In this video series, Pie Corbett answers your frequently asked questions. In this video, Pie discusses how to use model texts to teach children how to read ‘as a reader’, focusing on vocabulary, grammar and comprehension.
Grammar into Writing using Traction Man
Maria Richards walks you through how to plan lessons that teach grammar in context, using Mini Grey’s story Traction Man with a Year 2 group.
Using a Writer’s Journal or Magpie book
Jamie Grossmith at Belmont Primary in Grantham explains how his class use writing journals to store and develop ideas.
Descriptosaurus – by Alison Wilcox
Descriptosaurus positions the word, zooms in on it to examine the meaning, expands it into phrases, and then provides alternatives in words, phrases and sentences. The model was created and refined over a number of years as a result of feedback from children inside and outside the classroom as to the resources they required to inspire and assist them with their …
The Exquisite Corpse – A grammar based word game
The Exquisite Corpse is a simple grammar game that creates interesting and often bizarre sentences. Pie explains how it’s played
Clock Close
TfW Trainer Dean Thompson has put together a brand new model text – a portal story which links to both history and geography. “There were no clocks in Clock Close…”
A new invention – inventing stories with young children
How do we guide young children to invent new stories? Jane Ralphs explains how she and Pie Corbett got the children using props and story maps to independently tell their own stories, through a project in Haringey.
The road to great reading results and a love of reading at Montgomery Primary
How do you achieve great reading results AND a love of reading? In 2016, phonics and writing skills hadn’t translated into reading results at Montgomery Primary in Birmingham.
Jumpstart Literacy by Pie Corbett
Jumpstart Literacy is a best-selling collection of simple to use, fun, multi-sensory games and creative lesson starters will ‘jumpstart’ pupils’ enthusiasm for literacy learning. For use at Key Stages 2 & 3 (ages 7-14).