I haven't yet set foot in my new classroom and here I am back to planning on a Sunday night! I have planned my first day and I am now looking for relevant resources in various bags, boxes and of course on just-teaching. My printer doesn't know what has hit it, after a year gathering dust in the cupboard it is now printing all the flashcards and word lists I think I might need on my first day. Tonight I made a new set of phonics flashcards (in school we use Jolly Phonics) and I have uploaded them to J-T tonight...you can download the free cards in the language section. I have made the long and short vowels red as I plan to revise vowels as part of my first language lesson this week.

Jolly Phonics Resource CD

I ordered new resources from amazon and they arrived today, although Ross can't understand why on earth I need more resources as he thinks my teaching stuff takes up far too much room in the house. Anyway, one of the items I ordered is a Phonics resource CD and although I have only had a quick look I can see it will be a very useful resource. I wish I had this CD when I first taught a Primary One class as it would have saved me time when making and researching worksheets & teaching aids.

On the CD you will find the following items:

* Dictation sentences

* Inky, Bee and Snake colour clipart

* B&W sound images

* Letter formations using sassoon font

* Sassoon letters

* Awards and Stickers

* Tricky Words

and much more, I will now have to find time to look through all the folders on the CD. I meet my new class next week and plan to assess their knowledge of phonics through games and activities, I hope to use ideas from this CD. If anyone has any great ideas for activities on the first day... all ideas will be gratefully received....please post here or email.

Kerry

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