Support your child at the start of their learning journey with these exciting and engaging activity books. Completely in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, this early Writing book offers the perfect introduction to forming letters. Patterning activities practice the curls, waves, arches and loops essential to forming letters Letter families introduce letters in manageable sets such as the straight-down letters i j l t u y Parent notes on each page explain each activity Provides reassurance whilst supporting your child's learning at home. First Learning Writing covers lower case and capital letters A to Z with lots of practice mixed with engaging, colourful illustrations. Also includes free animations online to show how to form letters and words to consolidate what they have learned. Designed to make learning fun, First Learning titles offer a real sense of achievement with a free rewards certificate.

"The Story of Tracy Beaker" is Jacqueline Wilson's award-winning tale of Tracy's life in a children's home and her dreams of being adopted. This literacy resource pack is designed to help teachers make the most of children's enthusiasm to read about Tracy and her friends by providing a range of ideas and photocopiable worksheets for use in the classroom. The pack has been written with the literacy hour in mind - there are word-level, sentence-level and text-level activities for each chapter, for use after a shared reading of each section - but also offers ideas for use beyond that one hour per day. Extended writing activities and topic-based work suggestions will help children to develop a sense of the book as a whole, and also help teachers to link literacy work with other areas of the curriculum.

This work includes games to support the teaching of phonological awareness. Children will love this stimulating collection of games and activities designed to help them develop their phonics skills. The simple but cleverly constructed games cover a range of skills and concepts, including: Rhyming, Practising initial consonants, Onset and rhyme. The pack includes photocopiable masters for each activity, with guidelines for using them in class.

The Collins Cambridge Lower Secondary English series offers a skills-building approach to the Cambridge Lower Secondary English curriculum framework (0861) from 2020. The second edition of the Stage 8 Workbook is designed to help students to consolidate their learning through further practice to secure the skills taught in the Student's Book. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0861 from 2020. Consolidate and extend students' learning with engaging practice activities and additional language support for Chapters 1 to 6 of the Student's Book. The numbered units correspond clearly to the Student's Book and can be set as homework or used in class for further study. All tasks can be completed individually. As in the Student's Book each chapter builds from scaffolded activities to more independent and substantial tasks. The write-in format aids revision and keeps learning in one place, allowing teachers to monitor students' progress. Answers to the Workbook questions are provided in the Stage 7 Teacher's Guide.

First Comprehension provides an early introduction to written comprehension, developing children's enthusiasm for reading and their ability to interpret texts. When working through the series, support from an adult will boost children's confidence and help them to understand and evaluate each text. The books are easy to mark and provide a permanent record of each child's work, helping you to monitor progress. Designed to support the National Curriculum for Years 2 and 3, the content of this series has wide appeal and may also be used by older children. First Comprehension Book 1 is aimed at children in Year 2 (ages 6 - 7) who are attempting written comprehension for the first time. 18 carefully selected texts reflect the range of genres recommended by the National Curriculum, and accompanying questions are presented in two parts, to suit the concentration level of most children in this age group. The first of two First Comprehension activity books, this book features work by writers such as Roald Dahl and A. A. Milne, as well as an excerpt from a children's dictionary and a number of accessible non-fiction texts. The series provides: a brief introduction, enabling teachers, parents and adult helpers to use the books effectively; passages from classic and contemporary fiction to broaden children's reading experience; a wide selection of poetry, from William Wordsworth to Tony Mitton; stimulating non-fiction extracts, with different subjects and structures; a range of question types, including direct, inferential and evaluative questions. The separate Teacher's Guide contains teaching notes, sample answers and further activities for each text, allowing you to use First Comprehension to its full potential.

These new resources have been written for the new 9-1 grading scale, with progression, international relevance and support at their core. The new 9-1 grading scale ensures a consistent international standard of qualification. The increase in levels of grading allows learners to achieve their full potential and make more informed decisions about their options for progression. A fully integrated Progression Map tool allows quick and easy formative assessment of student progress, linked to guidance on tailored learning solutions, helping students make the best progress they can. The embedded transferrable skills that are needed for progression into higher education and employment, are explicitly signposted allowing students to understand, and engage with, the skills they're gaining. Online teacher support will save you valuable time when planning, teaching and assessing. Each Student Book provides access to an ActiveBook, a digital version of the Student's Book, which can be accessed online, anytime, anywhere supporting learning beyond the classroom. Specifically developed for International learners, with appropriate international content, making it engaging and relevant for all learners and allowing for learning in a local context, to a global standard. EAL-focused content, checked by an EAL specialist, addresses the needs of EAL students with carefully graded writing to B2/C1 level (CEFR) and a glossary provided of specialist vocabulary.

Comprising six pupil books and six accompanying teacher's guides, one for each primary school year, Schofield & Sims Grammar and Punctuation is a comprehensive programme for teaching grammar and punctuation while also building on vocabulary, reading and writing skills. Through structured lessons, stimulating focus texts and engaging practice activities, children not only learn the correct terminology and usage of grammar and punctuation, but also build up the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply them successfully in their own writing. The Grammar 6 pupil book contains 30 single-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 6. Featured topics include active voice and passive voice; synonyms and antonyms; formal and informal vocabulary, including the use of Standard English; colons and semicolons in lists; linking main clauses using colons, semicolons and dashes; the subjunctive form; hyphens to avoid ambiguity; word classes and homonyms; and layout devices (bullet points and tables). Each pupil book practice page includes a concise summary of the key learning point for each lesson, followed by two short 'Try it' exercises and a 'Sentence practice' activity. Regular 'Revision' pages reinforce learning, while imaginative 'Writing tasks' allow children to 'show off' their grammar and punctuation skills in a more formal context. Additional features provided at the back of the book include a glossary to support the confident use of grammatical terminology and a self-evaluation checklist to strengthen understanding and encourage pupils to assess their own learning. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Grammar 6 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714011), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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+.

Designed to follow on from the Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1, 2 and 3, the Grammar Pupil Books build on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics, and introduce grammar, spelling and punctuation rules to improve writing and reading comprehension. Children are able to work through the Grammar 5 Pupil book and complete a wide variety of engaging activities, which develop grammar, spelling, punctuation and comprehension skills. Lessons are provided for 1 Grammar or punctuation topic and 1 Spelling lesson per week for a year. The teacher is able to support and guide the children with the Grammar 5 Teacher's Book. Topics covered include: * Revision of elements covered in The Grammar 1, 2, 3 & 4 Pupil Books * Sentence Walls * Simple and continuous tenses * Contractions and the verb 'to have' * Adverb placement in sentences * Proofreading * Prepositional phrases * Compound subjects and objects * Transitive and intransitive verbs * The order of adjectives * Adverbs of manner, degree & place, time & frequency * Irregular plurals * Parenthesis * Homophones * Antonyms and synonyms *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.

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 5 Scholastic Set: 10 Title: Don't Shriek, Maisie! Focus: o (as in 'so'), i (as 'kind'), a (as in 'lazing'), e (as in 'she'), a-e (as in 'cave'), i-e (as in 'bite'), ie (as in 'Maisie'), aw (as in 'lawn') Tricky words: the said are to have was of do you they little all put were when Book Band: Green This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging, and are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK. The series includes a wide selection of diverse and inclusive stories, accompanied by bright, contemporary and humorous illustrations that will engage and inspire young readers with a 'find the character' feature on each spread. The artwork is detailed so as not to provide picture cues and prompting. Each book also contains parent's notes and a 'retell the story' task to support children's oracy, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of books covering groups of sounds to allow for progression. The stories in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 10 and revise the sounds found in previous sets. There are thirteen sets in total, covering: Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d Phase 2 Set 2: g o c k ck e u r h b f l Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn) Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew (new), ie (shield), aw (claw) Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le (apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup) Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are (share), ear (bear), ere (there), au (author), aur (dinosaur), oor (floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a (father), a (water), a (want), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle), sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze), schwa at the end of words (actor) Phase 5 Set 13: eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (grey), ea (break), gn (gnaw), kn (knee), mb (thumb), ere (here), eer (deer), su (treasure), si (vision), dge (bridge), ge (large), y (crystal), ti (potion), ssi (mission), si (mansion), ci (delicious), augh (daughter), our (pour), oar (oar), ore (more) Have you got them all?

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.

"A really useful classroom resource." Mrs J. Holloway, Amazon customer. Help children master core English skills required for success at school and beyond. Matched to the curriculum, our acclaimed Scholastic English Skills series is full of easy ways to teach the essentials. An ideal English toolkit for the primary years Gets children speaking, reading and writing confidently Tackles common problems that hold back progress Saves time with inspiring ready-made lesson ideas, activities and posters Includes detailed background knowledge and teacher notes The CD-ROM contains interactive activities for the whiteboard, perfect for starter or plenary activities This spelling and vocabulary teacher's book covers rules and exceptions, inflectional endings, prefixes and suffixes, tricky spellings and much more. A linked pupil workbook is also available.

Designed to follow on from the Jolly Phonics Pupil Books 1, 2 and 3, the Grammar Pupil Books build on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics, and introduce grammar, spelling and punctuation rules to improve writing and reading comprehension. Children are able to work through the Grammar 5 Pupil book and complete a wide variety of engaging activities, which develop grammar, spelling, punctuation and comprehension skills. Lessons are provided for 1 Grammar or punctuation topic and 1 Spelling lesson per week for a year. The teacher is able to support and guide the children with the Grammar 5 Teacher's Book. Topics covered include: * Revision of elements covered in The Grammar 1, 2, 3 & 4 Pupil Books * Sentence Walls * Simple and continuous tenses * Contractions and the verb 'to have' * Adverb placement in sentences * Proofreading * Prepositional phrases * Compound subjects and objects * Transitive and intransitive verbs * The order of adjectives * Adverbs of manner, degree & place, time & frequency * Irregular plurals * Parenthesis * Homophones * Antonyms and synonyms *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.

CGP's Vocabulary Flashcards are almost too fantastic for words. These bright and colourful cards are perfect for expanding pupils' vocabulary - and they're spot-on for ages 5-7. Each card has a word on the front, and a clear definition and example sentence on the back. And for some extra fun, we've thrown in suggestions of activities and games to play with the cards too. For even more vocab practice, check out our Flashcards for ages 7-9 (9781789089233) and ages 9-11 (9781789089240)!