The new All-In-One Home Language Grade 1: Learner's Book (CAPS) has been completely revised and adapted according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement.

Children love learning with Smart-kids. Bright illustrations, stickers, creative activities and fun-loving characters bring the South African English curriculum to life. This Smart-kids workbook is specially written for Grade 1 learners by experienced South African teachers and contains valuable notes, tips and answers for parents. For more information and downloads visit: www.smart-kids.co.za

Get your learners reading! Spot On readers contain delightful South African stories, a variety of interesting characters and beautiful illustrations to get learners excited about reading. Spot On readers are developed by a team of language specialists and teachers. The readers use sight words, phonics and high frequency words to ensure that learners quickly and easily gain the reading skills required in Grade 1.

All eight titles are available as Big Books for shared reading as well as small books for independent reading. Spot On readers are the latest addition to Heinemann's best-selling Spot On series, which is approved by the Department of Education. Spot On readers are available from Grades 1-3 in Afrikaans, English, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana.

The Meerkat series of class readers takes a phonetic approach step by step introducing the prescribed phonics, and later spelling conventions. The progression of phonetic skills will be clearly seen. Reading assignments encouraging reading comprehension accompany each reading lesson.

Give your learners the chance to develop and reinforce their spoken language skills with our new four-book series Integrated spoken language. Through 25 entertaining and interactive themes, each with a variety of activities, learners can continue to build their spoken language abilities while having fun and relating to real-life scenarios.

Available for Early Years, Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2, this series will enhance previously-taught skills by allowing learners to immerse and extend themselves in relatable topics such as pets, rainy days, going to the dentist, under the sea and much more.

Features:

• Each book contains 25 theme-based units focused around 25 separate poster images to appeal to the interests of learners.
• Each unit presents a variety of engaging activities to develop and practise oral language skills, including role plays, barrier games, storycreation, debates and discussions.
• Each unit contains photocopiable support materials for the activities that require them.
• Each activity is linked to a specific Learning Outcome, enabling educators to select the activities and Learning Outcomes they want to address with their class.
• Each book is structured to allow flexibility of use: educators can select the activity/activities according to the Learning Outcomes theyhave planned in their Language programme of work. In addition, each theme is a stand-alone, so educators can decide on their own sequence.

Remove the confusion around phonological awareness and equip children with all the skills needed to conquer the world of words—spelling, reading and writing—with R.I.C.’s must-have new Phonological awareness skills.

This series of five comprehensive books covers all the basics for early childhood children (from four years of age) but also assists older students who are struggling with phonics and spelling. It incorporates skills that fit into any phonics or spelling program. The series emphasises oral language.

Twelve skills are presented in developmental order over the five books and include the following skills:

Book 1: Auditory discrimination, rhyming and alliteration
Book 2: Segmentation and syllabification, and blending
Book 3: Phoneme matching and phoneme isolation
Book 4: Phoneme completion, and phoneme addition and deletion
Book 5: Phoneme segmentation, phoneme substitution and phoneme reversal

The last 7 skills relate to phoneme manipulation.

The skills are presented as fun, hands-on games and activities for whole class, small group and pairs, with full instructions (including the actual words to say if required), all game/activity resources, supporting worksheets if applicable, differentiation suggestions, formative and summative assessments and answers. Literature links and suggested websites for games are also included where applicable.

The activities are predominantly oral activities for four-year-olds but are also appropriate for learners who struggle with letter-symbol correspondence, those beginning to read and older children who need support.

The games and activities are perfect for learning stations and easily managed by adult and parent helpers. They can also be used for early finishers to consolidate skills or to motivate young learners needing extension.

The activities link perfectly to the Early Years Learning Framework and the Phonics and word knowledge section of the Language areas of South African Curriculum English.

Sounds in Focus is a whole-school spelling and language programme. Use Sounds in Focus to develop language proficiency by continually developing: spelling skills, vocabulary, grammar concepts, and writing. With the Learner Book for Grade 1, learners engage in stimulating activities to: explore phonemes, identify and discover graphemes, develop strategies for spelling, and explore and extend vocabulary.

A dyslexia-friendly font is used throughout the workbooks. It is extremely quick and easy for teachers to implement in their classroom or to assign as homework. Questions consolidate reading and comprehension and allow teachers to check that children actually read and comprehend the texts. It is easy for children to use independently, allowing them to take control of their reading journey, or with a parent’s assistance.

Features

• Each year level has two workbooks containing 15 weeks of texts each (4 texts per week). Part A is a physical workbook (60 texts) and Part B is available online (additional 60 texts).
• Children are encouraged to read one text each day at home (Monday to Thursday). This equates to 120 texts per year level.
• A number of different text types are included to provide variety and interest.
• Each text has an accompanying worksheet with six questions for children to complete so teachers and parents can monitor reading success.
• Answers are provided (online) for teachers and parents to check progress, or for children to self-mark.

Finding time to practise and reinforce essential spelling, grammar, word study and punctuation skills can be challenging in today’s busy classrooms. The New Wave English in Practice series has been designed with this in mind, providing pupils with an easy-to-use workbook that reinforces skills they have learnt as part of the teacher’s regular literacy program.

Teachers guide features:

• A suggested program for using the workbooks
• Concept-specific, whole class and individual recording sheets
• A full scope and sequence for each workbook, outlining the word- and sentence-level English skills that are covered each week
• A detailed weekly overview of the skill focus, spelling/phonics, inflection, punctuation, word study and grammar skills for each workbook
• Answers for each workbook
• Four days of review questions covering the skill focuses covered over eight weeks for each workbook
• A two-page skill assessment for each group of eight weeks
• A comprehensive glossary of English skills that may be included throughout the series
• Lined pages to record any notes or observations

The Sounds in Focus Toolbox is essential for all Foundation Phase teachers and is a complementary component of the Sounds in Focus programme.

What you'll find in the Toolbox:

• Flash Cards – List Word, Special Word and Grapheme cards.
• Sound Cards (A4-size) – These cards show the 63 graphemes introduced in the Sounds in Focus programme and are ideal for developing segmenting and blending skills for reading and writing.
• Sound Cards (A5-size) – These cards show the most common graphemes for the sounds of the English language. Great to use as a wall frieze at eye height for easy pupil reference.

All packaged in a sturdy carry case.

The English workbook educator guide is a resource written to support the teaching in The English Workbook series.

The workbooks, designed to improve and develop learners’ literacy skills, consist of ten units of work, each focused on one of the following writing formats: procedures, recounts, expositions, narratives and reports.

Each unit includes:

• Learner analysis of writing form, speaking and listening, group and individual activities, literal, inferential and applied comprehension questions, vocabulary development and extension, spelling strategies and rules practice
• Specific language features of the particular text, such as proper nouns, imperative verbs and punctuation, clearly and concisely explained with practice exercises
• Writing activities focussed on specific writing skills related to the particular genre. Writing topics are set with planning proformas and editing and proofreading checklists. Learner evaluation is included.

The English Workbook is a series of seven learner workbooks, each supported by a separate educator resource book. The workbooks, designed to improve and develop learners’ literacy skills, consist of ten units of work, each focused on one of the following writing formats: procedures, recounts, expositions, narratives and reports.

Features:

• ten units of work based on five writing formats
• writing format analysis, activities and practice
• planning proformas specific to each writing genre
• speaking and listening, spelling and vocabulary
• literal, inferential and applied comprehension
• comprehensive literacy educator and learner practice activities
• group and individual activities
• editing and proofreading checklists
• learner assessment

These teachers guides support the New Wave Spelling workbook series. The guides contain material to enhance the teaching and learning opportunities provided in each corresponding workbook.

Features:

• Detailed program outlines on how to use each workbook
• Suggested timetables
• Unit focus, teaching points, word building examples, dictation sentences and answers
• Evaluation checklists
• Spelling activities and games for individual, partner and group work and learning centres
• Overview of list focus and activity types
• Spelling strategy cards
• Activities for students with special needs

These teachers guides support the New Wave Spelling workbook series. The guides contain material to enhance the teaching and learning opportunities provided in each corresponding workbook.

Features:

• Detailed program outlines on how to use each workbook
• Suggested timetables
• Unit focus, teaching points, word building examples, dictation sentences and answers
• Evaluation checklists
• Spelling activities and games for individual, partner and group work and learning centres
• Overview of list focus and activity types
• Spelling strategy cards
• Activities for students with special needs

These teachers guides support the New Wave Spelling workbook series. The guides contain material to enhance the teaching and learning opportunities provided in each corresponding workbook.

Features:

• Detailed program outlines on how to use each workbook
• Suggested timetables
• Unit focus, teaching points, word building examples, dictation sentences and answers
• Evaluation checklists
• Spelling activities and games for individual, partner and group work and learning centres
• Overview of list focus and activity types
• Spelling strategy cards
• Activities for students with special needs

My Desktop Dictionary is designed, written and illustrated for young children in their first years of learning. It is a student dictionary for children who are developing a written vocabulary and contains a wide range of commonly used words.

Ample space is provided for recording new words that students may add to the dictionary.

Features:

• designed, written and illustrated for young children
• contains a wide range of commonly used words, plus space for recording new words
• a blank square at the top right-hand corner of each double page allows children to write letters of the alphabet in their school script
• a popular, high-interest theme for each letter of the alphabet
• lists of commonly used topics and themes

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The Little Library Life Skills Kit (along with the Literacy and Numeracy Kits) was initially developed to respond to a need for high quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. After ten years successful use in schools, the kits have now been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and the new education policies. The Life Skills Kit focuses on promoting life skills to learners of five to nine years of age, as stated in the National Curriculum Statement. Perfectly me tells the story of a messy young boy who has a neat and tidy sister. With some effort he manages to become clean, but is still a little untidy. He decides that his sister may be perfect, but that he is perfectly himself.

Get your learners reading! Spot On readers contain delightful South African stories, a variety of interesting characters and beautiful illustrations to get learners excited about reading. Spot On readers are developed by a team of language specialists and teachers. The readers use sight words, phonics and high frequency words to ensure that learners quickly and easily gain the reading skills required in Grade 1.

All eight titles are available as Big Books for shared reading as well as small books for independent reading. Spot On readers are the latest addition to Heinemann's best-selling Spot On series, which is approved by the Department of Education. Spot On readers are available from Grades 1-3 in Afrikaans, English, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana.

Get your learners reading! Spot On readers contain delightful South African stories, a variety of interesting characters and beautiful illustrations to get learners excited about reading. Spot On readers are developed by a team of language specialists and teachers. The readers use sight words, phonics and high frequency words to ensure that learners quickly and easily gain the reading skills required in Grade 1.

All eight titles are available as Big Books for shared reading as well as small books for independent reading. Spot On readers are the latest addition to Heinemann's best-selling Spot On series, which is approved by the Department of Education. Spot On readers are available from Grades 1-3 in Afrikaans, English, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana.

Get your learners reading! Spot On readers contain delightful South African stories, a variety of interesting characters and beautiful illustrations to get learners excited about reading. Spot On readers are developed by a team of language specialists and teachers. The readers use sight words, phonics and high frequency words to ensure that learners quickly and easily gain the reading skills required in Grade 1.

All eight titles are available as Big Books for shared reading as well as small books for independent reading. Spot On readers are the latest addition to Heinemann's best-selling Spot On series, which is approved by the Department of Education. Spot On readers are available from Grades 1-3 in Afrikaans, English, IsiXhosa, IsiZulu, Sepedi and Setswana.

New wave spelling – A phonics-based approach is a whole-school spelling workbook series. The spelling lists within each unit are organised with a phonetic emphasis.

Each workbook is supported by a comprehensive teacher resource book containing support material to enhance the teaching and learning opportunities provided in its corresponding workbook.

Features:

• Comprehensive whole-year program of 20 units of work
• Spelling lists of words with common phonemes represented in different ways
• Revision list treated in each unit
• Words selected from proven contemporary lists
• Variety of activities to develop different strategies for spelling
• Teaches spelling rules
• Vowel and consonant phonics reference charts