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2. Reads aloud any text, highlighting words Shows pictures above words Capitalizes proper nouns and words at start of sentences In Your Classroom

3. Use linked sentence-building grids to build a piece of writing Move between grids using the arrows Text in Clicker Writer stays the same In Your Classroom

4. ‘Forced order’ activities teach left-to-right sentence construction Only some cells are active at a time, ensuring grammatical sense In Your Classroom

5. Provide a model sentence See and hear the sentence before building it Hear your own sentence and compare visually and aurally In Your Classroom

6. ‘Look-cover-write-check’ Click to view the sentence in a pop-up Must close the pop-up before constructing the sentence In Your Classroom

7. Use sentence starters and endings in the grid Match them together to build sentences In Your Classroom

8. Scaffold a whole piece of writing – not just a sentence Each grid has a small number of words Move to next grid to see words for next part of story In Your Classroom

9. Write using the grid AND the keyboard Grid provides sentence starters and vocabulary Use keyboard for any further text In Your Classroom

10. Use grids for word banks Enter words into the grid with the class A great interactive whiteboard activity for any subject In Your Classroom

11. Use a word bank as a ‘menu’ Click on a cell to go to writing grid Writing grid contains a word bank with relevant vocabulary In Your Classroom

12. Use word banks to record an account of an event Each grid focuses on a specific element In Your Classroom

13. Extend vocabulary As a group, decide on alternatives for words Add the words to the word bank In Your Classroom

14. Word bank grids support keyboard writing Provide words that are difficult to spell Provide key words to complete all elements of a subject In Your Classroom

15. Writing frames guide learners through a writing activity Use to support discussion Provide sentence starters and links to supporting arguments In Your Classroom

16. Use for procedures Add your own words to blank cells Personalizes the information and vocabulary In Your Classroom

17. Use for recounting Writing frames help learners structure their retelling of a familiar story In Your Classroom

18. Use for explanation Use a writing frame with links to blank word banks Add appropriate vocabulary to the blank cells In Your Classroom

19. Use a structured framework to provide alternative choices for constructing a story In Your Classroom

20. Use Clicker to create talking books Add pictures, text, sound, and video Recall and share facts or events in an exciting way In Your Classroom

21. Learners can create their own talking books, selecting pictures, words or phrases from pop-up grids Create your own books to focus on a particular teaching point or vocabulary In Your Classroom

22. Relevant to any teaching topic Reluctant or struggling readers can click on a button to hear the text In Your Classroom

23. Engage disaffected readers Adapt text and images in a talking book to the interest and ability of the student In Your Classroom

24. Talking books provide opportunities for overlearning Highlight and reinforce key vocabulary In Your Classroom

25. A stimulus for further activities Ask questions within books to encourage further discussion In Your Classroom

26. Create personalized resources Students’ personal copies provide useful records of their reading fluency and accuracy In Your Classroom

27. Provide alternative versions of books Differentiate using the same pictures/sound/video Learners have resources matched to their abilities In Your Classroom

28. Link reading and writing activities Learners become familiar with the text in the book, and then create their own books to consolidate their learning In Your Classroom

29. Link reading and writing activities Learners become familiar with the text in the book, and then create their own books to consolidate their learning In Your Classroom

30. Link reading and writing activities Learners become familiar with the text in the book, and then create their own books to consolidate their learning In Your Classroom

31. Record an instruction, comment or question Focuses the learner on a particular issue In Your Classroom

32. Create books to support other languages Many French and Spanish resources on the LearningGrids.com website In Your Classroom

33. Create books to support other languages Many French and Spanish resources on the LearningGrids.com website In Your Classroom

34. Write your own stories or accounts using pop-up grids Provide the words needed for emerging or struggling writers In Your Classroom

35. Reinforce vocabulary for reading and writing Use the same vocabulary in reading and writing versions of the same book In Your Classroom

36. Determine the order of the content of a book First choose a picture and then choose appropriate words or phrases In Your Classroom

37. Determine the order of the content of a book First choose a picture and then choose appropriate words or phrases In Your Classroom

38. Record your own account Use a microphone to record your own voice Speak the text on the page, or talk about the picture In Your Classroom

39. Use for labeling, sorting, matching, and sequencing Provides reinforcement of learning objectives Ideal for class, group, or individual work In Your Classroom

40. Use for labeling, sorting, matching, and sequencing Provides reinforcement of learning objectives Ideal for class, group, or individual work In Your Classroom

41. Use for labeling, sorting, matching, and sequencing Provides reinforcement of learning objectives Ideal for class, group, or individual work In Your Classroom

42. Labeling activities – click on a blank cell to view a pop-up, and select a word from the word bank pop-up Listen to the options in the word bank before you select In Your Classroom

43. Use Clicker’s high-quality graphics library, or your own photos Labeling activities are ideal for teaching foreign languages In Your Classroom

44. Reinforce and enhance math skills Many free math activities available at LearningGrids.com In Your Classroom

45. Label and classify objects Use two pop-up grids to both label AND classify a picture In Your Classroom

46. Engage a whole class or group in an interactive activity Students take turns to complete the chart In Your Classroom

47. Use complementary activities to provide a written record of the activity In Your Classroom

48. Let learners show understanding Pop-up grids can have as few or as many items as you like In Your Classroom

49. Let learners show understanding Pop-up grids can have as few or as many items as you like In Your Classroom

50. Let learners show understanding Pop-up grids can have as few or as many items as you like In Your Classroom

51. Develop phonic awareness using pictures and/or words Sort words or pictures according to their sounds Reinforcement activities offer visual and auditory cues In Your Classroom

52. Promote class or small group discussions Create open-ended activities to reinforce reasoning skills and develop speaking and listening skills In Your Classroom

53. Matching activities include: –Picture matching In Your Classroom

54. Matching activities include: –Word and picture matching In Your Classroom

55. Matching activities include: –Number matching In Your Classroom

56. Sequencing activities include: –Picture sequencing In Your Classroom

57. Sequencing activities include: –Number sequencing In Your Classroom

58. Sequencing activities include: –Sequencing sentences In Your Classroom

59. Sequencing activities include: –Sequencing events or statements In Your Classroom

60. Sequencing activities include: –Sequence learning by linking grids In Your Classroom

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