A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.
Focus: using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks
Favourite time of day – Lesson plan
Purpose: In this lesson, students describe their favourite time of day. It includes oral language strategies from The Oral Language Book to support students to generate ideas for their writing.
Favourite time of day – images
Here are several images that can be used to motivate students.
Favourite time of day – Student exemplars
Suggestion: These exemplars could be used in the lesson warm or when unpacking the possible lesson criteria. Refer to the lesson plan above.
For more engaging writing ideas, see our on demand workshop Generating ideas for writing.
A fluency phone, also referred to as a whisper phone or phonics phone, is a self-amplifying device.
Focus: using a fluency phone to support students during writing self-checks
Includes: two retelling talking strips
Focus: retelling
Includes: PDF of dice reading activity (fiction 1)
Focus: independent reading activity
