draws his/her picture behind the door on his/her own sheet.
Depending on the maturity of the children, encourage a full scene rather than just the
secret thing.
Shut the door.

9) On a separate piece of paper, each child writes his/her own clues.
10) Work as a class or in groups, allowing each child to read his/her clues, and
listeners guessing he/she has drawn. Encourage confident reading.

Hint: before reading her/his clues each child could show her/his picture, with a closed door and, after considering the scene, her/his peers could guess what is behind the door. However, don’t disclose the answer until after the clues have been read out.



Note: To give children the time required to draw creatively and write correctly this
activity will take at least two lessons.


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Reading and Writing Worksheet - 'What's Behind the Door'? - page 3 of 3


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Reading and Writing Worksheet - 'What's Behind the Door'? - page 3 of 3.

What is behind the door?




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