Primary and middle schools Books
SAGE Publications Inc Guided Practice for Reading Growth, Grades 4-8:
Book SynopsisUse these lessons to build developing readers’ skill and desire to read, read, read! This book will be your guide as you support middle grade students who are reading two or more years below grade level. The lessons enlarge students’ vocabulary and background knowledge and engage them in meaningful discussions and writing about their reading. As students’ reading skill and desire to read increases, you’ll watch them complete more independent reading and ramp up their reading volume—the practice they need to improve! Guided Practice for Reading Growth provides all you need to get started. Laura Robb and poet David L. Harrison have collaborated to design twenty-four powerful reading lessons using original poems and short texts that interest your students and encourage them to think deeply. The opening chapters offer background knowledge for the lessons and teaching tips, then the bulk of this book consists of lessons—with full texts and suggested videos provided. Guided practice lessons are the instructional piece that can move developing readers forward by building their self-confidence and the reading expertise needed to read to learn and for pleasure. This unique book shows you how to: · Build students’ background knowledge by watching and discussing videos. · Use the poems to improve reading and to improve fluency through practice and performance. · Invite students to write about their reading and increase comprehension and recall. · Ask partners to discuss before, during, and after reading as meaningful talk enlarges students’ analytical thinking and understanding. · Design your own lessons for students with extra texts by David L. Harrison in the appendix. Use this book to develop students’ self-confidence and the reading skill they require to become lifelong, joyful readers! Trade Review"With special consideration on our students who are developing as proficient readers, this book unpacks an essential step in skilled teaching – the guided practice component. So often, we leapfrog from modeling to independent practice; Robb and Harrison’s thoughtful inquiry into guided practice helps us understand the power and promise of guided practice, the essential components of guided practice, and model lessons to enact guided practice." -- Molly Ness, Ph.D,"The power of intriguing texts, purposeful reading, and development of independence in reading are the keystones of this book. Teachers will find guidance on how to snag the interest of middle school students with content texts especially written by David L. Harrison and woven into compelling lessons by Laura Robb. The authors provide teachers with a powerhouse of lessons that nudge students along in becoming independent readers who can infer, summarize, discern cause and effect, and much more. Not only will students gain skill in reading, but they will also have multiple opportunities to write, discuss, and broaden their vocabulary. An outstanding resource!" -- Mary Jo Fresch, Ph.D.,"This book shows teachers how to apprentice developing readers into knowing and doing the secret things that expert readers know and do. Laura Robb and her co-author have nailed the very core of the kind of cognitive apprenticeship that transforms student engagement and capacity: provide guided practice into the use of new stances and strategies (in ways tailored to meet the needs of the whole class, small groups and individuals), and then move to deliberate independent practice that consolidates, extends and explores these moves of expert readers. " -- Jeffrey Wilhelm"Laura Robb and David L. Harrison′s new book is a great practical guide to help teachers provide more effective reading instruction!" -- Larry Ferlazzo"Laura Robb is a legend in the field of literacy and the years she has dedicated to serving and educating shine through in this gem! Robb’s optimistic tone and steadfast belief in learners permeate each page of this practical professional resource. The included lessons are a tribute to student-centered, scaffolded learning. These thoughtfully-spiraled lessons build confidence in problem-solving and spotlight the importance of literary conversation. I greatly appreciate the focus on using real, relevant, and accessible texts to drive classroom learning. As such, Harrison’s writing amplifies the "engagement factor" of each lesson— I imagine classroom readers will get lost in the rhythm and melody of his words. Thank you, Laura and David, for sharing your knowledge, wisdom, and expertise with us all." -- Pamela Koutrakos"What is essential for reading growth? David Harrison and Laura Robb provide guidelines and tips for schedules, routines, instructional practices and lessons that increase students’ reading skill and self-confidence with proven sustained growth by real students in real classrooms. The authors use the research and their classroom work to provide evidence that students working below their grade level do not need pre-made programs or one-size basals but do need knowledgeable teachers who know their students and align and craft guided practice that encourages students to work hard to meet their goals. This book details how guided practice reinforces and enhances independent reading, interactive read-alouds, vocabulary building and writing about texts in a reader’s notebook in manageable instructional practices.The implementation of the ideas in this book will help EVERY teacher develop effective and efficient targeted instruction that capitalizes on their knowledge and relationships with the students in their own classrooms." -- Fran McVeigh"One of the hardest parts of helping developing readers can be finding texts that support them. In this compendium of intermediate and middle grade reading lessons, Laura and David suggest one great text after another, making offering readers the practice they need to become stronger, more proficient readers even easier!" -- Kim YarisTable of ContentsList of Videos Skill Lesson Chart Foreword by Timothy Rasinski Acknowledgments PART I. WHY GUIDED PRACTICE IN THE ELA BLOCK Chapter 1. What Developing Readers Need Characteristics of Developing Readers in Middle Grades Developing Readers Need Skilled Teachers Developing Readers Need Four Key Literacy Experiences Developing Readers Need Guided Practice Developing Readers Need to Experience the Benefits of Rereading Developing Readers Need to Talk About Texts Time to Reflect Chapter 2. Organizing for Guided Practice Independent Reading Increases Volume Daily Interactive Read-Alouds Benefit All Readers Vocabulary Instruction Increases Fluency and Comprehension: Teach Words in Groups Teachers’ Notebooks Model Writing About Reading Readers’ Notebooks Boost Comprehension Avoid Cognitive Overload Time to Reflect PART II. TEACHING THE GUIDED PRACTICE LESSONS Two Types of Guided Practice Lessons: Partner Discussion and Shared Reading The Structure of Partner Discussion Lessons Using Poetry and Short Texts The Structure of Shared Reading Lessons Guided Practice and the Gradual Release of Responsibility How Can Guided Practice Lessons Lead to Reading Growth? How Are the Lessons in This Book Organized? How Many Lessons Should Students Complete? How Do I Know When to Intervene? Why Should Students Self-Evaluate? How Do I Choose Texts? How Do I Introduce Texts So Students Want to Read Them? What Materials Do I Need for Lessons to Run Smoothly and Successfully? Reminders for the Guided Practice Lessons Chapter 3. Partner Discussion Lessons Lesson 1: Partner Discussions Using the Poem for Two Voices, “What Was She Thinking?” Lesson 2: Partner Discussions of the Short Text, “Jorge Muñoz: An American Hero” Lesson 3: Partner Discussions Using the Poem, “Escape Artist” Lesson 4: Partner Discussions Using the Text, “What Was Early Humans’ Greatest Invention?” Lesson 5: Partner Discussions Using the Poem, “Before I Could Write This Poem—” Lesson 6: Partner Discussions of the Short Narrative, “Manhunt” Lesson 7: Partner Discussions of the Poem, “The Explorers” Lesson 8: Partner Discussions of the Short Text, “The Day I Started Becoming an American” Lesson 9: Partner Discussions of the Poem, “Ode to the Skunk” Lesson 10: Partner Discussions for the Text, “I Am Not a Number” Lesson 11: Partner Discussions of the Short Text, “Now . . . and Then” Lesson 12: Partner Discussions Using the Poem, “If Stones Had Tongues” Chapter 4. Shared Reading Lessons Lesson 13: Shared Reading of the Poem, “The Man for the Job” Lesson 14: Shared Reading of the Short Text, “Jane Goodall: A Portrait of Determination” Lesson 15: Shared Reading of the Poem, “Rain, She” Lesson 16: Shared Reading of the Short Text, “The Service Dog: Man’s Best Friend” Lesson 17: Shared Reading of the Poem, “Lost and Found” Lesson 18: Shared Reading of the Short Text, “Johnny Appleseed—Jonathan Chapman: One Man—Two Stories” Lesson 19: Shared Reading of the Poem, “George Washington Carver” Lesson 20: Shared Reading of the Short Text, “The Masters of Pollination” Lesson 21: Shared Reading of the Poem, “Amazon Rain Forest” Lesson 22: Shared Reading of the Short Text, “Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Dancer” Lesson 23: Shared Reading of the Poem, “Who Were They—Those First People to Walk Upon This Land?” Lesson 24: Shared Reading of the Short Text, “Solving an Ancient Cave Mystery” PART III. NEXT STEPS FOR GUIDED PRACTICE AND GROWTH IN READING Improve Fluency: Practice and Performance Using Guided Practice Texts Benefits to Students of Practice and Performance Transfer Learning From Guided Practice to Instructional and Independent Reading Teaching and Learning Reminder Time to Reflect Appendixes Appendix A: Suggested ELA Schedule for 45 Minutes Appendix B: Suggested ELA Schedule for 60 Minutes Appendix C: Literary Elements Handout for Students Appendix D: Self-Evaluation Questions/Prompts for Students Appendix E: Compare/Contrast Handout for Students Appendix F: Guidelines for Planning a Shared Reading Lesson Appendix G: Guidelines for Preplanning a Partner Discussions Lesson Appendix H: Magazine Resources for Short Texts for Guided Practice Lessons Appendix I: Additional Short Texts and Poems by David L. Harrison Short Greek Myth for Guided Practice: And Zeus Said (Maybe) . . . Short Informational Text for Guided Practice: Going . . . Going . . . Gone? Poem: Wanting to Be Needed Poem: The Last Northern White Rhinoceros Appendix J: Books and Poetry for Instructional and Independent Reading Appendix K: Picture Books for Interactive Read-Alouds References Index
£999.99
Pembroke Publishing Ltd Powerful Understanding: Helping Students Explore,
Book SynopsisIn these challenging times, teaching children to think critically and reflectively AND be compassionate, responsible and caring citizens at the same time is a tall order. Powerful Understanding explores effective ways to build social emotional skills and help students make connections, question what they read, and reflect on their learning as they develop into stronger readers and learners. Strategic and critical thinking strategies revolve around core anchor books that help integrate thinking into everything you teach—from social responsibility, to immigration, to life cycles. This highly readable book includes a wealth of classroom examples and extensive hands-on activities designed to help students to think more deeply, learn more widely, and develop a more powerful understanding of what it means to be a responsible and compassionate person.
£30.95
Pembroke Publishing Ltd Teaching Tough Topics
Book SynopsisTeaching Tough Topics shows teachers how to lead students to become caring citizens as they read and respond to quality children’s literature. It focuses on topics that can be challenging or sensitive, yet are significant in order to build understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Racism, Homophobia, Bullying, Religious Intolerance, Poverty, and Physical and Mental Challenges are just some of the themes explored. The book is rooted in the belief that by using picture books, novels, poetry, and nonfiction, teachers can enrich learning with compassion and empathy as students make connections to texts, to others, and to the world.Trade Review"Teaching Tough Topics is a wonderful starter for new primary/junior teachers of literature who are developing lists of picture and junior books that evoke language arts discussions with young students...If you are looking for that one transformational book, begin with this one." - Professionally Speaking
£30.95
International Society for Technology in Education Transform Your K-5 Math Class: Digital Age Tools
Book SynopsisInstead of drill-and-practice apps and worksheets, what if technology enabled exploration of math concepts? Instead of screens for disconnected individual learning, what if technology fostered mathematical discourse and collaboration? Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach to teaching mathematics, what if we used technology to differentiate to meet students’ diverse needs? Technology has the power and potential to support the teaching and learning of math content at all grade levels, but the presence of technology is insufficient unless it’s paired with effective teaching practices and meaningful content. This book poses and unpacks the above questions and many more, with detailed classroom examples to illustrate practical strategies for integrating technology in the K-5 math classroom, highlighting opportunities to amplify and transform mathematics teaching through strategic technology use.
£28.45
Stenhouse Publishers Early Childhood Math Routines: Empowering Young
Book SynopsisOne of the many challenges facing early childhood teachers is how to meet academic standards while creating learning environments that honor young children’s mathematical curiosity. In Early Childhood Math Routines Empowering Young Minds to Think, author Toni Cameron introduces us to a set of short whole-group and partner routines designed to engage young children in meaningful math thinking and build problem-solving communities. With contributions from Patricia Gallahue and Danielle Iacoviello, Cameron reimagines traditional math routines and introduces brand new routines that focus on the important mathematical ideas of early childhood. Through stories, classroom examples, and resources, Cameron offers you the tools to get started right away with these routines. Inside you'll find the following resources: Innovative routines of student-teacher dialogue and teaching analysis to support you in planning and facilitating; Clear explanations of the big mathematical ideas in early childhood math; Access to a robust companion website which includes; downloadable and printable cards/gameboards, over 30 slide decks for facilitating routines, additional practice routines, supplemental readings, and a place value interview assessment; A day-by-day suggested planning guide to introducing and developing each routine in your classroom; Learn from Cameron's experience supporting the complexities of early childhood mathematics while also building communities that foster social, emotional, and cognitive development in young children. Get the tools and routines that will help you connect children to mathematics in a way that is exciting and powerful.Trade Review"It's here! Finally a book that lays out everything early childhood classroom teachers would appreciate having handy." —Lucy West, author of Adding Talk to the EquationTable of ContentsForeword by Karen Economopoulos CHAPTER 1 Transforming Early Childhood Math Routines CHAPTER 2 Re-envisioning How Many Days Have We Been in School? CHAPTER 3 Making the Attendance Routine Matter CHAPTER 4 Developing Fluency and Flexibility with Practice Routines CHAPTER 5 The Is It Fair? Routine CHAPTER 6 Using Quick Images to Develop Reasoning, Strategies, and Big Ideas CHAPTER 7 Epilogue: Routines as Opportunities to Engage in Playful Learning
£27.99
Stenhouse Publishers Literacy Workshop: Where Reading and Writing
Book SynopsisThe Literacy Workshop: Where Reading and Writing Converge is a first-of-its-kind resource that offers a practical process for creating an integrated literacy workshop using demonstration lessons that align with current curriculum standards. In this forward-thinking book, authors Maria Walther and Karen Biggs-Tucker share what they've learned over countless reading and writing workshops and combine into one literacy workshop. The authors demonstrate how you can save valuable classroom time while still empowering students to uncover exciting connections in their learning – leading to stronger, more motivational readers and writers. By weaving the common threads of literacy learning together, you can increase the time your students spend engaged in authentic reading and writing. Inside you'll find the following: A clear, succinct explanation of the literacy workshop structure, how to get started, and how to determine the best time to begin the merge; 50+ demonstration lesson plans, appropriate for both primary and intermediate grade levels, that use strategies incorporating elements from recommended fiction and nonfiction anchor texts; Substantial, printable resources and online tools to help make this instructional shift as smooth as possible. From the big picture to small, helpful details, The Literacy Workshop will be your guide as you blur the lines between your reading and writing workshops - creating space for students to apply their learning and practice the habits, behaviors, and actions of literate and engaged citizens.Table of ContentsPreview: Shifting Perspectives; Part I: Exploring the Landscape of Literacy Workshop; Chapter 1: Framing the Literacy Workshop; Chapter 2: Planning for Literacy Workshop—Behind the Scenes; Chapter 3: Launching the Literacy Workshop—Developing a Purposeful and Joyful Learning Community; Chapter 4: Fostering Independence and Engagement During Literacy Workshop; Part II: Zooming In—Literacy Workshop Demonstration Lessons; Chapter 5: Demonstration Lessons—Launching Literacy Workshop; Chapter 6: Demonstration Lessons— Fostering Independence and Engagement; Chapter 7: Demonstration Lessons— Teaching Integrated Literacy Strategies; Chapter 8: Demonstration Lessons—Teaching the Elements of Fiction; Chapter 9: Demonstration Lessons—Teaching the Elements of Nonfiction
£34.99
Stenhouse Publishers Text Sets in Action: Pathways Through Content
Book SynopsisFinding ways to organize your classroom instruction for knowledge building and literacy learning can be challenging. How can you incorporate more nonfiction and informational text in your content area curriculum while expanding and deepening representation with diverse texts? What can motivate student learning while providing equity and access for different learning styles and needs? Text sets are the answer!In Text Sets in Action: Pathways Through Content Area Literacy, authors Erika Thulin Dawes and Mary Ann Cappiello demonstrate how text sets offer students the opportunity to build critical thinking skills and informational literacy while generating interest and engagement across the content areas. Put your students in the center of the meaning-making in your classroom with multimodal multi-genre text sets in action. In Text Sets in Action, the authors: Model how text sets build foundational skills and metacognitive strategies as students experience a carefully scaffolded and sequenced exploration of ideas, academic, and content vocabulary Explain how text sets encourage classroom discussion by having students ask questions about what they read, debate different perspectives, and relate the texts to their own personal experiences and the changes they would like to see in the world Show how children's literature and multimodal, multi-genre texts can serve as mentor texts for student writing and inspire creativity and advocacy Demonstrate how to curate text sets that can introduce diverse and underrepresented voices into the classroom, fostering appreciation for different points of view and generate deeper critical thinking Provide resources and suggestions for designing text sets a multimodal, multi-genre text set can include children's literature of all genres, as well as digital texts, YouTube videos, news articles, podcasts, and more Text Sets in Action will help you create a collection of text sets that can be added to or edited over the years to align with your lesson plan goals. Teachers who have adopted this approach saw greater student reading comprehension and critical thinking skills. By introducing a multitude of text, teachers will ignite a spirit of inquiry and engagement for lifelong learning.Table of ContentsPart 1: Defining and Designing Text Sets; Chapter 1: Text Sets as Tools to Dig Deeper and to Consider Content; Chapter 2: How Do Text Sets Cultivate Disciplinary Literacy and Critical Thinking?; Part II: Examples; Chapter 3: Genre and Theme in Language Arts; Chapter 4: Perspectives and Representations in Social Studies; Chapter 5: Evidence and Inquiry in Science; Chapter 6: Problem Solving and Visualizing Data in Mathematics; Part III: Invitations; Chapter 7: Language Arts Invitations; Chapter 8: Social Studies Invitations; Chapter 9: Science Invitations: Ocean Interdependencies; Chapter 10: Mathematics Invitations: Geometry and Design
£37.04
National Science Teachers Association Staging Family Science Nights
Book SynopsisGet rave reviews for science by putting this book’s step-by-step plans to work. Staging Family Science Nights is your playbook for creating an informal learning environment that will generate enthusiasm and enjoyment of science among the entire family. The book’s first section—“Producing the Event”—devotes eight chapters to planning, recruiting volunteers (including students), setting up, last-minute troubleshooting, and injecting pizzazz. The four chapters in the second section—“On the Stage”—offer guidance and templates for activities at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels. Activities include “Balancing Bugs,” “Bubble Olympics,” and “Creating Color Slime.”The book is designed to be a crowd-pleaser, whether you’re looking for new ideas for an established science night or planning your first one. It’s useful for teachers at all levels as well as homeschoolers and informal education programs. Best of all, the authors, both veteran educators, are dedicated to making sure your science night showcases quality science content and practices. Based on their years of personal experience, they write, “A successful Family Science Night is a perfect coming together of informal science learning, student leadership, community support, and schoolwide excitement.” Get this book and get ready to take a bow!
£33.20
Brilliant Publications Learn French with Luc et Sophie 1ere Partie Part
Book SynopsisEasy to use, flexible scheme for introducing children in Years 3 and 4 to French, based around specially written French storybooks. The scheme is designed with non-specialists in mind and will make implementing the National Curriculum easy.
£999.99
IGI Global Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and
Book SynopsisEducators who work with pre-service teachers understand the significant role they play in mentoring the next generation of teachers. Those who have ""walked the talk"" and been classroom teachers themselves, working with students daily over the course of a school year, can share powerful stories on transformative teaching. To fully prepare tomorrow's teachers, educators need to mix theory about best practice with the reality of teaching in classrooms.Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring provides a collection of case studies from former classroom teachers who now work with pre-service teachers to provide an understanding of the expectations and outcomes of teaching through actual K-12 teaching experiences. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural identity, teacher development, and learner diversity, this book is ideally designed for pre-service teachers, mentors, educators, administrators, professors, academicians, and students seeking current research on the diverse nature of schools, children, and learning and applying concepts to best suit the profession.
£181.05
Multilingual Matters Early Language Learning in Context: A Critical
Book SynopsisThis book critically analyses early school foreign language teaching policy and practice, foregrounding the influence of the socioeducational and cultural context on how policies are implemented and assessing the factors which either promote or constrain their effectiveness. It focuses on four Asian contexts – Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand – while providing a discussion of policy and practice in Canada and Finland as a comparison. Concentrating on the state school sector, it criticises the worldwide trend for a focus on English as the principal or only foreign language taught in primary schools, founded on a rationale that widespread proficiency in English is important for future national success in a globalised economy. It maintains that the economic rationale is not only largely unfounded and irrelevant to the language learning experiences of young children but also that the focus on English exacerbates system inequalities rather than contributing to their reduction. The book argues for a broader perspective on language learning in primary schools, one that values multilingualism and knowledge of regional and indigenous languages alongside a more diverse range of foreign languages. This book will appeal to educational policymakers, researchers and students interested in early foreign language learning in state educational systems worldwide.Trade ReviewHayes’ detailed and critical analyses of early language learning policies in six different countries – Thailand, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Finland, and Canada – beautifully and powerfully illustrate the complex realities and importance of situating policies in specific societal and linguistic contexts. This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in language education policies. * Yuko Goto Butler, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA *I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book because it educated me about little-known contexts of early language education, thereby critically analysing – and partly dissecting – the political, economic and educational rationales underlying policies and practice of early language learning. The spirit of equity and justice ingrained in many aspects of the analysis and argumentation in this book is admirable. * Eva Wilden, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany *This book brings alive the vital role of the socio-educational context on the success, or otherwise, of foreign language learning in primary school. The book bristles with research insights from a range of contexts and provides a solid basis for re-imagining language education in state-sector primary education globally. It is a wonderful resource for language policy makers, researchers, teachers, and teacher educators. * Kuchah Kuchah, University of Leeds, UK *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1. Rationales for Early Language Learning in State Sector Education Systems Chapter 2. Thailand: An Educational Paradox Chapter 3. South Korea: A Severe Case of ‘English Fever’ Chapter 4. Sri Lanka: Language Education and Peace-Building in Primary Schools Chapter 5. Equity and Multilingual Diversity in Primary School Language Teaching and Learning in Malaysia Chapter 6. Early Language Teaching and Learning in Ontario, Canada and Finland: Experiences of Bilingualism and Multilingualism Chapter 7. Rethinking Early Language Learning in State Sector Education Systems References Index
£74.96
GLMP Ltd Word Searches Yr 3-Yr 4
Book SynopsisThis is an incredibly useful tool in the year 3/4 classroom and will be very popular with teachers. It is an ideal learning consolidation tool for teachers and allows teachers the flexibility of producing very cost effective, high quality learning resources that are entertaining and engaging for children. The words chosen for the word searches in this book are all taken from statutory orders from the National Curriculum. This means you can be sure that your children are covering the exact content that is age apporopriate for their needs.Table of ContentsThe book contains 23 word searches with answers
£12.74
Taylor & Francis Ltd Writing Models Year 4
Book SynopsisTeachers who want to cut lesson planning time should welcome this series. The new editions are revised in line with the new literacy framework and bring you new models. Writing Models aims to help teachers cover every sort of writing type they need; fine tune lessons by following key teaching points for each model; and deliver the new literacy units to pupils of varying ability using different versions of the same model.Each book in the series gives you: A bank of easy-to-use, photocopiable models for writing covering poetry, narrative and non-fiction Key teaching points for each model Simpler and harder examples for differentiation The newly revised second edition for Year 4 has been fully updated and restructured in line to deliver new units from the new framework and includes new writing models. Lesson planning has never been easier! The second edition of Writing Models Year 4 contains: Stories with historical settings; Stories from other cultures (new) and Stories that raise issues & dilemmas (new) Poems to explore form and Performance poems (new) Stories set in imaginary worlds and Plays (new) Newspaper reports (new); ICT-texts (new) and Persuasive writing including a model based on a DVD (new) Table of ContentsIntroduction Poetry Models Narrative Models Non-Fiction models Teachers' notes
£28.99
Sage Publications Ltd Mathematical Misconceptions: A Guide for Primary
Book SynopsisHow do children relate to numbers and mathematics? How can they be helped to understand and make sense of them? People are rarely ambivalent towards mathematics, having either a love or hate relationship with the subject, and our approach to it is influenced by a variety of factors. How we are taught mathematics as children plays a big role in our feelings towards it. Numbers play a large part in our lives, and it is therefore beneficial to inspire a positive attitude towards them at a young age. With contributors comprised of teachers, teacher educators, mathematicians and psychologists, Mathematical Misconceptions brings together information about pupils′ work from four different countries, and looks at how children, from the ages of 3 - 11, think about numbers and use them. It explores the reasons for their successes, misunderstandings and misconceptions, while also broadening the reader′s own mathematical knowledge. Chapters explore: - the seemingly paradoxical number zero - the concept of equality - children′s perceptions and misconceptions of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing - the learning process - the ways in which children acquire number concepts. This unique book will transform the way in which primary school teachers think about mathematics. Fascinating reading for anyone working with children of this age, it will be of particular interest to teachers, trainee teachers and teaching assistants. It will show them how to engage children in the mysteries and delights of numbers.Trade Review′This book is a really interesting and useful volume...Each chapter has many questions, helpfully highlighted in boxes, so that the reader has the opportunity to pause and reflect. For me these questions turn this book from being good to excellent. Encouragingme to take the time to think about my own practice helps this book ask difficult but interesting questions. [It] is clearly aimed at primary teachers but I′m sure that secondary teachers would benefit hugely from this as well...I′m sure it will prompt useful and interesting discussions′ - Association of Teachers of Mathematics ′As a secondary teacher of mathematics I′ve found this a remarkable insight into the student′s thinking - giving me clear background information to help me think about my classes and their misconceptions and how I could help the children develop their thinking′ - Association of Teachers of Mathematics -- H.P. Koirala * CHOICE magazine *′This book is a really interesting and useful volume...Each chapter has many questions, helpfully highlighted in boxes, so that the reader has the opportunity to pause and reflect. For me these questions turn this book from being good to excellent. Encouragingme to take the time to think about my own practice helps this book ask difficult but interesting questions. [It] is clearly aimed at primary teachers but I′m sure that secondary teachers would benefit hugely from this as well...I′m sure it will prompt useful and interesting discussions′ - Association of Teachers of Mathematics ′As a secondary teacher of mathematics I′ve found this a remarkable insight into the student′s thinking - giving me clear background information to help me think about my classes and their misconceptions and how I could help the children develop their thinking′ - Association of Teachers of Mathematics Table of ContentsZero: understanding an apparently paradoxical number - Anne d Cockburn and Paul Parslow-Williams Equality: Getting the right balance - Paul Parslow-Williams and Anne D Cockburn Beginning to unravel misconceptions - Sara Hershkovitz, Dina Tirosh and Pessia Tsamir Insights into children′s intuitions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division - Dina Tirosh, Pessia Tsamir and Sara Hershkovitz Right or Wrong? Exploring misconceptions in division - Pessia Tsamir, Sara Hershkovitz and Dina Tirosh Developing an understanding of children′s acquisition of number concepts - Anne D Cockburn Highlighting the learning processes - Graham Littler and Darina Jirotkova Everyday numbers under a mathematical magnifying glass - Carlo Marchini and Paoloa Vighi
£43.68
Sage Publications Ltd Early Childhood: A Guide for Students
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£42.80
LDA Including Gifted Talented Able Children in the
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£5.99
Prim-Ed Publishing Religious Education in the Classroom: Bk. 2
Book SynopsisThis title features excellent photocopiable resources, with detailed artwork. Each book includes 50 per cent of activities dealing with Christianity. The balance covers Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. It covers skills and processes synonymous with RE including investigation, interpretation, reflection, empathy, evaluation, analysis, application and expression. It is suitable for whole class investigations and discussions or for group and individual research. It provides extensive teachers notes.
£23.41
Terrific Science Press Teaching Chemistry with TOYS
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£17.28
AWSNA Publications The Wonders of Waldorf Chemistry: From a
Book SynopsisThis practical book contains a complete curriculum for chemistry for Classes 7 to 9 in Steiner-Waldorf schools.There are descriptions of demonstrations, experiments, and clear step-by-step procedures for the class teacher.The book also includes twenty-five short biographies of important scientists.
£17.00
Hopscotch Using Stories to Teach ICT Ages 7-9
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£999.99
Prim-Ed Publishing Teaching Writing Strategies
Book SynopsisTeaching Writing Strategies is a series of six books using modelling, guided and independent practice to teach pupils strategies they can use to improve the clarity, correctness and richness of their writing. The focus is on sentences, their structure, punctuation and word choices and on developing editing and proofreading skills and their habitual use.Teaching Writing Strategies is a series of six books with the explicit, overarching aim of teaching the skills and strategies required to improve the clarity, correctness and richness of children’s writing. Within the series, children are taught to recognise, choose and use specific strategies. The focus is on the process, rather than on practising, in this instance, specific text types. To this end, priority is given to improving writing at the sentence level. There is a strong hands-on emphasis; that is, there is an expectation that the children will write to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. Unlike many other writing activity books, the desired outcome is to have the children structuring correct, enriched sentences to more clearly convey ideas and information. The ultimate goal is for them to produce clear, precise writing for a specific purpose and to understand that proofreading and editing is an integral part of the writing process. Each of the 16 units has a page of assessment activities and an assessment writing topic. These should be worked on independently and will: (a) give the teacher a record of individual understanding and achievement; and (b) highlight common points of weakness, which may require further assistance. Teacher recording sheets, a pupil proofreading checklist and a pupil self-evaluation sheet are provided.Table of ContentsTeachers Notes .................................................................................................. iv–v Class Recording Sheets Assessment Activities ................................................................................... vi–ix Assessment Writing ....................................................................................... x–xi Pupil Writing Checklist ......................................................................................... xii Pupil Self-Evaluation ........................................................................................... xiii Curriculum Links ............................................................................................. xiv–xv WORD CHOICES Unit 1 Nouns, Noun Groups and Adjectives ............................................. 2–7 Unit 2 Pronouns, Confusing Pronouns (Me, I), Which Pronoun? ............. 8–13 Unit 3 Verbs and Adverbials ................................................................... 14–19 Unit 4 Verbs: Tense, Matching Verbs ...................................................... 20–25 Assessment ................................................................................................ 26–29 SENTENCE STRUCTURE Unit 5 Sentences, Word Order, Questions ............................................. 30–35 Unit 6 Sentence Beginnings ................................................................... 36–41 Unit 7 Conjunctions ................................................................................ 42–47 Unit 8 Paragraphs ................................................................................... 48–53 Assessment ................................................................................................ 54–57 PUNCTUATION Unit 9 Using Punctuation, Short Sentences .......................................... 58–63 Unit 10 Full Stops, Capital Letters, Proper Nouns and Commands ........ 64–69 Unit 11 Apostrophes in Contractions ...................................................... 70–75 Unit 12 Apostrophes for Possession ........................................................ 76–81 Assessment ................................................................................................ 82–85 EDITING AND PROOFREADING Unit 13 Spelling (Vowel Sounds), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ........................................... 86–91 Unit 14 Spelling (More Vowel Sounds), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ........................................... 92–97 Unit 15 Spelling (Suffixes) Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ......................................... 98–103 Unit 16 Spelling (Homophones), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ....................................... 104–109 Assessment ............................................................................................ 110–113
£999.99
Prim-Ed Publishing Teaching Writing Strategies
Book SynopsisTeaching Writing Strategies is a series of six books using modelling, guided and independent practice to teach pupils strategies they can use to improve the clarity, correctness and richness of their writing. The focus is on sentences, their structure, punctuation and word choices and on developing editing and proofreading skills and their habitual use. Teaching Writing Strategies is a series of six books with the explicit, overarching aim of teaching the skills and strategies required to improve the clarity, correctness and richness of children’s writing. Within the series, children are taught to recognise, choose and use specific strategies. The focus is on the process, rather than on practising, in this instance, specific text types. To this end, priority is given to improving writing at the sentence level. There is a strong hands-on emphasis; that is, there is an expectation that the children will write to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. Unlike many other writing activity books, the desired outcome is to have the children structuring correct, enriched sentences to more clearly convey ideas and information. The ultimate goal is for them to produce clear, precise writing for a specific purpose and to understand that proofreading and editing is an integral part of the writing process. Each of the 16 units has a page of assessment activities and an assessment writing topic. These should be worked on independently and will: (a) give the teacher a record of individual understanding and achievement; and (b) highlight common points of weakness, which may require further assistance. Teacher recording sheets, a pupil proofreading checklist and a pupil self-evaluation sheet are provided.Table of ContentsTeacher Notes ....................................................................................................................... iv–v Class Recording Sheets Assessment Activities ..................................................................................................... vi–ix Assessment Writing ......................................................................................................... x–xi Pupil Writing Checklist .......................................................................................................... xii Pupil Self-evaluation ............................................................................................................. xiii Curriculum Links ............................................................................................................... xiv–xv WORD CHOICES Unit 1 Nouns, Noun Groups and Adjectives .......................................................... 2–7 Unit 2 Pronouns, Confusing Pronouns (Me/I), Which Pronoun? ......................... 8–13 Unit 3 Verbs and Adverbials ............................................................................... 14–19 Unit 4 Verbs: Tense, Matching Verbs .................................................................. 20–25 Assessment................................................................................................................... 26–29 SENTENCE STRUCTURE Unit 5 Sentences, Word Order, Questions ......................................................... 30–35 Unit 6 Sentence Beginnings ............................................................................... 36–41 Unit 7 Conjunctions ............................................................................................ 42–47 Unit 8 Paragraphs ............................................................................................... 48–53 Assessment................................................................................................................... 54–57 PUNCTUATION Unit 9 Using Punctuation in Sentences ............................................................. 58–63 Unit 10 Full Stops, Capital Letters, Commas, Direct Speech ............................. 64–69 Unit 11 Apostrophes in Contractions .................................................................. 70–75 Unit 12 Apostrophes for Possession .................................................................... 76–81 Assessment................................................................................................................... 82–85 EDITING AND PROOFREADING Unit 13 Spelling (Vowel Sounds), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ....................................................... 86–91 Unit 14 Spelling (More Vowel Sounds), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ....................................................... 92–97 Unit 15 Spelling (Suffixes), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ..................................................... 98–103 Unit 16 Spelling (Homophones), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ................................................... 104–109 Assessment............................................................................................................... 110–113
£999.99
Prim-Ed Publishing Teaching Writing Strategies
Book SynopsisTeaching Writing Strategies is a series of six books using modelling, guided and independent practice to teach pupils strategies they can use to improve the clarity, correctness and richness of their writing. The focus is on sentences, their structure, punctuation and word choices and on developing editing and proofreading skills and their habitual use. Teaching Writing Strategies is a series of six books with the explicit, overarching aim of teaching the skills and strategies required to improve the clarity, correctness and richness of children’s writing. Within the series, children are taught to recognise, choose and use specific strategies. The focus is on the process, rather than on practising, in this instance, specific text types. To this end, priority is given to improving writing at the sentence level. There is a strong hands-on emphasis; that is, there is an expectation that the children will write to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding. Unlike many other writing activity books, the desired outcome is to have the children structuring correct, enriched sentences to more clearly convey ideas and information. The ultimate goal is for them to produce clear, precise writing for a specific purpose and to understand that proofreading and editing is an integral part of the writing process. Each of the 16 units has a page of assessment activities and an assessment writing topic. These should be worked on independently and will: (a) give the teacher a record of individual understanding and achievement; and (b) highlight common points of weakness, which may require further assistance. Teacher recording sheets, a pupil proofreading checklist and a pupil self-evaluation sheet are provided.Table of ContentsTeacher Notes ....................................................................................................................... iv–v Class Recording Sheets Assessment Activities ..................................................................................................... vi–ix Assessment Writing ......................................................................................................... x–xi Pupil Writing Checklist ........................................................................................................... xii Pupil Self-evaluation ............................................................................................................. xiii Curriculum Links .............................................................................................................. xiiv–xv WORD CHOICES Unit 1 Nouns, Noun Groups and Adjectives .......................................................... 2–7 Unit 2 Pronouns, Using Pronouns, Which Pronoun? ........................................... 8–13 Unit 3 Verbs and Adverbials ............................................................................... 14–19 Unit 4 Verbs: Tense, Matching Verbs .................................................................. 20–25 Assessment................................................................................................................... 26–29 SENTENCE STRUCTURE Unit 5 Sentences, Word Order, Questions ......................................................... 30–35 Unit 6 Sentence Beginnings ............................................................................... 36–41 Unit 7 Conjunctions ............................................................................................ 42–47 Unit 8 Paragraphs ............................................................................................... 48–53 Assessment................................................................................................................... 54–57 PUNCTUATION Unit 9 Using Punctuation in Sentences ............................................................. 58–63 Unit 10 Full Stops, Capital Letters, Commas, Direct Speech ............................. 64–69 Unit 11 Apostrophes in Contractions .................................................................. 70–75 Unit 12 Apostrophes for Possession .................................................................... 76–81 Assessment................................................................................................................... 82–85 EDITING AND PROOFREADING Unit 13 Spelling (Vowel Sounds), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ....................................................... 86–91 Unit 14 Spelling (More Vowel Sounds), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ....................................................... 92–97 Unit 15 Spelling (Suffixes), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ..................................................... 98–103 Unit 16 Spelling (Homophones), Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Word Choices, Editing ................................................... 104–109 Assessment............................................................................................................... 110–113
£999.99
John Catt Educational Ltd Curriculum to Classroom: A Handbook to Prompt
Book SynopsisCurriculum to Classroom is the ideal book for senior leaders and curriculum leads who are in the process of establishing, refining and reviewing their school curriculum. It provides an overview of the curriculum design and delivery process in the Primary phase in its entirety. It also provides research-based evidence, practical examples and short/medium and long term solutions for your school in light of the 2014 National Curriculum as well as expert opinions from a number of renowned educators on different elements of the curriculum including: creating a powerful and ambitious vision for your school's curriculum intent; how to promote character development; how best to support and empower subject leads; and the fundamental building blocks in terms of implementation of the curriculum. This book will enable you to consider the many facets of curriculum design and support strategic decision making so your curriculum is meeting and exceeding the expectations of the National Curriculum as well as being unique and bespoke to your school community. An easy-to-read handbook to prompt thinking and reflections on your school's curriculum and provide practical tools and strategies to take it forward.Trade ReviewCurriculum to Classroom will be an absolute boon to colleagues developing their curriculum in primary schools. It is full of really helpful suggestions for embedding this work; it makes the case, correctly, that curriculum development is an ongoing process, not a quick fix. Lekha has an engaging style, and she speaks from the experience of implementing and refining this work in her own school. As a result, it is packed with practical suggestions for making this work manageable in every primary school. -- Mary Myatt * Education adviser and author *
£14.50
Pacific Educational Press, UBC Engaging Imagination in Ecological Education:
Book SynopsisEngaging Imagination in Ecological Education illustrates how to connect students to the natural world and encourage them to care about a more sustainable, ecologically secure planet. Cultivating ecological understanding can be more challenging for teachers than simply imparting knowledge of ecological issues; it requires reimagining the human world as part of, not apart from, nature.Describing the key principles of an approach to teaching called Imaginative Ecological Education (IEE), this book offers a practical guide for all teachers (K–12). It is designed for use with any curriculum to give students opportunities to engage their bodies, emotions, and imaginations in the world around them, thereby making learning meaningful.Trade Review…Gillian Judson’s explanations lead you to investigate the world around you further, eventually leaving you with this AHA! moment of how all learning fits together. -- Editor * Green Teacher *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Rationale for Imaginative Ecological Education2 Principles of Imaginative Ecological Education3 Strategies for Engaging Students’ Emotions in Learning – A Study in Weather4 Strategies for Engaging the Body in Learning – A Study in Weather5 Place and Sense of Place – Strategies for Connecting Students with the Natural World6 Using IEE Principles to Support Reading and Writing7 Site-Specific Tracking and Literacy Activities8 Developing and Sustaining an IEE ProgramAppendix A: Some Guidelines for Mythic and Romantic IEE PlanningAppendix B: Five Steps for Collaboratively Planning IEE UnitsAppendix C: Templates for IEE PlanningNotesReferencesIndex
£23.39
Taylor & Francis Inc Literacy in Grades 4-8: Best Practices for a
Book SynopsisComprehensive yet succinct and readable, Literacy in Grades 4-8, Third Edition offers a wealth of practical ideas to help preservice and practicing teachers create a balanced and comprehensive literacy program while exploring the core topics and issues of literacy in grades 4 through 8. It addresses teaching to standards; differentiating instruction for readers and writers; motivating students; using assessment to inform instruction; integrating technology into the classroom; working with English learners and struggling readers; and connecting with caregivers. Selected classroom strategies, procedures, and activities represent the most effective practices according to research and the many outstanding classroom teachers who were observed and interviewed for the book.The Third Edition includes added material connecting the Common Core State Standards to the instruction and assessment of literacy skills; a combined word study and vocabulary chapter to help readers integrate these important topics in their teaching; more on technology, including comprehension of multimodal texts, enhancing writing instruction with technology tools, and teaching activities with an added technology component; added discussion of teacher techniques during text discussions, strategic moves that help students become more strategic readers.Key features: In the Classroom vignettes; more than 50 activities,some with a technology component; questions for journal writing and for projects and field-based activities; troubleshooting sections offering alternative suggestions and activities for those middle-grade students who may find a particular literacy focus challenging.Table of ContentsOne: A Comprehensive Literacy Program for Grades 4–8; Two: Assessment of Progress in Literacy; Three: Fostering Oral Language; Four: Vocabulary Instruction; Five: Reading Comprehension; Six: Writing Instruction; Seven: Literacy in the Content Areas; Eight: Fluency; Nine: Differentiating Instruction for Diverse Classrooms; Ten: Fostering Literacy in and Beyond the Classroom; Eleven: Connecting School and Home; Twelve: Literacy in Grades 4–8
£50.34
SteinerBooks, Inc Turning Lead into Gold: The Transformative
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£17.21
WestBow Press United States History in Rhyme: A Child's First
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£24.65
Speel Je Wijs Verbeelden en Verbinden: mindfulness en kunst
Book SynopsisVijftien bestaande kunstwerken vormen het vertrekpunt voor oefeningen die meenemen in fantasievolle meditaties en creatieve experimenten. Het maken van kunst kan je dichter bij jezelf brengen en tot verrassende ervaringen leiden. Er is geen speciaal talent voor nodig, want het kan niet lukken of mislukken. Tenminste, tot die houding wil dit boek je uitnodigen. Vanuit een stille, open houding is er alle ruimte voor uitprobeersels, improvisatie en onmogelijkheden. Onmogelijkheden die zich later niet zelden als nieuwe mogelijkheden blijken te ontpoppen.Verbeelden en Verbinden stimuleert de verbeeldingskracht, fantasie en creativiteit. Het boek geeft je handvatten om nieuwe wegen te verkennen en uitdagingen aan te gaan. Ontdek hoe je mindfulness kunt (be)oefenen vanuit creatieve invalshoeken. 16 projecten met 60 oefeningen en theoretische onderbouwing. Muziek en aanvullende informatie op deze website. Geschikt voor kinderen, jongeren en volwassenen, samen of voor jezelf, in groepen of thuis. ''Een oogstrelende verkenning van hoe mindful in verbinding zijn met onszelf en met het moment, het kunstzinnig verbeeldingsvermogen kan stimuleren en andersom. Een hartverwarmend pleidooi voor wat je artfulness zou kunnen noemen.'' - Frits Koster - retraitebegeleider, auteur, mindfulness- en compassietrainer
£17.05
Independently Published Sara na Lua: O Desejo
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£5.71
Independently Published New 1st Grade Sight Words Activity Book: Learn to
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£8.17
Effortless Math Education 5 West Virginia WVGSA Grade 3 Math Practice Tests
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£15.19
Stenhouse Publishers Zeroing In on Number and Operations Grades 56
Book SynopsisWhen you talk with students about their number sense and computational skills, you're bound to uncover some surprising gaps in their understanding. Knowing how to identify and bridge those gaps is essential for helping students at all levels advance as mathematical thinkers. The Zeroing in on Number and Operations series, which aligns with the Common Core State Standards and the NCTM Sandards and Focal Points, features easy-to-use tools for teaching key concepts in number and operations and for addressing common misconceptions. Sharing the insights they've gained through decades of mathematics teaching and research, Anne Collins and Linda Dacey help you focus on what students really need to know and understand at each grade level. The 30 modules in the grades 5 and 6 flipchart are designed to engage all students in mathematical learning that develops conceptual understanding, addresses common misconceptions, and builds key ideas essential to future learning. The modules are organiz
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lesson Planning for Primary School Teachers
Book SynopsisBeing prepared to teach every subject in the curriculum is an essential skill for all primary school teachers, and good lesson planning is a critical tool for coping with the workload, as well as for wowing your pupils, your colleagues, and Ofsted inspectors. In his new book, Stephen Lockyer provides a breakdown of lesson planning strategies, plus a range of practical and original ideas to use with your class.Using real primary classroom anecdotes, as well as helpful diagrams, tick lists and tips on how to implement planning techniques day-to-day, Lesson Planning for Primary School Teachers is a complete toolbox for primary school teachers who want to develop their key skills and strategies for lesson planning.Trade Review“Stephen Lockyer navigates through the North, East, South and West to help teachers plan a personalised curriculum. Steer your way through this book by unpacking your objectives, planning for character as well as success, varying the structure of your lessons and, above all else, by making your planning work for you and the children.” * Rachel Orr, Head Teacher, North East England, @RachelOrr *“This is an incredibly useful resource for any teacher, at any stage of their career. Stephen Lockyer clearly sets out how to turn objectives into real learning, with a wealth of examples and anecdotes from his own classroom experiences. For me, this is the ideal edu-book; engaging, thought-provoking and mindful of the realities of classroom teaching.” * Jenna Lucas, Primary Teacher, @JennaLucas81 *... this book will help readers create plans that are meaningful and efficient. * The Teacher *
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Sex and Relationships Education 911
Book SynopsisThis no-nonsense guide provides comprehensive advice and support for any primary school looking to develop an effective SRE programme and policy and to feel confident delivering it.Sex and relationship education (SRE) is an extremely valuable part of the curriculum but there still remains a degree of uncertainty about what, how and when to cover different topics. This no-nonsense guide provides comprehensive advice and support for any primary school looking to develop an effective SRE programme and policy and to feel confident delivering it.In line with the updated Rose Review, which emphasizes the importance of learning about physical development, health and wellbeing, this book provides: Clear and up-to-date guidance on what is deemed good practice and what is statutory A simple to use, ''cut and paste'' framework for SRE policy development INSET activities that can be used with staff, governors and/or parents Lesson plans and photocopiable activity sheets A v
£17.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Grammarsaurus Key Stage 1
Book SynopsisThis is the ultimate all-in-one guide for teaching writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar in the primary classroom. Providing practical advice on teaching grammar and writing techniques through the use of non-fiction texts, Grammarsaurus is closely aligned to the National Curriculum and ensures teachers are addressing the right topics at the right time. Each chapter focuses on a non-fiction text type: instructions, explanations, non-chronological reports, diary entries, newspaper reports and persuasive texts. There are photocopiable model texts for each year group, along with annotated versions guiding teachers through language features, grammar, spelling and punctuation opportunities, saving hours of lesson planning. Mitch Hudson and Anna Richards, expert teachers and creators of the popular Grammarsaurus website, answer common questions from teachers: When should I teach this punctuation mark?'', or ''Which spellings should I be teaching my Year 2 class?'. With exaTrade ReviewMitch and Anna are my go-to people when it comes to SPaG! This book is full of tried-and-tested lesson ideas that children will engage with and learn from, making teaching SPaG enjoyable. A must-buy book for experienced or newly qualified teachers. -- Heather McAvan * Author of Learn to Read the Easy Way and Director of www.mrsmactivity.co.uk, @mrsmactivity *Grammarsaurus Key Stage 1 contains everything you need to teach effective lessons. The model texts are pitched at the right level and there are tips and tricks that enable you to cover as much curriculum content as possible. -- Kelly Cox * Deputy headteacher *So many wonderful ideas, presented in an accessible way. The writing process is broken down to ensure a consistent approach and expectations are high, yet realistic. A valuable toolkit for any teacher. -- Gemma Hathaway * Key Stage 1 Lead, @misshath2 *Jam-packed full of all the skills you need for planning and teaching non-fiction writing that will save you hours of time. A real must-have! -- Katie Hemmings * Primary teacher and KS1 English Lead, Instagram: @katiesclassroom_ *An easy-to-follow guide that breaks down the requirements of the National Curriculum and provides a planning overview for teaching, combining grammar, spelling, punctuation and writing into one book. It includes annotated high-quality model texts, to show teachers the benchmark for expectations in each year group and presents up-to-date content that reflects the new framework for writing. * Love Reading 4 Schools *
£22.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics Teaching Primary
Book SynopsisThe Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects.This book is a revised and up-to-date hands-on guide to planning and delivering primary history lessons in a fun and refreshing way. Updates in this revised edition include: - The expansion and decline of the British Empire- Life in Tudor times including Shakespeare and his most celebrated works- Changes within living memory- Teaching social history in KS1 and KS2 This edition is fully updated and in line with National Curriculum guidelines for KS1 and KS2, and features lesson plans, helpful summaries, vocabulary lists, lists of important people and dates, and a wealth of interesting facts.With new links to online resources, further ideas for trips, books and apps, exciting activities for whole-class involvement, as well as opportunities for
£18.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics Teaching Primary
Book SynopsisThe Bloomsbury Curriculum Basics series provides non-specialist primary school teachers with subject knowledge and full teaching programmes in a variety of key primary curriculum subjects.This is a revised and up-to-date hands-on guide to planning and delivering primary computing lessons in a fun and refreshing way. Updates include the following:- Coding- New uses and capabilities of the program Scratch- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and virtual reality, including how to create art using AI and how to use ChatGPT.The teaching ideas are well-structured, engaging, easy to implement, and use mostly free tools that operate across the many digital platforms that primary schools use, while keeping in line with National Curriculum guidelines for KS1 and KS2. Each chapter offers practitioners an essential summary of all the information and vocabulary needed to successfully implement exciting computing lessons that will keep your class riveted!
£18.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Developing Childrens Critical Thinking Through
Book SynopsisThis accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils to become critical thinkers through the medium of picturebooks. By introducing children to the notion of making-meaning together through thinking and discussion, Roche focuses on carefully chosen picturebooks as a stimulus for discussion, and shows how they can constitute an accessible, multimodal resource for adding to literacy skills, while at the same time developing in pupils a far wider range of literary understanding.By allowing time for thinking about and digesting the pictures as well as the text, and then engaging pupils in classroom discussion, this book highlights a powerful means of developing children's oral language ability, critical thinking, and visual literacy, while also acting as a rich resource for developing children's literary understanding. Throughout, Roche provides rich data and examples from real classroom practice.This book also provides an overview ofTrade Review"This book is exactly what it claims to be on the cover – it is a well-mapped guide for classroom teachers, students or parents who are looking for ways to engage young students in reading activities that will develop their critical literacy and their critical thinking skills. […] I would recommend this book to all primary school teachers, as well as to second-level English and SEN teachers."– Jean Johnston, ILSA Quarterly"The voices of children and teachers, richly engaged with picturebooks, resound enthrallingly in this enthusiastic, thoughtful and superbly well-informed account of productive classroom practice." - UKLA Academic Book Award Panel"This book is exactly what it claims to be on the cover – it is a well-mapped guide for classroom teachers, students or parents who are looking for ways to engage young students in reading activities that will develop their critical literacy and their critical thinking skills. […] I would recommend this book to all primary school teachers, as well as to second-level English and SEN teachers." – Jean Johnston, ILSA Quarterly "The voices of children and teachers, richly engaged with picturebooks, resound enthrallingly in this enthusiastic, thoughtful and superbly well-informed account of productive classroom practice." - UKLA Academic Book Award Panel"This book brings together into one voice the best of an academic, scholar and educational practitioner working to develop the quality of the educational experience for children in circumstances where values of humanity often seem to be, at best ignored, and at worst felt to be voilating contradictions" - Mary Huxtable, Educational Journal of Living Theories"I would cerntainly recommend this book for teachers eager to put their students at the heart of an authentic learning environment where teachers and pupils create and negotiate meaning together" - Duncan McCarthy, InTouch Magazine "Mary Roche has created a bright, engaging, and academically rigorous study of the powerful role that picture books play in the primary classroom. She has just been highly commended for its significant contribution to the teaching of English at the UKLA academic book awards. " - Martin Galway, Herts for LearningTable of Contents1. Critical Thinking and Book Talk’ - The ‘why’ factor 2. Comprehension, making meaning, literacy, critical thinking and critical literacy 3. Interactive, or dialogic, reading aloud 4. A focus on oral language development 5. Some picturebook theory 6. Critical Thinking and Book Talk in the Classroom 7. Practical advice 8. Conclusion
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Taylor & Francis Handbook of Personalized Learning
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Personalized Learning offers a theoretically grounded conceptualization for the development and implementation of personalizing learning. This comprehensive volume addresses personalized learningâs roots in educational, cognitive, and social psychological studies of learning as well as in practice. Positioned to shape the future of personalized learning, this handbook documents past innovations achieved in educational technology research and development; considers how advancements in learning analytics and machine learning have influenced policy and implementation; and showcases current and future applications of personalized learning in diverse K-12 classrooms, higher education, and informal educational settings. The bookâs varied, rigorous contributions are informed by an overarching model of personalized learning that centers the assets individuals bring to learning opportunities (including their prior knowledge, interests, self-beliefs, autonomy, and identity) and whose responsive designs build on those assets to improve learning and attainment. Researchers, developers, teaching faculty, and graduate students across educational psychology, educational technology, the learning sciences, learning analytics, human-computer interaction, and beyond will come away with substantive foundations and cutting-edge exemplars of the ways in which designs can be personalized to promote learnersâ experiences in educational settings.
£104.50
Taylor & Francis Creating Affirming Environments for Communication and Language Development
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£29.99
Hawthorn Press Creative Form Drawing with Children Aged 6-10:
Book SynopsisCreative form drawing helps children develop hand to eye co-ordination, spatial orientation, observation skills, attention, confident movement, drawing skills and the foundation skills for handwriting. Originally developed by Rudolf Steiner, creative form drawing is used widely in Steiner and Waldorf Schools to enable healthy child development and learning. Form drawing can also be used for helping transform learning difficulties. This books covers the why, what and how of creative form drawing, providing a comprehensive, practical resource for teachers of children aged 6 to 12 years.
£21.25
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Foundations of Literacy
Book SynopsisThis fully revised fourth edition outlines seven strands of practice for three to six-year old children, designed to develop the skills, concepts and knowledge underpinning literacy in the early years. Accompanying each strand are clear explanations of the research and reasoning on which they are based. Practical advice on helping children transfer their learning into their own child-initiated activities, to build a genuine and solid foundation for literacy, is integral to the book.Table of Contents1. Learning to Listen -Discrimination of sounds -Social Listening -Developing aural attention span -Developing auditory memory -Supporting children's listening 2. Time to talk -Compensating for language delay -Talk during child-initiated activities -Vocabulary development -Repetition and innovation -Developing expressive language -Social language skills -Supporting talk during imaginative play 3. Music, movement and memory -Development of steady beat, rhythm and rhyme -Articulation and song -Music and auditory memory -Left-right brain interaction -A musical setting 4. Storytime! -Story-telling: developing listening skills -Story-telling: developing speaking skills -Reading aloud - five a day! -Developing imaginative engagement -Nurturing children's imaginations 5. Learning about print -Awareness of print -Alphabet knowledge -Concepts about literacy -Sight words -Supporting children's involvement with print 6. Tuning into sound -Phonological awareness -Phonemic awareness -Phonics: sound-symbol associations -Supporting the development of phonic knowledge 7. Moving into writing -Handwriting movements -Letter formation -Pencil control -Shared writing -Supporting emergent writing 8. Switching on the searchlights -The Foundations of Literacy curriculum -Fitting it in -Creating the Culture -Smooth transitions Appendices -Language development -PREPARE chart -The phonemes of English -Handwriting groups and jingles for large-scale practice -Stages in emergent writing -Left-handed children -FoL audit sheet for practitioners working with 3-4 year olds -FoL audit sheet for practitioners working with 4-5 year olds -FoL audit sheet for practitioners working with 5-6 year olds -Phonics revisited Practice Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stages and FoL Further reading Recommended resources
£22.49
AWSNA Publications Geometry Lessons in the Waldorf School: Volume 2:
Book SynopsisThis book is the second volume of mathematician and Waldorf teacher Ernst Schuberth's Geometry Lessons in the Waldorf School.It covers the free form drawing and basic constructions covered in Years 4 and 5. An accompanying CD has additional exercises and color plates for the teacher to study.
£13.76
Solution Tree Embedding Formative Assessment
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Montessori from the Start
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Penguin Young Readers Group Noisy Nora
Book SynopsisIt''s tough being the middle mouse. No one''s paying any attention to Nora, so she decides to do something her family can''t ignore: make noise. Nora slams windows, bangs doors, and upsets furniture, to no avail. It''s not until she crashes out the door--and the house goes strangely silent--that her family realizes: a noisy Nora is much better than no Nora at all.A wonderful story. --Booklist
£8.54
Simon & Schuster Counting Kisses
Book SynopsisHow many kisses does a tired baby need before they say goodnight? Find out in this adorable kiss-and-count concept book from Karen Katz!Count and kiss along with this lift-the-flap bedtime book, from children’s book legend, Karen Katz!
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