https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz Yr1 to Yr6 en-us 2018-03-16 21:54:09 UTC 2024-07-07 23:49:20 UTC hello@padlet.com primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/243015826 This is a lovely book with specialist words for each colour. For example the blue page has cerulean, ultramarine, azure and duck egg blue to name but a few.  This book would inspire a great art project]]> 2018-03-16 21:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/243015826 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/243016334 A rhyming book about a boy called Peter who loves to collect words (I think that makes him a logophile). Short words, sweet words and two syllable words.]]> 2018-03-16 22:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/243016334 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332042594 Big words, long words with good definitions for children. What's not to like. Who doesn't want to know the word for the fear of peanut butter sticking to the top of your mouth? See some images form the book here https://www.behance.net/gallery/59335989/Big-Words-for-Little-Geniuses]]> 2019-02-16 21:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332042594 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332043678 A fun book with words where a letter is taken away, e.g. without the a the beast is best. A book about spelling rather than meanings of words.]]> 2019-02-16 21:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332043678 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332044291 A boy who collects words that make him giggle, helps a poet collect words and then realises that he can give his words away. See the book here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTScRTNvIcI]]> 2019-02-16 22:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332044291 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332044753 A fantastic reimagining of Little Red Riding Hood with a new word on each page.  See the book here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PW3ALpTzmA]]> 2019-02-16 22:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332044753 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332045196 A great way to introduce prefixes to children. See the book here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPT1009cpzY There is also a book to match about suffixes.]]> 2019-02-16 22:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332045196 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332145757 There are 13 words in this book which structure the story. A great model of how to link words that seem random to create a story. What would you create out of bird, despondent, cake, dog, busy, convertible, goat, hat, haberdashery, scarlet, baby, panache, and mezzo-soprano?]]> 2019-02-17 18:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332145757 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332147144 A story about a boy who collects words that he loves. Eventually he meets a friend who has lots of ideas and together they make stories.]]> 2019-02-17 18:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332147144 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332147892 A rhyming text that is about synonyms. Everything Rex does, synonyms are provided. He doesn't just reach, he stretches, bends and extends.]]> 2019-02-17 18:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332147892 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332149414 A little bit like Anne Fine's Killer Cat Diary, this cat keeps bringing back dead things. Big or new words are used that the narrator does not know so they are put in a separate box and defined.]]> 2019-02-17 19:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332149414 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332150260 Stuart Horton has to move house because his mother has a new job. It is his father however, who uses new and big words because he is a crossword creator. The words are defined in the story. The first word we meet is perambulation followed soon after by sylvan and discern. And then there is prestidigitation and probate!]]> 2019-02-17 19:06:41 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332150260 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332151446 There is a very good review of the book here and I can't really add anything to it! http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/blogfish/stunning-vocabulary-in-picture-books-is-important]]> 2019-02-17 19:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332151446 primaryliteracy https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332159538 About a boy who likes to write lists of words which eventually turned into a thesaurus!]]> 2019-02-17 20:14:31 UTC https://padlet.com/primaryliteracy/xvfmnid3flpz/wish/332159538