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
Thought tunnel (page 95, The Oral Language Book) or 'Conscience alley' is a drama activity that can be used to support students to develop characters during narrative writing. The technique can also be used to support students to explore a book character in more depth.
For more information about this drama activity, click on the resource links. A teacher from Western Heights in Rotorua recommended this website to us during one of our workshops in 2013.
RELATED RESOURCES
Book:
Check out Chapter 4 in The Oral Language Book for more great drama ideas.
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
Resources: Four grids with CVC words
Purpose: To read and write CVC words
Includes: Word or Wonder wall and an exemplar
Focus: Vocabulary, generating ideas
