Once upon a time... | Narrative | Critical & Creative Thinking | Writing Prompt | Set 2

SMART RESOURCE | A set of eight nursery rhymes and nine activities for beginner readers and writers which links the student’s knowledge of nursery rhymes with word knowledge. The resource has coloured activity cards and black and white nursery rhyme sheets – ready to be illustrated. The rhymes include Goosey, Goosey Gander, Hey Diddle Diddle, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Three Blind Mice, Jack and Jill, The Queen of Hearts, Solomon Grundy and Humpty Dumpty. The resource gives the students excellent opportunities to develop phonological awareness and concepts of print in the beginning stages of reading and writing.

SMART RESOURCE | The student’s use their knowledge of the narrative Jack and the Beanstalk to complete the writing activities. These beanstalk activity cards also make a colourful wall display.

SMART RESOURCE | The seven writing activity cards focus on De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats to explore narrative stories. Students are given the opportunity to critically and creatively think about the stories they have read, and then make a written response to the text using the activity’s featured thinking skill. Included in the resource is a poster explaining the thinking skill assigned to each hat.

PREMIUM RESOURCE | Once upon a time… Set 1, 2 and 3 make up the BUNDLE. There are thirty-three activities which focus on critical and creative thinking. Students respond, in writing, to the fairy tales using knowledge and comprehension, application and analysis, synthesis and evaluation thinking.