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From a spelling mat to word matsWord mats are in alphabetical order. All could be adapted for whichever age group you teach. It is noticeable that publishers have cottoned on to this idea. Congratulations to all concerned. A laminated A3 version of this is used for students to lean on. Note the space for an exercise book or a photograph. Let us have your version. For example, Cities or Kenya etc. Pupils prior to describing a picture could work in pairs to select appropriate words with a washable felt pen. They could go on to write a poem. Here are some specific ones to download. Thank you to all who have contributed. Click the right mouse on the link and choose Save Target as or Save Link as' .
New word mats to assist with literacy, idea generation and planning. Download one file (PowerPoint) for 6 word mats covering Japan, Investigating Crime, Coasts, Explosive Earth, Indicators of Development, Hurricane Katrina. They are aimed at Year 9. Thank you to Mark Saunders, Broomfield School Cocoa
and Chocolate from Christine
Lloyd-Staples and Adam
Weathering key words from Alex Prior, Court Moor School, Fleet, Hampshire. Download the key words here. Graphics by Loris Cooper. Climate Word mat with key climate terms from Sarah Mills at Thomas Telford School, Telford and Wrekin. Download the word mat Interactiveword matsI am getting to grips with excel with interactivity and thanks to Paul Hunt St Peter's High School, Burnham-on-crouch, Essex, who developed these interactive word mats. If anyone out there can design lessons with them I will be grateful. Please let me know what you think.
Definitions mats Emlyn Wright at Verdin High School is working on clarifying expectations with pupils and so has systematically worked through the scheme of work and produced definitions mats - also make a version with out the words, just definitions and also make a version without the definitions just the words. This makes for more participative starter and plenary sessions. These could be used with the interactive word mat too. Year 7 Population Year 7 Settlement Year 7 Geomorphology Year 8 Tectonics Year 8 Europe Year 9 Economic activity Year 9 Environmental Issues Savanna is the biome that many people study. Try this for starters and thanks to Jenny Falla from the Guernsey Grammar School for sending it in.Download word mat 650kb Italy word mat This mat is part of some work done with King Edward VI School. Lichfield Download the word mat 75kb GIS word mat - This is an attempt to list much of the jargon associated with GIS. Thanks to Rik Katz from Washington Middle School, Seattle, USA Download word mat 200kb Rainforest Leek High School have added to the word mat style using different text styles for pupils of different abilities. Bold = all Normal =most and italic=some pupils Download Word Mat 700kb
Egypt Chris Stonier, Leek High School has sent this word mat for a unit on Egypt Download Word Mat 120kb Tourism Tim Purcell, The Grange School, Stourbridge has sent this word mat in Download Word Mat 61kb Urbanisation Steph Robinson, Broadlands School, Keynsham, Bristol sent this PowerPoint slide which is like a spelling mat, but can also be used to get pupils to answer questions or as a writing frame. Steph is currently using it with lower ability Y10. Download PowerPoint slide 59kb India
Development
Population
Agriculture Coasts Earthquakes
GCSE
command word mat Japan
Rivers
Settlement
Starters and connectives
Environmental Disaster
Volcanoes
Questions or problems regarding this
web site should be directed to
kate.russell@staffordshire.gov.uk This page last updated 26 September 2011 |
Brand
new Word Mats
Kate
Russell designed this for primary schools but could be adapted 
Ken Anderson in conjunction with the SEN department of Chesterton High
School, Newcastle-under-Lyme has devised a neat way of helping pupils with
one literacy issue, spelling of technical vocabulary. You can download the
spelling mat as a Microsoft Word file to adapt for use in your school.
