For the best children's books, reach for the stars!. Big Books are a fantastic way to get learners actively involved in learning to read. This Big Book has simple text and clear, attractive illustrations for teachers to read to a whole class or a group of learners. Afterwards, learners can read the corresponding small book, Hatching Chickens, on their own or with a partner. Hatching Chickens combines an enjoyable story with accessible information about how chickens develop. It is suitable for learners in Grade 1. The Stars of Africa Starting Teacher's Guide, for teachers in Grade R and Grade 1, will give you useful ideas for using this Big Book.

This CGP Workbook is packed with useful Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar practice for Grade 9-1 GCSE students - perfect for helping them score the full 5% of SPaG marks in GCSE English Literature, Geography, History and Religious Studies. There's a range of question types for each skill, plus a section of mixed practice to help bring everything together. Answers are included at the back of the book. Matching study notes are available in CGP's Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar for GCSE Study Guide (see 9781847628916).

The Big books introduce the learners to a variety of text types. The books include story text, simple factual text, rhymes, riddles, jokes and graphic text and have been specially developed to introduce the learners, in an informal manner, to a variety of characteristics of printed text. The level of difficulty of the Big Books increases from the first easy repetitive text in Big Book 1 to Big Book 16, where learners are expected to use their increasing visual literacy skills and understanding of language. The books have been specially written to suit the level of development, the experiential/life world and the sense of humour of the Grade 3-learner. This book ties in with the topic “About me” in the Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide. The books have also been developed so that they can be used in more that one reading session as is comprehensively explained in the teaching plans.

This title considers why summative assessment in English is difficult and explores viewing it as an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectively. "Testing English" considers why English is such a difficult subject to assess summatively and takes the view that English is an arts subject rather than one which is quantifiable and assessable objectively. Bethan Marshall examines the nature of the subject, the battlegrounds of examinations over the last 100 years and considers some of the solutions that have been put in place to overcome the problem both in the UK and abroad. "Testing English" looks at the way English lends itself to formative assessment in that it actively encourages dialogue with the pupils in the absence of 'right answers'. It explores the complex relationship between formative and summative assessment and considers the relationship in the light of the introduction of Assessing Pupil's Progress (APP). It is an essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers looking at the complexities involved in assessing English.

The Grammar 1 Workbooks 1-6 contain grammar, spelling and punctuation topics ideal for children who have completed their first year of phonics. These workbooks provide structured practice and support for children entering their second year of literacy learning after mastering basic reading and writing skills. Following the units covered in The Grammar 1 Handbook, Grammar 1 Workbooks 1-6 cover an academic year of fun activities that reflect Year 1/P1 teaching. Containing handy checklists for what children are learning in school, these workbooks enable children to be confident writers through independent practice. Ages 5+. Content Grammar 1 Workbook 1 Reinforcing: 42 letter sounds and alternative vowel spellings from the phonics year. Introducing: capital letters, initial consonant blends, sentence formation, proper nouns, common nouns & key rules for spelling. Grammar 1 Workbook 2 Reinforcing: capital letters, initial consonant blends, sentence formation, proper nouns. Introducing: alphabetical order, plurals, pronouns, short vowels, the use of 'a' and 'an' before nouns and key rules for spelling. Grammar 1 Workbook 3 Reinforcing: alphabetical order, learning of short vowels, capital letters, proper nouns and initial consonant blends. Introducing: verbs, conjugation, verb tenses and key rules for spelling. Grammar 1 Workbook 4 Reinforcing: alphabetical order, short vowel sounds, nouns, adjectives, verbs and plurals. Introducing: final consonant blends, compound words, and key rules for spelling. Grammar 1 Workbook 5 Reinforcing: alphabetical order, adjectives, verbs, plurals, compound words, final consonant blends and the use of 'a' and 'an' before nouns. Introducing: adverbs, antonyms and key rules for spelling. Grammar 1 Workbook 6 Reinforcing: verb tenses, alphabetical order, plurals, adverbs, antonyms and final consonant blends. Introducing: speech marks, word webs, questions, and key rules for spelling.

Clear demonstration of how language structures link together, description of features and usage and cautions against easy mistakes. Includes new sections on ethnic variation and electronic communications and analyses of grammar in whole texts to reflect the modern world realistically Updated to reflect developments in terminology following the National Curriculum and Key Stage 3 framework. Lively writing style, grammatical examples from a rich range of sources and humorous illustrations.

The Jolly Phonics Student Books are write-in student books providing fun and engaging lesson activities for young children in their first year of learning to read and write. Jolly Phonics Student Book 2: * Builds on the reading and writing skills taught in Student Book 1. * Covers four main topics: Alternatives, Handwriting, Tricky Words, and Words and Sentences. * Introduces the main alternative vowel spellings, capital letters and alphabet, more tricky words and guided writing activities. * Comes with step-by-step lesson plans and comprehensive support, provided in the Jolly Phonics Teacher's Book. This refreshed version of the book is the same as the previous edition in terms of core content, but is enhanced with: * A fresh new look in terms of cover and page designs. * Easier navigation in a variety of ways, including color-coding and contents. * Enhanced transparency in the structure for the corresponding content in The Phonics Handbook. * Alignment of content across the materials for consistency of teaching.

Add fun to your lessons with the only Literacy and English textbooks offering comprehensive, consistent coverage of the whole CfE Second Level curriculum. This brand-new series from TeeJay will enable you to confidently cover all CfE Benchmarks and Experiences and Outcomes for Writing, Listening & Talking, and Reading for Understanding. - Explore different genres and foster a love of reading with exciting text extracts - Bring the fun of learning to your classroom with activities for play-based learning - Help students of all abilities progress at their own pace with tasks for differentiation flagged throughout - Continuously build and consolidate knowledge and monitor progression with end-of-chapter 'Review Revisit, Revise' exercises - Brush up on past teaching with the exercises in Chapter 0, which revise key skills from the previous book - Trust the core TeeJay philosophy - progression and consolidation - to help students build and develop their skills and understanding

The Big books introduce the learners to a variety of text types. The books include story text, simple factual text, rhymes, riddles, jokes and graphic text and have been specially developed to introduce the learners, in an informal manner, to a variety of characteristics of printed text. The level of difficulty of the Big Books increases from the first easy repetitive text in Big Book 1 to Big Book 16, where learners are expected to use their increasing visual literacy skills and understanding of language. The books have been specially written to suit the level of development, the experiential/life world and the sense of humour of the Grade 3-learner. This book ties in with the topic “About me” in the Learner’s Book and Teacher’s Guide. The books have also been developed so that they can be used in more that one reading session as is comprehensively explained in the teaching plans.

The complete set of 7 workbooks, covering all 42 letter sounds. These 24-page workbooks are a fun way for children to put their phonics skills into practice. Each of the seven books helps children develop their phonic skills further, moving from simple letter-sound recognition and letter formation early on to reading sentences and writing short phrases in the later books.Strategies for tricky spellings and challenging puzzles for developing phonic skills are also provided. Each book also contains a checklist which can be used to assess progress. Ages 4+.

New Directions in Teaching English: Reimagining Teaching, Teacher Education and Research attempts to create a comprehensive vision of critical and culturally relevant English teaching at the dawn of the 21st century. This book is multi-voiced. It includes perspectives from classroom teachers, teacher educators, and researchers in language and literacy, positioned to respond to recent changes in national conversations about literacy, learning, and assessment. These variously situated authors also recognize the rapidly changing demographics in schools, the changing nature of literacy in the digital age, and the increasing demands for literacy in the workplace. This book is critical. At all times education is a political act, and schools are embedded within a sociocultural reality that benefits some at the expense of others. Therefore the approach advocated through many of the chapters is one of critical literacy, where English students gain reading and writing skills and proficiency with digital technologies that allow them to become more able, discerning, and empowered consumers and producers of texts.

Add fun to your lessons with the only Literacy and English textbooks offering comprehensive, consistent coverage of the whole CfE Second Level curriculum. This brand-new series from TeeJay will enable you to confidently cover all CfE Benchmarks and Experiences and Outcomes for Writing, Listening & Talking, and Reading for Understanding. - Explore different genres and foster a love of reading with exciting text extracts - Bring the fun of learning to your classroom with activities for play-based learning - Help students of all abilities progress at their own pace with tasks for differentiation flagged throughout - Continuously build and consolidate knowledge and monitor progression with end-of-chapter 'Review Revisit, Revise' exercises - Brush up on past teaching with the exercises in Chapter 0, which revise key skills from the previous level - Trust the core TeeJay philosophy - progression and consolidation - to help students build and develop their skills and understanding

Add fun to your lessons with the only Literacy and English textbooks offering comprehensive, consistent coverage of the whole CfE Second Level curriculum. This brand-new series from TeeJay will enable you to confidently cover all CfE Benchmarks and Experiences and Outcomes for Writing, Listening & Talking, and Reading for Understanding. - Explore different genres and foster a love of reading with exciting text extracts - Bring the fun of learning to your classroom with activities for play-based learning - Help students of all abilities progress at their own pace with tasks for differentiation flagged throughout - Continuously build and consolidate knowledge and monitor progression with end-of-chapter 'Review Revisit, Revise' exercises - Brush up on past teaching with the exercises in Chapter 0, which revise key skills from the previous book - Trust the core TeeJay philosophy - progression and consolidation - to help students build and develop their skills and understanding

Designed for classroom and independent study, our Revise Key Stage 2 Revision Guides provide simple, brilliantly smart support to Year 6 learners preparing for the National Curriculum tests. Features include: One-topic-per-page format that helps students revise more quickly, without the hassle Coverage of all topics included in the new National Curriculum tests 'Now try this' exam-style practice questions let students test their understanding of a topic and improve their exam technique Visual explanations of key concepts help students revise quickly and recall important information Reminders of concepts and skills in an interesting, accessible and easily-digestible way Simple structure makes it easy to follow, with write-in features that help children 'own' the books.

The workbook has been was developed in compliance with the requirements of the curriculum (CAPS).

This workbook pays attention to the vocabulary that the child must repeat aloud to ensure that the child can speak English fluently by the end of the Foundation Phase and can read graded reading material.

The written activities that the child has to complete in accordance with the oral work provide valuable opportunity for practice and inculcation. The workbook clearly indicates during which week the worksheet, practise page and vocabulary game should be used to learn the systematic progression of skills.

This thematic workbook contains:

• worksheets.
• practise pages that instils the learner’s knowledge of new vocabulary and the phonic activities done orally.
• fun games to practice thematic vocabulary.
• sound cards needed in the third term for discrimination of sounds and word building.
• footnotes that provide guidance to the educator on how to tackle each activity or game with the child.

The Grammar 6 Pupil Book is designed specifcally for use with the Grammar 6 Teacher's Book. Together, they follow on from the Grammar 1-5 Pupil and Teacher's Books and provide the next year of grammar, spelling and punctuation teaching. The Grammar 6 Pupil Book contains 36 spelling and 36 grammar or punctuation lessons for a full year of teaching children aged 10-11 years. The lessons continue to build upon the knowledge and skills that children have been taught in previous years. There are activities for children to complete in class or as homework, which accompany the detailed lesson plans for the teacher to follow within the Grammar 6 Teacher's Book. Topics covered include: * Revision of elements covered in The Grammar 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Pupil Books * Prefixes & suffixes and in particular numerical * New spelling patterns/rules: ough * Silent letters: bt, te, th * Schwas -ity & -ety * More alternatives: they, great, ballet, fete, straight for /ai/ * New parts of speech: for example, countable and uncountable nouns, gerunds and modal verbs and imperatives * Further punctuation: using semi colons and colons or using a comma after a fronted adverbial * Developing a greater understanding of sentence structure and learning to recognise indirect objects, subject complements and passive agents * Introducing children to literary devices such as alliteration, learning to meaning of idioms and distinguishing between formal and informal writing *Please note that only the covers of our Jolly Grammar Pupil Books have been refreshed and updated. The content is the same as the previous editions and they can still be used alongside the Grammar Teacher's Books. ISBNs and JL codes also remain the same.

How would you survive in one of Earth's hottest spots? What is it like to live with reindeer in the Arctic Circle? Discover how communities adapt to live in some of the world's most extreme environments. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 7-8 (Year 3)

Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: English Language First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 This Text Anthology is written specifically to address the demands of the English Language GCSE (9-1) and will help you: improve your writing skills so that you can write in a sustained, technically accurate and effective way develop confidence and resilience when responding to challenging unseen texts prepare for the new style of assessments.

Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQA Level: BGE (S1-S3) and Senior Phase (National 4/5) Subject: Literacy Words are powerful. Enrich your vocabulary and you will be able to speak, listen, read and write more effectively. Explore important aspects of vocabulary - decoding words, easily confused words, groups of words and new words - through simple explanations, strategies, progressive activities and revision tasks. This is the only book available for the Scottish curriculum that includes a dedicated chapter on inclusive language, to show students how their words have the power to make everyone feel accepted and understood. Vocabulary for Literacy equips pupils with the building blocks for success in exams, coursework and adult life, and facilitates literacy development across the curriculum. > Understand the essentials. Key concepts that pupils need to remember are introduced in 'explanation' boxes. > Put theory into practice. 'Building', 'Strengthening' and 'Extending' tasks enable pupils to apply their knowledge and skills, through a mix of solo and group work. > See the big picture. 'Crossover' boxes make links to prior and future learning, knowledge and skills, encouraging pupils to approach vocabulary holistically. > Avoid common errors. 'Mistake' boxes contain examples and tips to ensure that pupils get it right in their own speech and writing. > Check and consolidate. 22 printable A-Z activity sheets (available for free online) can be used in school or at home for revision and extra practice. "There is a proven link between an improved vocabulary and increased attainment in Scottish schooling." Rachel Alexander

English teaching and learning Teacher Guide for Year 9 (age 11/12) Works with the Student Book and Teacher Guide from the Inspire English series Full coverage of the KS3 (11-14) National Curriculum in English and the iLowerSecondary Curriculum Designed for International Schools around the world but also suitable for the UK Supports the mastery of specific skills in English through a rigorous curriculum-linked approach