Stage One- Simple XO Activity Ideas

Objective

Outcome

Activity Idea

XO Application Used

Students practice typing letters and writing

sentences

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plans, composes and reviews a small

range of simple texts for a variety of
purposes on
familiar topics for known readers and
viewers EN1-2A
identifies how language use in their own
writing differs according to their purpose,
audience
and subject matter EN1-7B

Students create and write sentences on

whiteboards then type on X0.
Create and type persuasive, imaginative or
informative texts.

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Reading and
Viewing

draws on an increasing range of skills and

strategies to fluently read, view and
comprehend
a range of texts on less familiar topics in
different media and technologies EN1-4A
recognises that there are different kinds of
texts when reading and viewing and shows
an
awareness of purpose, audience and subject
matter EN1-8B

Use Bugclub on XO to read or listen to texts.

iStory App
use XOs to view different texts such as,
pictures, stories or film. Students can then
respond to questions about text.

Browser
Google
Apps

Grammar,
Punctuation
& Vocab

Create a word document for class.

Students add Full stops or capital letters to
sentences.
Students can write a list of nouns, verbs etc
Students can identify and underline (or use
the bold feature) nouns, verbs or adjectives
Students can add adverbs or adjectives to
texts

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Students complete look, cover, write and

check task using spelling words.
Students can write sentences using their
spelling or sight words

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Handwriting
and Digital
Technologies

Writing and
Representin
g

composes texts using letters of consistent

size and slope and uses digital technologies
EN1-3A

uses basic grammatical features,

punctuation conventions and vocabulary
appropriate to
the type of text when responding to and
composing texts EN1-9B

Spelling

EN1-5A

uses a variety of strategies, including

knowledge of sight words and lettersound
correspondences, to spell familiar words