FREE Resources for Activity
Projects
The following activity
projects are supplied in the Express Literacy software as
examples of what is possible. You can make some of the activities
for yourself (see the Step-by-step
section) or you can clone the activities and edit
them for your needs. Each activity set, or Project, has one
Main Text and between 3 and 7 activities to use alongside
the Main Text.
Year 1
The 15 Year 1 activities are listed below:
ea ee Phonic Activity - Please Keep off
the Grass
Playground Chant - Rain, Rain Go Away
Song - Ten in a Bed
Poem - I Think I'll Go and Eat Worms
oa o_e ow Phonic Activity - Pirate Island
Counting Song - One. Two, Three, Four, Five
Story with a familiar setting - My Little Sister
Story with a predictable pattern - Don't Forget Eve
Signs, Labels and Captions - Autumn
Nursery Rhyme - Hickory Dickory Dock
Oral Account - My Best Friend
Traditional Story - Little Red Riding Hood
Rhyme - Little Miss Muffet
Playground Chant - Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around
Action Verse - Incy Wincy Spider
Click
here to download a pdf file, explaining the
content of these Y1 activity sets, with the relevant NLS References.
Year 2
The 15 Year 2 activities are listed below:
Traditional Story - Snow White
Fable - The Wind and the Sun
Tongue twister - Betty Botter's Batter
Poem - Potty Pets
Instructions - How to Make a Sandwich
Traditional Tale - Cinderella
Patterned Poem 1 - In the Dark Wood
Patterned Poem 2 - Through the Dark and Gloomy Garden
Alphabetical Text - Alphabetical order
Explanation - How a plant feeds & Life Cycle of a Frog
Extended Story - Magic Shoes
About an Author - David McKee
Tongue Twister - Peter Piper
Information Book - Octopus
Non-Chronological Account - The Great Fire of London
Click
here to download a pdf file, explaining the
content of these Y2 activity sets, with the relevant NLS References.
Year 3
The 15 Year 3 activities are listed below:
Story with familiar setting - Sam and the
purple octopus
Repeated Text- Max
Poem from Observation or Senses - The Pot
Playscript - A Classroom Scene
Non-chronological report - Fantastic
Myth - Water, Water Everywhere
Parable - Far from Samaria
Instructions - Clock Patience
Instructions - My Route to School
Non Fiction Text - The Development of the Pyramid
Poem from Observation or Senses - On Close Inspection
Humorous Poem - The Fly by Walter de la Mare
Components of a Letter - Polly Gee's Apologies
Adventure Story - The Rock Pool
Playscript - Growing Up
Click
here to download a pdf file, explaining the
content of these Y3 activity sets, with the relevant NLS References.
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