literacy hour
Adrian Collinson
(within key stage 1 + 2).
Kathrine
Scaramouche
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>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>
>Kathrine
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SLieber24
>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
Stinks.
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.Suggest a little tighter request as we are all nice and helpfull really (I
think)). J-P
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Kathrine? J-P
Adrian Collinson <Gan...@tolkein.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
> (within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>
>
>
@?@
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>
Rubbish
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<Gan...@tolkein.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
A complete waste of time
@?@
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>
Not worth the paper its printed on
@?@
<Gan...@tolkein.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
a con
@?@
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
boring
@?@
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>
Mediocre
@?@
<Gan...@tolkein.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
*!£***(&^%^
Liz Crewe
<slie...@aol.comNoSpam> writes
>>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
How typically kind and supportive. A new ng contributor, and Sandi
hurls abuse.
>
>----------------------------------------------------
>Sandi
>
>Remove NoSpam to reply.
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greebo
That being known as @?@ wrote this, as you can see.....
>
>
>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>>
>>
>
So - a big success, then?
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Roger :o
>
>
>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>>
>>
>
>Mediocre
Who is this decisive @ I like the cut of his/her jib. We need people
like that in here. Witty, concise and on target.
Stand and be recognised @ there's no need to be any mouse in here.
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dawn
>>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>
Boring?
Too much, too hard, too little time.
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Fiona
Someone wrote in message ...
>How come you can post at 11.54am?
>
Maybe another dissertation! I'm posting at 12.05am because I've just been
doing my waitressing bit - excellent tips tonight!
I know I'm a bit wet behind the ears on the teaching side of things but I
don't like the literacy hour either - a total mind numbing experience. I
did however enjoy teaching the Numeracy hour on my final practice - but it
didn't differ greatly from how I taught maths previously.
Fiona
J-P
and overworked!! :) J-P
Fiona <fea...@mistral.co.uk> wrote in message
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Peter Mac
SLieber24 wrote in message
<19990602122341...@ng-fp1.aol.com>...
>>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy
hour
>>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>
>Stinks.
>
Staff at school where I chair the GB are very enthusiastic and after a
sceptical initial stance are fully behind it - It has shown
considerable and swift advances in reading ages not seen by even the
most experienced of the school's staff before -perhaps the reason they
are so pro literacy hour is that we as a GB were able to resource the
non-contact time for the co-ordinator to take the pain out of LH
planning for the other staff. We are planning the same for numeracy
strategy too.
Peter Mac
Reminding staffroom colleagues that he is only the bringer of said
tidings and politely requesting not to be shot.
Peter Mac
J-P wrote in message <7j3r54$2g8$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Yeah,it's a load of pants!!! (at least it is when they are only 4
years old)
Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the LH only compulsory for pupils
in KS1 and don't they only formally enter KS 1 at compulsory school
age ( 5 years old ?)
Peter Mac
Puzzled
Peter Mac
encapsulated in one coherent response ?
Peter Mac
Annoyed at people who waste downloading time with multiple posts
@?@ wrote in message <375c7646...@news.netcomuk.co.uk>...
>
>
>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy
hour
>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>>
>>
>
>Mediocre
Fiona
J-P wrote in message <7j5j04$lpf$1...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Possibly because it is half-term in some places!!!!!!!! you must be tired
>and overworked!! :) J-P
>
Just finishing off my last assignment (subject...'how parents can support
literacy!)
Last day of the course tomorrow :o))
and tomorrow night... a large bucket will be present by the side of my
bed!!!
Fiona
Chris
> Take no notice of these comments by eweb. He/she is not
> even a currently
> serving teacher.
I'm sure his/her class will be most surprised to hear that.
Still, let us not allow facts to spoil a good story.
> Just an anonymous spammer who wrecked our chatroom by
> installing a robot to control it.
Hmmm. "spammer"? "wrecked"? Powerful use of language. Are
you sure the Literacy Hour hasn't rubbed off on you ?
> I will give you my opinion of the literacy hour for year 5.
> It is...
<snip>
Well all I can suggest is that you are doing it wrong.
My children, both class and Literacy Set, are motivated and
enthusiatic when it comes to the LH. They appreciate the
range of material and the bite-size pieces it is in.
They find they are able to progress at a challenging rate, show
what they can achieve both in independent work and in guided
time and use their acquired skills across the curriculum.
I have seen the majority progress in leaps and bounds during
the year, and after initial personal doubts I am confident and
enthusiatic in my teaching of the LH. Could this be the
difference ?
Normally I would recommend the excellent site
http://welcome.to/literacy for Year 5 resources, but it is
currently being revamped prior to moving to a new provider :-)
However there is a pointer there to the excellent Staffroom
Webring where others have Literacy sites to aid colleagues.
While I am at this 'ere posting lark, I would like to take this
opportunity to say hello to all my "chatroom" <sic> friends.
We now return you to the scheduled lunacy.
Regards,
Chris.
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SLieber24
>How typically kind and supportive. A new ng contributor, and Sandi
>hurls abuse.
Not abuse. That's my comment on the Literacy Hour... ;-)
SLieber24
>>>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>>
>>
>Boring?
>Too much, too hard, too little time.
How about - doesn't teach them how to read. Doesn't teach them how to
comprehend even when they can read. But it does give them loads of useless
vocabulary - like onset, rime, alliteration, allegory, glossary...you know,
stuff that will really be a help when they need to fill out that job
application...
*sigh*
SLieber24
>>>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>>>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>>
>>Stinks.
>>
>Boring?
>Too much, too hard, too little time.
Oh, I forgot: it also leaves kids unable to meet with the teacher individually
or in small groups four days a week. Basically, they're doing paperwork for 20
minutes a day, four days a week - not being taught anything.
eweb
>Take no notice of these comments by eweb. He/she is not even a currently
>installing a robot to control it.
>
Please ensure that you get your facts straight before posting messages
like this on USENET.
(1) How do you know that I am not a currently serving teacher?
(2) Your chatroom was not wrecked. I even did the polite thing and
moved mr`chips when asked. I can't see how that makes me an anonymous
spammer. mr`chips was only brought into the #staffroom to use up some
spare bandwidth, not to 'wreck' anything. Besides who owns a channel
on IRC anyway? I did the most polite thing, and yet I find that you
persist in making abusive comments.
If you have any problems with the above, then please message me at
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Robert Chrismas
> How about - doesn't teach them how to read. Doesn't teach them how to
> comprehend even when they can read. But it does give them loads of useless
> vocabulary - like onset, [snip]
Probably out of place here, but what's an "onset" in this context please?
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J-P
the Summer term most children are 5 and its then that the NC should be
taught. i.e. DLO's for most of the yr ,then NC KS1!? And then there is the
fundamental point that the children need to be totally reafdy for NLP and
NLH by the time they walk inti Yr 1 in September~ they had better be used to
both "hours"!!
And all this does not mean I think any of this is right:- it's just the way
it is!!!
I would welcome the input/opinions on this
Smile... It's easier!! Love J-P
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Peter Mac
J-P wrote in message <7j6gmn$d8m$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>Technically wrong. And that is why Its a complete muddle at Yr R
level. By
>the Summer term most children are 5 and its then that the NC should
be
>taught. i.e. DLO's for most of the yr ,then NC KS1!?
I may be wrong but I feel fairly sure that our school is not teaching
LH to YR as I have a daughter in that class. Are you suggesting we are
breaking the law ?
> And then there is the fundamental point that the children need to be
totally reafdy for NLP and NLH by the time they walk inti Yr 1 in
September~ they had better be used to
>both "hours"!!
Which is the second hour - are you referring to the National Numeracy
Strategy as I thought this was not time limited to an hour as such ?
Peter Mac
Whose school staff remain puzzled by the animosity directed towards LH
by many teachers
greebo
>
>The worst part about it is, the way you can only give them 20 minutes to do
>their work, and they take 15 mins to settle down. None of my class' group
>work is EVER finished, unless it is too easy and they mess about for the
>last 8 minutes or so.
This all sounds terribly familiar. What about the theoretical practice
of working exclusively with one group and giving them your undivided
attention, apart from taking your attention away every 30 seconds to
scan the room, deal with any urgent problems or to say to someone on an
adjacent table, "That's a very neat date that you've spent ten minutes
writing, now let's see if you can start the work...."
>Their English books are filled with dates and titles
>and nothing else.
Funny you should say that....
greebo
> let us not allow facts to spoil a good story.
>Someone wrote:
>> Just an anonymous spammer who wrecked our chatroom by
>> installing a robot to control it.
>
>My children, both class and Literacy Set, are motivated and
>enthusiatic when it comes to the LH. They appreciate the
>range of material and the bite-size pieces it is in.
>
> after initial personal doubts I am confident and
>enthusiatic in my teaching of the LH. Could this be the
>difference ?
attitudes of the LH co-ordinators in each school?
>
[sip]
>pointer there to the excellent Staffroom Webring
come and tell you off for being a boring prat. As if repeatedly making
that same pathetic point doesn't in itself qualify for boring prat
status.
>
>While I am at this 'ere posting lark, I would like to take this
>opportunity to say hello to all my "chatroom" <sic> friends.
>
>Regards,
>Chris.
>Anyone know of any pages about canals ? :o)
I thought you said "carnal"......
Chris
> Chris wrote
> >My children, both class and Literacy Set, are motivated and
> >enthusiatic when it comes to the LH. They appreciate the
> >range of material and the bite-size pieces it is in.
> Sounds as if you're putting words into their mouths.
Are you serious ? Are you suggesting I don't know what they like ?
or is this a pun on bite-sized. If so, you missed the smiley.
> Maybe a lot depends on the training provided in each LEA and the
> attitudes of the LH co-ordinators in each school?
Agreed. But the attitude at the front can really matter.
Regards,
Chris.
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Chris
>
> or to say to someone on an
> adjacent table, "That's a very neat date that you've spent ten minutes
> writing, now let's see if you can start the work...."
This may be a stupid question, but why bother with the date then ?
Regards,
Chris.
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GarethFord
>Probably out of place here, but what's an "onset" in this context please?
As in onset and rime.
The onset is the initial sound in a word which is formed by a consonant or a
consonant blend. e.g. CLap has cl as its onset.
The rime part is the AP.
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dawn
>The worst part about it is, the way you can only give them 20 minutes to do
>their work, and they take 15 mins to settle down. None of my class' group
>work is EVER finished, unless it is too easy and they mess about for the
>last 8 minutes or so. Their English books are filled with dates and titles
>and nothing else.
>
I agree, and getting the other groups to settle prevents you from giving
your focus group their individual (i.e. one sixth) time with you.
>And it doesn't teach them how to do dusting, either.
>
This is a life skill which I feel we should teach children.
That, and how to decorate, are important things which are totally absent
from the NC in any form :)
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Robert Chrismas
> Robert Chrismas wrote:
> >Probably out of place here, but what's an
> "onset" in this context please?
>
> As in onset and rime.
>
> The onset is the initial sound in a word which
> is formed by a consonant or a consonant blend.
> e.g. CLap has cl as its onset.
> The rime part is the AP.
Ah. For years I've spoken and written English without
needing to know that.
I seem to recall my teachers explaining alliteration
without using the term. In fact I still recall one of
the examples : the "furrow followed free" - whatever
that meant!
I've no experience or training in teaching early
literacy, but I can't see that it's a very important
term for children to know; which is not to say that
the idea isn't important.
I think I'm having an onset of pedantry again.
greebo
>slie...@aol.comNoSpam (SLieber24) wrote:
>
>> How about - doesn't teach them how to read. Doesn't teach them how to
>> comprehend even when they can read. But it does give them loads of useless
>> vocabulary - like onset, [snip]
>
>
Opposite of "offset"...
:o)
greebo
>greebo wrote:
>> Chris wrote
>> >range of material and the bite-size pieces it is in.
>> Sounds as if you're putting words into their mouths.
>
>Are you serious ? Are you suggesting I don't know what they like ?
>or is this a pun on bite-sized.
More beer. I think, Chris. :o)
>If so, you missed the smiley.
Sorry. Here it is now:
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greebo
That being known as Chris wrote this, as you can see.....
>greebo wrote:
>>
>> adjacent table, "That's a very neat date that you've spent ten minutes
>> writing, now let's see if you can start the work...."
>
>This may be a stupid question, but why bother with the date then ?
Believe it or not I got told off for not making the children write the
date on worksheets. I usually get them to write it numerically now to
save time.
>Regards,
>
>Chris.
>__
>Anyone know of any pages about bobs ?
http://www.gobsmack.demon.co.uk/bobs.htm now you come to mention it.
:o)
Corinne Brooks
<pmcgu...@hotmail.com> writes
>
>J-P wrote in message <7j6gmn$d8m$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>>Technically wrong. And that is why Its a complete muddle at Yr R
>level. By
>>the Summer term most children are 5 and its then that the NC should
>be
>>taught. i.e. DLO's for most of the yr ,then NC KS1!?
>
>I may be wrong but I feel fairly sure that our school is not teaching
>LH to YR as I have a daughter in that class. Are you suggesting we are
>breaking the law ?
>
the Literacy hour at any age. In fact a local school had justified not
using it to an Ofsted inspector and passed with flying colours. IE if
your system works then you don't have to change to LH. You just might
have to justify yourself to an inspector.
>> And then there is the fundamental point that the children need to be
>totally reafdy for NLP and NLH by the time they walk inti Yr 1 in
>September~ they had better be used to
>>both "hours"!!
>
>Which is the second hour - are you referring to the National Numeracy
>Strategy as I thought this was not time limited to an hour as such ?
>
>Peter Mac
>Whose school staff remain puzzled by the animosity directed towards LH
>by many teachers
>>Peter Mac <pmcgu...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:7j5to3$b1a$2...@news1.cableinet.co.uk...
>>>
>>> J-P wrote in message <7j3r54$2g8$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>>> >Yeah,it's a load of pants!!! (at least it is when they are only 4
>>> years old)
>>>
>>>
>>> Correct me if I am wrong but isn't the LH only compulsory for
>pupils
>>> in KS1 and don't they only formally enter KS 1 at compulsory school
>>> age ( 5 years old ?)
>>>
>>>
>>> Peter Mac
>>> Puzzled
>>>
>>
>>
>
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Liz Crewe
<Cor...@staffroom.freeserve.co.ook> writes snip
>>I may be wrong but I feel fairly sure that our school is not teaching
>>LH to YR as I have a daughter in that class. Are you suggesting we are
>>breaking the law ?
>>
>At my training day the other week they said that you don't have to teach
>the Literacy hour at any age. In fact a local school had justified not
>using it to an Ofsted inspector and passed with flying colours. IE if
>your system works then you don't have to change to LH. You just might
>have to justify yourself to an inspector.
Cue, Sandi...
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Jaymac
Chris wrote in message <3756D96A...@nospam.proz.ac>...
>Anyone know of any pages about bobs ?
You could always try this one;-)
http://www.sharmans.demon.co.uk
Jx
J-P
in September . iwould suggest getting early Years curriculum/planning ok'd
by relevant LEA early Yrs and literacy/Numeracy inspectors.. Better safe
than sorry! Regards J-Pnews:7j6hcl$1a1$1...@news1.cableinet.co.uk...
>
> J-P wrote in message <7j6gmn$d8m$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
> >Technically wrong. And that is why Its a complete muddle at Yr R
> level. By
> >the Summer term most children are 5 and its then that the NC should
> be
> >taught. i.e. DLO's for most of the yr ,then NC KS1!?
>
> LH to YR as I have a daughter in that class. Are you suggesting we are
> breaking the law ?
>
tuppence
>__
>Anyone know of any pages about bobs ?
No, but I'm sure I could work it in to the Tuppence page somewhere :)
2d
http://www.bigwig.net/tuppence/
tuppence
>As I looked at my monitor, a strange thing did I see,
>That being known as Chris wrote this, as you can see.....
>>Anyone know of any pages about bobs ?
>
Wow Greebs, I'd have recognised that Newcomen engine anywhere - seem to
remember drawing one more than once at school but I've never seen a
photo before... thanks :)
2d
GarethFord
>I fort rime meant like in clap and crap and scrap - and had just got spelt
>wrong.
You may joke however when one of my friends went on Teaching Practise their
school tore them apart for "spelling rhyme wrong... I've never heard of this
rime rubbish!" :-)
Actually onset and rime is probably one of the MORE useful things to know
that's in the Literacy Hour framework.
tuppence
>In article <19990603153612...@ngol04.aol.com>,
>garet...@aol.comeOnIn (GarethFord) wrote:
>> As in onset and rime.
>>
>> The onset is the initial sound in a word which is formed by a
consonant or
>> a
>> consonant blend. e.g. CLap has cl as its onset.
>> The rime part is the AP.
>
>
spelt
>wrong.
Isn't that how Coleridge spelled it?
_I_ fort rime was what you got on frosty mornings.
2d
tuppence
>Chris de Prozac
>
Gosh how confusing!
Fort u woz bob for a minute there...
2d
paul
<slie...@aol.comNoSpam> scribbled
>>>>>I would gladly appreciate any comments with regards to the literacy hour
>>>>>(within key stage 1 + 2).
>>>
>>>Stinks.
>>>
>>Boring?
>>Too much, too hard, too little time.
>
>comprehend even when they can read. But it does give them loads of useless
>stuff that will really be a help when they need to fill out that job
>application...
>
>*sigh*
>
And my next INSET day is on the LT.
And I'm secondary school. Can't wait to see my old Linguistics tutor to
tell her she's next on the list. <Cackle>
--
paul
paul
<garet...@aol.comeOnIn> scribbled
>Robert Chrismas wrote:
>>Probably out of place here, but what's an "onset" in this context please?
>
>
>The onset is the initial sound in a word which is formed by a consonant or a
>consonant blend. e.g. CLap has cl as its onset.
>The rime part is the AP.
>
>
Has Gareth been on Amoxycilin, I ask myself?
And if he has, should the rest of us be connecting with him?
<ducks>
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paul
<som...@also.on.prozac> scribbled
>My present literacy hour problem - being aired on another ng - is.......
>
>*Underline the verb in this sentence....(one of several other sentences)
> 'She is going to fall.'
>
>Any help?
>
>If fall is not the verb, what is it?
>
>I have had a variety of answers - but no agreement. (haha)
>
>* from Stupid things to do in a recently published literacy resource text.
>
Predicate that one!
--
paul
paul
<chri...@argonet.co.uk> scribbled
>I've no experience or training in teaching early
>literacy, but I can't see that it's a very important
>term for children to know; which is not to say that
>the idea isn't important.
>
>I think I'm having an onset of pedantry again.
>
>
>
>
>
--
paul
paul
<ew...@netcomuk.co.uk> scribbled
>
>>Take no notice of these comments by eweb. He/she is not even a currently
>>installing a robot to control it.
>>
>
>like this on USENET.
>
>(1) How do you know that I am not a currently serving teacher?
>
>(2) Your chatroom was not wrecked. I even did the polite thing and
>moved mr`chips when asked. I can't see how that makes me an anonymous
>spammer. mr`chips was only brought into the #staffroom to use up some
>spare bandwidth, not to 'wreck' anything. Besides who owns a channel
>on IRC anyway? I did the most polite thing, and yet I find that you
>persist in making abusive comments.
>
>If you have any problems with the above, then please message me at
>ew...@netcomuk.co.uk, and refrain from making abusive statements on
>this newsgroup.
>
>
Can I play? I've been good for almost a week now.
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eweb
<som...@argo60SECSnet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <375cbd57...@news.netcomuk.co.uk>, ew...@netcomuk.co.uk
>(eweb) wrote:
>> I did the most polite thing, and yet I find that you
>> persist in making abusive comments.
>
>EXACTLY!!!
>
>Why do you suppose I was demoted to cleaner? So I could act as spokesperson
>for the other cleanres!!!
>
>>
>> If you have any problems with the above, then please message me at
>> ew...@netcomuk.co.uk, and refrain from making abusive statements on
>> this newsgroup.
>
>
>Abusive?? ABUSIVE???? you are a troll!!!
>
>Ha!!!!
>
>Gimme my five quid, quick.
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> If so, you missed the smiley.
So did you - I've just checked and there isn't one (at least not until a
later paragraph!)
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The Baron
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> iwould suggest getting early Years curriculum/planning ok'd
> by relevant LEA early Yrs and literacy/Numeracy inspectors
It's a bit much coming into the staff room over half term for a quiet
top-up of banda to find all this heavy-weight natter about curriculum and
literacy and inspectors. Is this anything to do with the Trunchbull woman?
Peter Mac
J-P wrote in message <7j70rd$smq$1...@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>There is a degree of leniency,particularly with the Numeracy hour
starting
>in September
<snip>
You're not supposed to call it the 'Numeracy Hour' haven't you been on
your Numeracy strategy LEA conference :-)
Peter Mac
An out and out pedant sometimes
Jaymac
Someone wrote in message ...
>
>
>> I can't see that it's a very important term for children to know; which
>> is not to say that the idea isn't important.
>
>yr in grammar skule.
>
>I have serious trouble with explaining the difference between simile and
>metaphor myself. I only vaguely know the difference myself - what does it
>matter? I can use them until the air turns blue, comes as naturally as a
>fish to water - but have to think hard which is which and even harder to
>differentiate them for 9 yr olds who barely recognise a verb when it jumps
>off a plate in front of them.
>--
>Chris de Prozac
And have you seen the definition of metaphor in the NLF glossary? Clear as
mud!
Jx
paul
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Robert Chrismas
> On 03 Jun, J-P <j...@trojans.freeserve.co.uk> put fingers to keyboard and
> created:
> > iwould suggest getting early Years curriculum/planning ok'd
> > by relevant LEA early Yrs and literacy/Numeracy inspectors
>
> It's a bit much coming into the staff room over half term for a quiet
> top-up of banda to find all this heavy-weight natter about curriculum and
> literacy and inspectors. Is this anything to do with the Trunchbull
> woman?
I think I saw her eating some NC documents before half term.
Robert Chrismas
> Gertie DeSomeone wrote:
> >I fort rime meant like in clap and crap and scrap -
> > and had just got spelt wrong.
>
> Teaching Practise their school tore them apart for
> "spelling rhyme wrong... I've never heard of this
> rime rubbish!" :-)
>
> Actually onset and rime is probably one of the MORE
> useful things to know that's in the Literacy Hour
> framework.
So is rime the same as rhyme (except that it's spelt
differently)?
If not, what's rime please?
I feel like that chap who went around boasting that
he'd just discovered that he'd been speaking prose
all his life.
Robert Chrismas
> My present literacy hour problem -
> being aired on another ng - is.......
>
> *Underline the verb in this sentence...
> 'She is going to fall.'
>
> Any help?
>
> If fall is not the verb, what is it?
>
> I have had a variety of answers - but no agreement. (haha)
I think the main verb is "is going".
George Flinter
<chri...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>
>If not, what's rime please?
>
>I feel like that chap who went around boasting that
>he'd just discovered that he'd been speaking prose
>all his life.
>
in something by Moliere
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tuppence
Robert Chrismas wrote in message ...
>Someone <som...@also.on.prozac> wrote:
>> My present literacy hour problem -
>> being aired on another ng - is.......
>>
>> *Underline the verb in this sentence...
>> (one of several other sentences)
>> 'She is going to fall.'
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> If fall is not the verb, what is it?
>>
>> I have had a variety of answers - but no agreement. (haha)
>
>I think the main verb is "is going".
Isn't it 'is going to fall'?
It'll be the future perfect tense or summat shurely?
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George Flinter
<tupp...@pTHEUSUALmail.net> writes
>
>Isn't it 'is going to fall'?
>
>It'll be the future perfect tense or summat shurely?
>
so it's future.
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Roger :o
<chri...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>Someone <som...@also.on.prozac> wrote:
>> My present literacy hour problem -
>> being aired on another ng - is.......
>>
>> *Underline the verb in this sentence...
>> (one of several other sentences)
>> 'She is going to fall.'
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> If fall is not the verb, what is it?
>>
>> I have had a variety of answers - but no agreement. (haha)
>
>I think the main verb is "is going".
>
>
>
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Typical of you lot, debating about the grammar, for God's sake
somebody, catch her.
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Roger :o
<chri...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>garet...@aol.comeOnIn (GarethFord) wrote:
>> Gertie DeSomeone wrote:
>> >I fort rime meant like in clap and crap and scrap -
>> > and had just got spelt wrong.
>>
>> You may joke however when one of my friends went on
>> Teaching Practise their school tore them apart for
>> "spelling rhyme wrong... I've never heard of this
>> rime rubbish!" :-)
>>
>> Actually onset and rime is probably one of the MORE
>> useful things to know that's in the Literacy Hour
>> framework.
>
>So is rime the same as rhyme (except that it's spelt
>differently)?
>
>If not, what's rime please?
>
>I feel like that chap who went around boasting that
>he'd just discovered that he'd been speaking prose
>all his life.
>
>--
>Robert Chrismas e-mail : chrismas at argonet.co.uk
There's the Rime of the Ancient Mariner.... now speaking about the tea
race...
Roger :o
<som...@argo60SECSnet.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3756A5A3...@nospam.proz.ac>, Chris <ch...@nospam.proz.ac>
>wrote:
>> Well all I can suggest is that you are doing it wrong.
>
>
>
>Prolly - I am only the cleaner......
>
>
>
>> However there is a pointer there to the excellent Staffroom
>> Webring where others have Literacy sites to aid colleagues.
>
>Cue Roger.....
Enter stage left carrying a model of the Cutty Sark and a sly grin.
Yes, why not try the Staffroom webring
we have all sorts of things on there.
Exit stage right muttering something about tea.
greebo
>In article <3756D96A...@nospam.proz.ac>, Chris <ch...@nospam.proz.ac>
>wrote:
>> Anyone know of any pages about bobs ?
>
>And singles....
>
Nah, aren't singles something to do with rubbery cheese? (1)
(1) Confucius, he say: "cheese is velly rubbery."
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That being known as Someone wrote this, as you can see.....
>(eweb) wrote:
>>
>> If you have any problems with the above, then please message me at
>> ew...@netcomuk.co.uk, and refrain from making abusive statements on
>> this newsgroup.
>
>Abusive?? ABUSIVE???? you are a troll!!!
>
alt.internet.providers.uk.free or uk.net.news.config.....
S. Daly
"Haiku... To write a poem with seventeen syllables is very
diffic..."
I haven't worked out how to put a sig. on my emails
or in here yet, by the way.
Any hints?
S.D. :-D
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eweb
>>
>>Abusive?? ABUSIVE????
>You ain't seen abusive till you've subscribed to
>alt.internet.providers.uk.free or uk.net.news.config.....
or even alt.fan.canals
tuppence
>On Fri, 04 Jun 1999 16:43:04 BST, Robert Chrismas
><chri...@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Someone <som...@also.on.prozac> wrote:
>>> My present literacy hour problem -
>>> being aired on another ng - is.......
>>>
>>> *Underline the verb in this sentence...
>>> (one of several other sentences)
>>> 'She is going to fall.'
>>>
>>> Any help?
>>>
>>> If fall is not the verb, what is it?
>>>
>>> I have had a variety of answers - but no agreement. (haha)
>>
>>I think the main verb is "is going".
>Typical of you lot, debating about the grammar, for God's sake
>somebody, catch her.
ROFL!
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Lara
S. Daly wrote in message <37585...@news1.mcmail.com>...
>Just saw this on the coolsig site...
>"Haiku... To write a poem with seventeen syllables is very
>diffic..."
>
>I haven't worked out how to put a sig. on my emails
>or in here yet, by the way.
>
>Any hints?
What are you using? - I can help you in <whisper>Outlook Express</whisper>
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greebo
>>>
>>>Abusive?? ABUSIVE????
>>>
>>You ain't seen abusive till you've subscribed to
>>alt.internet.providers.uk.free or uk.net.news.config.....
>
>or even alt.fan.canals
>
Canal freaks never get cut up about things unless someone barges in.
It's a happy world where "Gates" has a totally different meaning....
George Flinter
<gre...@biggobsmackhead.freeserve.co.uk> writes
>Canal freaks never get cut up about things unless someone barges in.
>
If you find a 1953 AJS, I'd like it back please.
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Corinne Brooks
<chri...@argonet.co.uk> writes
>Someone <som...@also.on.prozac> wrote:
>> My present literacy hour problem -
>> being aired on another ng - is.......
>>
>> *Underline the verb in this sentence...
>> (one of several other sentences)
>> 'She is going to fall.'
>>
>> Any help?
>>
>> If fall is not the verb, what is it?
>>
>> I have had a variety of answers - but no agreement. (haha)
>
>I think the main verb is "is going".
>
>
>
fall.
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S. Daly
S. Daly wrote
>>I haven't worked out how to put a sig. on my emails
>>or in here yet, by the way.
>>
>>Any hints?
>
>
>What are you using? - I can help you in <whisper>Outlook Express</whisper>
>
>Lara
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Corinne Brooks
writes
>Just saw this on the coolsig site...
>"Haiku... To write a poem with seventeen syllables is very
>diffic..."
>
they crop up everywhere. In fact in Y6 term 3 there's another sort with
two extra lines on the end, usually sent as a reply to a haiku. Can't
remember what its called.
Why does everyone suddenly need to know about Japanese poetry?
>I haven't worked out how to put a sig. on my emails
>or in here yet, by the way.
>
>Any hints?
>S.D. :-D
>s.d...@cwcom.net
Corinne Brooks
<ew...@netcomuk.co.uk> writes
>
>>>
>>>Abusive?? ABUSIVE????
>>>
>>You ain't seen abusive till you've subscribed to
>>alt.internet.providers.uk.free or uk.net.news.config.....
>
>
>or even alt.fan.canals
>
uk.local.birmingham - and I've never met him - AFAIK
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Scaramouche
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>Well Funkboy has just voted me the fattest and ugliest person on
>uk.local.birmingham - and I've never met him - AFAIK
>>
What a nasty bastard. Ignore............
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GarethFord
>Why is it that before the literacy hour no-one had heard of haikus - now
>they crop up everywhere. In fact in Y6 term 3 there's another sort with
>two extra lines on the end, usually sent as a reply to a haiku. Can't
>remember what its called.
>Why does everyone suddenly need to know about Japanese poetry?
I remember doing Haiku when I was in second year juniors. :-)
I personally think Haiku are great. :-) It's an excellent way of practising
counting syllables and the children love writing haiku because it's a poetry
form where they can assess whether they have met the correct criteria (i.e.
counting the syllables) easily and independently. Of course, there's more to a
good haiku than the amount of syllables (there's the subject matter etc.) but I
think we'll just work on that for now.
A haiku with two extra 7 syllable lines added is a tanka. You add two lines to
an existing haiku as a response... an idea for an email project, perhaps?
(we've already done one on limericks... see
http://www.edlestoncps.freeserve.co.uk/Limericks.htm )
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<Q...@Pandemonium.chaos.everywhere.uk> writes
Wonder if his mummy took his toys away before:-))
Roger :o
<Q...@Pandemonium.chaos.everywhere.uk> wrote:
>In article <LmMjpXAb...@quizlady.freeserve.co.uk>, Corinne Brooks
><Cor...@staffroom.freeserve.co.ook> writes
>
>Snip
>
>>Well Funkboy has just voted me the fattest and ugliest person on
>>uk.local.birmingham - and I've never met him - AFAIK
>>>
>What a nasty bastard. Ignore............
>--
>Scaramouche
Ignore it Corinne.
Geeesh! I wish these people would vent their spleen on something else.
It seems to me that they give 'em high tech gear to communicate and
all they want to do is tell the world they can't. I suppose its the
same as giving a cave-man a cell 'phone. First he'd try to eat it and
when he couldn't he'd use it to hit someone on the head.
Ignore 'em Corinnne you do more for the world of communication in two
minutes than they'll ever do in two incarnations. Just carry on
talking to everyone else and when he finds he can't 'press any
buttons' he'll find someone else to annoy. Also, when they see how
he's treated others they'll think twice before they chat.
dawn
<snip>
>talking to everyone else and when he finds he can't 'press any
>buttons' he'll find someone else to annoy. Also, when they see how
>he's treated others they'll think twice before they chat.
Hear, hear.
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tuppence
<19990606035921...@ngol07.aol.com>...
>Corinne Brooks wrote:
>>Why is it that before the literacy hour no-one had heard of haikus -
now
>>they crop up everywhere. In fact in Y6 term 3 there's another sort
with
>>two extra lines on the end, usually sent as a reply to a haiku. Can't
>>remember what its called.
>>Why does everyone suddenly need to know about Japanese poetry?
>
>I remember doing Haiku when I was in second year juniors. :-)
I first came across them in my second year at college - of course that
could have been around the same time :(
Yup, I like them and presumably the children are encouraged by their set
length, rather like limericks which have the added advantage of humour.
the rambling rose scrambles up the railings
is it trying to escape?
2d
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Frere Rabit
> > is this forum still alive after all these years ?
>
Rabit snuffles around outside the locked Staffroom door, zizzes paws and returns to his donkey blog, www.brotherlapin.com
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