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Whether you're a live teaching veteran, or a newbie to the world of streaming your lessons, you're probably still learning new tricks every day.

We put a call out for your best Microsoft Teams hacks on Twitter and received loads of tips. Here are some of the best:

Online learning: How to make the most of Microsoft Teams

Verbal feedback is so valuable, but outside of the classroom it isn't so easy to give. However, if you add a separate channel for every student, you can dictate a voice memo on the iPad teams app and then it will appear on their private channel posts.

10. Roll call

You'll still want to take a register. Some teachers suggest printing out class lists and ticking as you go to ensure you've spoken to students every lesson, as well as checking attendance. However, it is worth knowing that you can download a list of who is in the meeting and when they arrive and leave. Do this before you end the session, though!

11. Duplicate to eliminate

The fiddly admin of setting up the lesson can be tiresome, especially if you're having to do it several times a day. Minimise your work by setting your lessons to repeat for the rest of the term.

To do this go to "repeat" and set to weekly or daily, or to custom if you need fortnightly repetitions for your two-week timetable.

12. Did you forget?

The very idea of a student forgetting to come to your lesson is obviously laughable. However, if you do have absent-minded pupils, you can send out email reminders on Teams.

On the channel, click the three dots to get an email address specific to that channel. Then use Outlook to draft a message and delay the send time to when you think your class will need the nudge.

13. Where is the fada?

If you're using the Teams chat and need the fada or other accents (MFL teachers, we've got you) or a symbol that doesn't appear on your normal keyboard (hello, maths teachers), there is a quick fix.

Press the Windows key plus the full stop and voila, a menu pops up with all the symbols you could ever want, and some emojis you probably don't, too.
Special thanks to Niall Statham of Hartland International School, and Carina Smith of Broadoak Academy for their assistance in compiling this list

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Recommended Book List for January 2021 (Download and open with Google Chrome)

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Book Trust (Site) Getting Children Reading

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BookTrust transforms lives by getting children and families reading. We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. Each year we reach 3.4 million children across the UK with books, resources and support.

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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Free gamified quizzes on every subject that students play in class and at home. Pick an existing quiz or create your own for review, formative assessment, and more.

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SUPER WHY, the animated television series and interactive website, helps children ages 3-6 learn key reading skills, including alphabet, rhyming, spelling and reading comprehension, through interactive storybook adventures.

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Read Out Loud: THE GOODBYE BOOK

Todd Parr's The Goodbye Book walks young readers through tough feelings they may have while struggling with goodbyes. However, Todd reminds children things will get better! The author slyly gives them ideas about things they can do when the pain of loss subsides. Goodbyes can be done with love, while remembering many of the joys that person, pet, or thing brought to a child's life.

KidLit TV's Read Out Loud series is perfect for parents, teachers, and librarians. Use these readings for nap time, story time, bedtime ... anytime!

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Did you like this episode of Read Out Loud? Have you used it at home, school, or the library? Let us know by dropping us a line in the comment section.

ABOUT 'THE GOODBYE BOOK'

The Goodbye Book
Written and illustrated by Todd Parr
Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Todd Parr, author of It's Okay to Be Different, has carved out a niche for himself as "the feelings man" of picture books, and it's not hard to see why. In glossy, color-saturated pages, we're introduced to a small fish who's lost its companion. As the fish goes through many reactions to the loss, the text is directed straight at the reader, giving permission for all sorts of feelings: "You might be very sad. / You might be very mad." The art is simple and naïve, as though Parr loaded up Paint on his computer and started clicking away. With its accessible style and kindhearted text, The Goodbye Book will serve kids as a sympathetic friend during trying times.

ABOUT TODD PARR

Todd Parr is the author and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. Todd moved to San Francisco to pursue a career as an artist, then took a detour as a flight attendant, before becoming a full-time author and illustrator. Todd draws in a style that's highly relatable to children.

Todd acknowledges his supportive family - including a grandma who introduced him to Dr. Seuss books - as being a strong influence in his work. He is able to write stories about kindness and love because of his upbringing. Todd's books have been translated into more than 14 languages. In 2005 Todd received a Daytime Emmy nomination for his preschool television series ToddWorld.

Todd's favorite color is blue, and he loves macaroni and cheese.

Todd loves hearing from fans of his books. Go ahead and contact him, here. You can send him a note and pictures too!

Bonus: Actress Sandra Bullock is a big fan of Todd's Family Book. She reads it aloud to her children Louis and Laila before bedtime.

CONNECT WITH TODD PARR
Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube

CONNECT WITH KidLit TV Facebook Group | Facebook Page | Instagram | Newsletter | Pinterest | Twitter | YouTube

Read Out LoudExecutive Producer: Julie Gribble
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The Ant and the Grasshopper | Aesop's Fables | PINKFONG Story Time for Children

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What's your favorite breakfast?

My favorite breakfast is Lotek, or some people sometimes call it gado-gado. It's Indonesian food, with nut sauce, spinach, maybe.. In the first time maybe it's isn't delicious, but eat it anyway and it's will be delicious ;)

What's your favorite lunch?

My favorite lunch is..sushi or any snacks :D

What's your favorite supper?

My favorite supper is..cream soup or noodles. It's delicious because when night it's cold.

What's your favorite drinks?

I like coconut water or milkshake for my drink.

What's your favorite snacks?

My favorite snacks is potato chips and bubblegum. It's fun while eat bubblegum, isn't it? :D

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Build bridges by building words in this silly game that tests your kindergartener's knowledge of using blends in spelling! As your child comes across each broken bridge in Blending Sounds Spelling, they'll need to spell a word using letter blocks. Each word has a colorful illustration to help, and a narrator sounds out each letter as your child spells, emphasizing letter sound relationships.

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Build bridges by building words in this silly game that tests your kindergartener's knowledge of using blends in spelling! As your child comes across each broken bridge in Blending Sounds Spelling, they'll need to spell a word using letter blocks.

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Improve your language arts knowledge with free questions in "Sort by the number of syllables" and thousands of other language arts skills.

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A simple spelling game using spelling patterns.
Aimed at children aged between 4 & 7yrs.

Learning Objective:
Y1: Spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught.

Y1: Apply simple spelling rules as listed in Appendix 1.

Y1: To apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words when reading

Y1: To respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) for all 40+ phonemes, including, where applicable, alternative sounds for graphemes.

NB: If you're hearing no sound please refresh/reload the page. HTML5 can lose sound if other tabs are opened afterwards.

Choose a spelling pattern and you will be prompted to spell approximately ten words using that spelling pattern, e.g. 'ay' words. Your child will become more confident in their ability to spell by learning to spell through patterns. The sounds are easy to move around using the drag and drop sound cards. Each correct answer is rewarded with a funny animation. If you need help you can hear the word again or take a quick peek at how to correctly spell the word. A simple scoring system lets you know how well you've done. The game covers 30 spelling patterns suitable for children between the ages of 4 and 7 years of age.

Have fun!

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This game is © copyright 2019, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

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Book: Explaining Coronavirus to children

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Book: Explaining Coronavirus to children

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A great way to practise phonics, spelling patterns or the common exception words listed in the UK English Curriculum.

This game does not store or share any spelling / personal data.

1. Choose a year group frrom the circle buttons.

2. Choose a tab (spelling patterns or common exception words)

3. Choose a set of words, (you can see the words you've chosen on the RHS).

4. Finally press 'go'.

You can see how many words there are left to go on the LHS. The yellow indicator lights turn on as you complete each word.
This game uses an on-screen keyboard to minimise disruption when playing on a tablet device. There is no option to use a desktop keyboard.

This game follows the UK .GOV rules and guidance laid down in Spelling Appendix 1.

Have fun!

This game is © copyright 2017, J.Barrett, ictgames.com All Rights Reserved.

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A great way to practise phonics, spelling patterns or the common exception words listed in the UK English Curriculum. This game does not store or share any spelling / personal data. Choose a year group frrom the circle buttons.

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age range: Reception / Year One. Look at the large letter. Find the rabbits with the equivalent capital or lower case letter. Drag the correct rabbits onto the cabbage patch. When you've found them all the water bottle will appear to let you try with the next letter. Have fun!

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Just For You by Mercer Mayer - Little Critter - Read Aloud Books for Children - Storytime

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Who will help The Little Red Hen? In this interactive story, kids listen as they follow the highlighted text, learning early literacy concepts such as reading left to right and reading top to bottom. With its lively illustrations and silly narration, this is a great resource that encourages preschool and kindergarten students to read.

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Who will help The Little Red Hen? In this interactive story, kids listen as they follow the highlighted text, learning early literacy concepts such as reading left to right and reading top to bottom. With its lively illustrations and silly narration, this is a great resource that encourages preschool and kindergarten students to read.

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Writing prompt from 'The Little Red Hen' Story

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Mother's Day Books for Kids Read Aloud: My mummy Is Magic

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Sight Words | Ready to Read Sight Words | List 1 | Jack Hartmann

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Short animated story for kids - My Home - English

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This animated video helps pre-schoolers and kindergarten children to learn about their homes and the different rooms while having fun. About us: We are a soc...

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The Tortoise and The Hare #ReadAlong StoryBook Video For Kids Ages 2-7

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When a Dragon Moves In read by Mark Duplass

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Papa, please, get the moon for me. by Eric Carle

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Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me (The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories)

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Learn Question Words For Kids | Grammar Grade 1 | Periwinkle

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Ten Magic Butterflies - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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The Magic Box | English Learning Stories | PINKFONG Story Time for Children

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Feelings are Feelings + Writing prompt for years 1 and 2

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Literacy Footprints is a complete guided reading system developed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne. The lessons are based on Jan’s Next Step Forward in Guided Reading and Jan and Michèle’s coauthored Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics. Literacy Footprints features leveled readers, uni…

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The Monster Shopping Trip online game | Friends Channel

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I CAN SAVE THE EARTH by Alison Inches and Viviana Garofoli - Children's Book - Read aloud

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Do you like listening to songs in English? Singing songs is a great way to get better at speaking English and we have lots of great songs for you to enjoy. Listen to songs, print activities and post comments!

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Starfall: Learn to Read with Phonics, Learn Mathematics

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I can imagine that there is a electronic play ground. We just need to think about it in our mind for 2 second and then the thing we want will appeard infront of our eyes!

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Summertime Bounce! | summer read aloud  books for kids | video book | rhyming read aloud ages 3-7

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Storyberries: Bedtime Stories, Fairy Tales and Poems for Kids!

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Watch the animated picture book for this story

Let's Chat About The Stories ~ Ideas for Talking With Kids
Curiosity, Conversation
1. Why do you think people like to explore their world?

2. If you could explore anywhere, where would you like to explore?

Bedtime story based on an original story by Giấc mơ biển xanh and written by Nhã Thuyên

Translated by Alisha Berger

Illustrated by Lê Thị Bích Khoa

OTHER CREDITS:

The Ocean Dream (English), translated by Alisha Berger, based on original story Giấc mơ biển xanh (Vietnamese), written by Nhã Thuyên, illustrated by Lê Thị Bích Khoa, published by Room to Read (© Room to Read, 2012) under a CC BY 4.0 license on StoryWeaver. Read, create and translate stories for free on www.storyweaver.org.in

* THE STORY 'THE OCEAN DREAM' IS PUBLISHED BY PRATHAM BOOKS AND IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS -BY-4.0 LICENSE. MINOR FORMATTING CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL WORK FOR EASE OF READING ON OUR WEBSITE.

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The Singing Walrus - English Songs For Kids

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Daddy You're Awesome | Read Aloud Children's Book

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Reading Games and Guided Reading with Roy the Zebra

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Does it make sense online reading games. This game teaches pupils to write sentences that make sense. Use with your interactive whiteboard in the classroom. Comes with lesson plan and reading resources.

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My Little Golden Book About Sharks - Read Aloud Picture Book | Brightly Storytime

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The whole world is currently suffering an almost global shut down due the spread of the COVID-19. At Octavo, we want to add our two cents to ease the confinement time by providing content for free in Maltese.

Together with The Ministry for Education and Employment of Malta, we are making over a hundred oBooks, part of the Qari għal Qalbi collection, available for free in the Octavo Store as from today.

"L-Iljun Inkwetat", one of the oBooks made available for free in the Octavo Store

How to access this content

In order to access to this free content, head to Octavo App on any browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc) or download the Octavo Android app from the Google Play Store.

How to create my Octavo account

Users who do not use Octavo yet, need to create an account. Students which use already an iLearn account, should log in with this method, whereas anybody else should create an account using, preferably, their school email address.

After verifying your email, just click on Get on any title which you wish to add to your user library and read.

How long will this content be available

Content you acquire during the time this content is available for free, will remain always free. Just add it to your library and it will be there.

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Monitoring our Reading - Do I understand?

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Writing as a multisensory tool to aid reading.

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Writing as a multisensory tool to aid reading.

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When I was a kid, writing meant one of two things: You either wrote by hand with a pen or pencil, or you punched keys on a typewriter. That was it. Mistakes were tough to fix and revisions hard to make. If you needed to change something, you had to carefully erase (while trying not to smudge or tear the paper) or use correction fluid or tape. And it never looked quite right.

For students with language-based learning differences like dyslexia , this caused lots of frustration. The mechanics of writing got in the way of expression. It became a big source of anxiety for kids.

All this technology has led to something else, too: Less focus on handwriting. And that has an unexpected impact on language and literacy. Less handwriting practice can make it harder for kids to learn to read.

Everyone learns best when information is presented in multiple ways. That's especially true for kids with learning and thinking differences. We call this multisensory learning.

Handwriting is a multisensory activity. As you form each letter, your hand shares information with language processing areas in your brain. As your eyes track what you're writing, you engage these areas. The same goes if you say letter sounds and words when you write.

Research shows there's something special about language development and the act of handwriting. In studies, kids who practice handwriting do better at reading and spelling. The reason? Some experts believe that forming letters by hand while learning sounds activates reading circuits in the brain that promote literacy.

Keyboarding on a computer, by contrast, hasn't been shown to improve reading. Yes, keyboarding can be a lifeline and a relief for kids with writing issues. It allows them to express themselves and have more success in school. But it's not a substitute for handwriting instruction and practice, especially in the early grades.

I don't think the challenge for teachers and parents is to decide "does handwriting matter?" It does and always will. The challenge is finding the right approach for children who struggle with writing.

Lots of kids experience real physical discomfort when holding a pencil. They complain of their fingers or arm hurting, or their hand getting tired. The sensation of gripping may be distracting. And there's the emotional toll when kids are asked over and over "What does that say?" about the letters and words they've drawn. With all this, it's tempting to ditch the pens and pencils and only use keyboards or dictation.

In Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, Maryanne Wolf talks about how technology has led to more skimming rather than reading slowly and carefully. She talks about the benefits of "cognitive patience." And she reminds us that reading quickly isn't what makes someone a good reader.

I think something similar holds true for handwriting.

Just because keyboarding is faster doesn't mean it's better. Yes, students with dyslexia and other learning differences may be able to write more easily on a computer than by hand. But that doesn't mean we should abandon handwriting.

My view: Let's give our kids every opportunity to thrive as readers and writers. They can use screens and devices and all sorts of technology. But let's also keep pens and pencils handy. Doing the slow, often difficult work of practicing handwriting can help kids become better readers and writers.

About the Author

About the Author

Sheldon H. Horowitz, EdD&nbsp

is senior director of learning resources and research at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

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