Supporting English Language Literacy With A Smart Board

1. Supporting English Language Literacy
with an interactive whiteboard
with an interactive whiteboard
Malcolm Wilson
ICT Curriculum Development Officer
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2. We Are Learning To
• integrate and embed the use of an interactive whiteboard to
develop English Language Literacy
• use SMART Notebook tools
• use pre‐created SMART Notebook resources in the shared
documents of all Falkirk primary school networks
• use other software with interactive whiteboard. Back to WALT
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3. Use Highlighter Pen Tool
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4. Example text to highlight and drag out words
Example text to highlight and drag out words
Mr Wolf soon found Grandma's cottage. He opened the wooden
door and peeked inside. There was Grandma in her cosy bed. She
was wearing her best nightcap. She was wearing her new
spectacles too. Poor Grandma was terrified. "Help!" she cried, but
no one heard her. The wolf grinned his most wicked grin. Then he
pounced into the cottage and ate poor Grandma all up. He was so
greedy that he swallowed her whole. Nasty Mr Wolf licked his
lips. Then he put on Grandma's best nightcap and her new
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It was still warm. He pulled up Grandma's covers, right up to his
wicked chin. Then he waited. He just waited, grinning his wicked
grin.
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5. Story Planning Template
Go to Developing Go to Story
Character Planning UK
SMART Notebook SMART Notebook
Use templates of writing genre models for narrative story, File File
formal report, diary, scripts or character development.
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6. Use Screen Shade Tool to hide and reveal text
Part of an author's writing can be revealed and pupils invited to come up with
suggestions for continuing the writing. After pupil suggestions are discussed the
screen shade can be moved to reveal what the author wrote.
Mr Wolf soon found Grandma's cottage. He opened the wooden
door and peeked inside. There was Grandma in her cosy bed. She
was wearing her best nightcap. She was wearing her new
spectacles too. Poor Grandma was terrified. "Help!" she cried, but
no one heard her. The wolf grinned his most wicked grin. Then he
pounced into the cottage and ate poor Grandma all up. He was so
greedy that he swallowed her whole. Nasty Mr Wolf licked his Back to WALT
lips. Then he put on Grandma's best nightcap and her new
spectacles. He hadn't eaten those. He slipped into Grandma's bed .
It was still warm. He pulled up Grandma's covers, right up to his
wicked chin. Then he waited. He just waited, grinning his wicked
grin.
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7. Use shapes to hide or reveal key words
Hide key words using shape tool or pictures. Pupils to predict what word might be
behind shape.
Click here to open
To A Mouse
SMART Notebook
file
Nasty Mr Wolf licked his lips. Then he put on Grandma's best nightcap and
her new spectacles. He hadn't eaten those. He slipped into Grandma's bed .
It was still warm. He pulled up Grandma's covers, right up to his wicked chin.
Then he waited. He just waited, grinning his wicked grin.
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You can also use change the pen tool colour to that of the page
background and make selected words appear invisible. Reveal the
hidden words by using the eraser tool.
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8. Use Shape Tool for Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check
Use Shape Tool for Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check
We are learning to spell this word
Click here to open
CAL KS1
SMART Notebook
file
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Spell the word out loud then cover and write in the empty box.
Check your spelling.
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9. Word Sequencing
Word Sequencing
Write words suggested by pupils on the SMART Board. Then move them
around the screen to create best sounding sequence.
Click here to open
loud bang clatter To A Mouse
SMART Notebook
whoosh screech screaming file
Event sequences can also be re‐ordered to create different effects in
story writing.
Take an existing poem, change the poem topic, retain the style (keep the Back to WALT
same number of lines, syllables and rhyming pattern) and substitute
alternative words related to that topic for every word in the existing
poem.
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10. Add speech bubbles
Add speech bubbles from the SMART Notebook Gallery to photographs or clip art characters
to create graphic novel narrative. Bubbles and characters can be found in the Gallery ‐
Essentials for Educators ‐ English and Language Arts ‐ Story Telling ‐ Expressions or People.
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11. Use Infinite Cloner Tool
Create letters of alphabet and apply infinite clone tool effect to each letter.
Pupils can use as a magnetic letter board to form words.
a z Click here to open
b y CAL KS1
SMART Notebook
file
c x
d w
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f u
g h i j k l m n o p q r s t
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12. Use SMART Aware Toolbar in Microsoft Word
Use the SMART Aware Toolbar with existing
Word documents to add handwritten
annotations.
Click here to open
"nice" adjective
This can be found in Word through View ‐ Word document
Toolbars ‐ SMART Aware Toolbar.
This can provide for use of Word tools:
Talking feature of WordTalk
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• Thesaurus (Tools ‐ Language ‐ Thesaurus).
• Track Changes (Tools ‐ track Changes; Tools
‐Options ‐ Track Changes Tab for changing
how changes appear).
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13. Online Dictionary and Wordlist creator
Free online dictionary to use with any
webpage ﴾or document on your
computer﴿. Just enter a website ﴾or
document﴿ into the Lingro website to
make all words on the webpage clickable.
This then reveals a definition, and a
translation if required into one of several
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hear the word spoken. And you can add
the words to a wordlist and create games
with them to help learn them.
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14. Picture stimulus for descriptive words & phrases
Add a picture or photograph and pupils add descriptive words or phrases.
Pictures can be added by Insert ‐ Picture File, or by dragging straight from a
web page.
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Image found at www.zoo‐m.com/flickr‐storm/
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15. Use Action settings
Use Action settings
Pupils create stories with action buttons for choosing story options.
Click here to open
interactive
Click on Powerpoint
story
properties
and action
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16. Interactive narrative activities in SMART Notebook
in SMART Notebook
Create choice links from page
to page.
Click here to open
interactive narrative
Involve pupils in moving
SMART Notebook
characters. file Bear in Space
Use layer tools to hide
objects.
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Add instructions or hints or
answers on panels to be
dragged from side
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17. Online Literacy Resources for SMART Board
• National Whiteboard Network ‐ www.nwnet.org.uk
• Teacher Resource Exchange ‐ http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk
• Learning and Teaching Scotland ‐ www.ltscotland.org.uk/literacy/
• ACCE Cardiff Schools
‐ http://cardiffschools.net/~roelmann/whiteboard/smart2.html
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• SMART Technologies ‐ www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en‐gb
• Canterbury Christ Church University
‐ http://www.smart‐education.org/
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