Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Teaching - Subjects - Reading & Phonics

Mars is the closest planet to Earth, but how much do we know about it? Written by science author Steve Parker, this fact-packed book takes a look at the physical features of the planet and at the amazing exploration that has been done on Mars.

Mars is the closest planet to Earth, but how much do we know about it? Written by science author Steve Parker, this fact-packed book takes a look at the physical features of the planet and at the amazing exploration that has been done on Mars.

Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language

Photographs of Mars...

This photographic instruction book shows children how to keep worms as pets and take care of them correctly, including how to house them and what to feed them.

This photographic instruction book shows children how to keep worms as pets and take care of them correctly, including how to house them and what to feed them.

Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language

Children can recap the stages of how to make a home for their worm on pages 14 15.

Text type: A simple instruction book

Curriculum links: Citizenship: Animals and...

As Dog and Rabbit work hard digging, Camel just sits nearby saying "Hump ." In this beautifully illustrated retelling of the traditional story, Camel soon realises he should be careful what he wishes for

-Collins Big Cat Phonics Progress books are specifically designed for struggling readers, giving them age-appropriate texts that they can read, building their confidence and fostering positive attitudes towards reading. This title has a text level of Band 2A / Red A, which provides predictable text, and an interest level of Band 8 / Purple.

-Text type: A traditional...

Thirty Three Ways to Help with Reading equips teachers and teaching assistants with a wide range of practical resources to help children who are having difficulties learning the basic skills of reading.

By providing a range of activities and games which engage children and encourage motivation in the classroom, the book provides ready-to-use material that doesn't need lengthy forward preparation. These practical and fun ideas incorporate a range of learning styles, using kinaesthetic and auditory techniques, which put the emphasis on 'games' rather than 'work'. The...

Teaching Reading Shakespeare is warmly and clearly communicated, and gives ownership of ideas and activities to teachers by open and explicit discussion. John Haddon creates a strong sense of community with teachers, raising many significant and difficult issues, and performing a vital and timely service in doing so.

- Simon Thomson, Globe Education, Shakespeare's Globe

John Haddon offers creative, systematic and challenging approaches which don't bypass the text but engage children with it. He analyses difficulty rather than ignoring it, marrying his own...

Featuring extracts from some of the most influential education writers in recent times The Guided Reader to Teaching and Learning is an essential compendium providing insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting practitioners at every level.

All extracts have been carefully chosen to represent education issues that affect every practising teacher. Each extract is accompanied by an introduction to the passage, key words and phrases and a summary of key points. In addition, there are questions to prompt discussion, suggestions about areas for possible...

Drama Lessons: Ages 7-11 offers an exciting and varied range of tried and tested lessons tailor-made for busy teachers. Drama Lessons: Ages 7-11 emerges from the continuing positive responses to Drama Lessons for Five to Eleven Year Olds (2001).

In this book you will find a carefully chosen selection of the best lessons from the original book, plus some exciting new material - a combination of brand new and classic lessons. This new collection introduces Literacy Alerts which identify how the drama activities develop aspects of literacy and suggest additional...

Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text Smith's purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading - linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social - and of what is involved in learning to read.

The text critically examines current theories, instructional practices, and controversies, covering a wide range of disciplines but always remains accessible. Careful...

Why should young people study a subject called English?
This question lies at the heart of this fascinating monograph, which brings together the diverse perspectives of many leading thinkers about English and literacy education.

This meticulously researched and well-written collection takes as its starting point the importance of the history of the subject in the formation of its constitution and its boundaries. First and foremost, it proposes that questions of aims and values have informed these choices. Equally, it suggests that returning to these...

Don't Forget to Write for the Elementary Grades offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant to creative writing), the lessons range from goofy fun (like -The Other Toy Story: Make Your Toys Come to Life-) to practical, from sports to science, music to mysteries. These lessons are written by experts, and favorite novelists, actors, and other celebrities pitched in too....