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	Before we use the computer, we practise our skills as a group, firstly, picking out words to help build sentences, and starting with capital letters and finishing with a fullstop. This can be used for all other concepts the children are to learn e.g. speech marks, question mark etc. and rehearsing earlier skills.
Each pupil will then practise sequencing the words and other concepts, before recording their results.
	And of course we always get it right?
Using Clicker
	Clicker allows all to access writing skills! Here a group of pupils enjoy using the computer to match words they have listened to, enabling them to produce work they can print out then record in their books.
Here a group of pupils are practising their sentence sequencing skills.
	This group are again practising skills in sentence structure, they are also learning the key vocabulary, there are words missing and they have to write in the correct words. The group are developing keyboard skills and simple spelling.

Other skills learnt using clicker are; using symbols, see JimJam1, using the colourful semantics system, learning how to writing from left to right. Practise speech marks, exclamation and question marks, and word building. The only thing that stops you using this program is your own imagination. Apart from helping pupils to develop and practise their language skills, there are other benefits e.g. developing ICT skills, co-operation, co-ordination and concentration skills which was identified during Ofsted. How I have coded the files: - · S2, 3, 4 or 5 is the level book from The Oxford Reading Tree · Part of the name in that level is also given · If the name and level is given. These can be used for straightforward matching or sentence building · If one 'm' after name e.g. Newdogm, these have missing Key vocabulary · If 'mm' after name GoKartmm, these are mixed up sentence with missing vocabulary. · Some files are more than one page long; therefore the name and a letter of the alphabet will appear for each other page.

Brian Lounton