'Absolutely fantastic, with excellent extract choices and carefully thought out questions' James Grocott, Deputy Headteacher, @deputygrocott An exciting reading comprehension resource from Andrew Jennings (@VocabularyNinja), the creator of the hugely popular Write Like a Ninja, Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja: Non-Fiction series. This photocopiable resource contains 24 immersive and imaginative fiction and poetry texts from acclaimed writers including Michael Morpurgo, Piers Torday and Grace Nichols, as well as original texts by Adam Bushnell and Andrew Jennings aligned to the National Curriculum. Each is accompanied by differentiated activities and answers to boost retrieval skills and help pupils become fully fledged Comprehension Ninjas! Ideal for KS2 SATs practice, the reading texts are high-quality and rich in vocabulary. They cover a wide variety of genres including fantasy, contemporary stories, traditional tales, historical fiction and poetry. If you're searching for engaging resources to help pupils practise comprehension strategies and question types such as skim and scan, true or false, find and copy, fill in the gap, sequencing and multiple choice, Comprehension Ninja for Ages 9-10: Fiction & Poetry is the book for you. For more must-have Ninja books, check out the Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja classroom and home learning resources.

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Do you want your child to attend an independent or grammar school? Wondering how to give him or her the best possible chance of passing these exams? The 11+ test or similar entrance exams must be passed for children to gain entrance to grammar and independent schools and with limited places and high competition it's vital to prepare your child so they have the best chance of gaining a place. Develop English is here to help. Designed for those who have completed the Discover level of the Practise & Pass 11+ series, Develop English gives children a more advanced grounding in 11+ English exam questions and tests once they have mastered the basics. Boasting the same expert coaching and guidance for both you and your child as the Discover level, Develop English clearly explains how to tackle English exam questions correctly and is filled with hundreds of brand new, authentic practise questions in the same multiple choice format as the final English exam. And once you've completed the Develop level make sure to complete the series with the Practise Test Papers so your child receives a full programme of coaching needed to pass the 11+ English exam. This brand new Practise & Pass 11+ series has been developed in line with the current entrance exams so your children will be answering questions that are in an identical format and style to those that will be in the final test. Covering the four key subjects, verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning, maths and English, the series is split into three levels - Discover, Develop and Practise Test Papers. After working through the Practise & Pass 11+ series your child will be fully prepared for the tests, have the edge over other applicants and be equipped with the best possible chance to get into the school of your choice. Give your child the skills and experience to pass the 11+ exam with flying colours.

Collins Explore English is a 6-level course which provides full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English as a Second Language curriculum framework (0057) from 2020. With a magazine-style Student's Resource Book, comprehensive Student's Coursebook, and supportive Teacher's Guide, it offers clear progression within and across levels. The Student's Coursebook is clearly linked to the Student's Resource Book, both of which are fully supported in the Teacher's Guide. It follows the same topic-based structure of units as the Resource Book, and includes a wide range of varied activities and exercises related to the input materials to develop and consolidate learning. The Coursebook is designed to be written into, so activities contain structured spaces for learners to record answers. The activities can be used as classroom tasks, for homework or for assessment purposes. The completed tasks give the teacher an opportunity to check work and give feedback. Learners have a consolidated record of their work and parents can see what kind of activities learners are doing in class. The Student's Coursebook provides opportunities for the learners to consolidate and apply what they have learnt, and to relate what they are learning both to the environment in which they live and beyond, to other contexts. Much of the learners' work is conducted in pairs or small groups in line with international best practice. The tasks and activities are designed to be engaging for learners and to support teachers in their assessment of learner progress and achievement. This innovative course has been designed to encourage maximum enjoyment and engagement by young learners, providing them with a fun and colourful Resource Book packed full of texts and illustrations to stimulate language learning. The corresponding Coursebook contains the activities relating to this input material. The Student's Resource Book and Student's Coursebook are used together to provide the full learning package for the student. The course takes an integrated skills approach to developing language skills with an emphasis on practical communication. It is designed with interactive learning at its heart and has been created to offer flexibility where this is beneficial while following a consistent approach so the course is easy to deliver. It is fully supported by a comprehensive Teacher's Guide with detailed lesson plans that provide step-by-step guidance. This series is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education to support the new curriculum framework 0057 from 2020.

With a Foreword by Hugh Starkey and Audrey Osler, and Afterwords by Graham Crookes, Hilary Janks and Allan Luke, this book promotes critical language education and illustrates how a critical agenda can be enacted in English language education in real classrooms. It presents four cases located in primary and secondary schools in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina in contexts that can be characterised as vulnerable or difficult. It describes the possibilities, challenges and limitations of this critical agenda using students' drawings, posters, leaflets, artwork, classroom activities and conversational data as foundation, and including the voices of local teachers in their classrooms. Importantly, these teachers used teacher-made, locally produced, critical post-method materials, described by the author of those materials in one of the chapters. In this way, the book offers a unique balance of researcher, teacher and materials writer voices. These materials are included in the book and can help language teachers around the world to introduce critical perspectives in their specific contexts. The book is appealing to researchers, classroom teachers, teacher educators, and materials writers and developers interested in critical language education.

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. The donkey's shadow and other stories is a collection of three stories based on Aesop's fables. Each story has a lesson or moral attached to it.

This CGP Study & Question Book is a brilliant way to help pupils aged 5-7 get to grips with all the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling they'll need for the latest Key Stage 1 SATS. For every topic, there are clear, colourful notes and examples that explain the important concepts, followed by a selection of helpful, child-friendly practice questions. Complete answers are included at the back, so it's easy to check how well they're getting on. A CGP Study & Question Book is also available for KS1 Reading - see 9781782944607.

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series.

This title forms part of the Little Library programme, which consists of a Literacy Kit, Numeracy Kit and Life Skills Kit. These were developed to respond to a need for high-quality, indigenous books for the younger members of our communities. The kits have been revised to meet the changing needs of learners, schools and new education policies. Many of the well-loved stories, posters and activities have been kept and exciting new stories have been added. The posters, activities and the Teacher's Guide have all been revised to provide fresh, new ideas to try out in the classroom. Two best friends is a title in the Little Library Literacy Kit. Summary: Two friends live next door to each other. One day they decide to make a secret place, so they dig a hole that is big enough for them to squeeze into. Concepts: friendship, sequencing, position, characters, and making a difference.

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.

The Thrills and Chills collection of texts provides children with the perfect foundation for practising the 10 comprehension strategies in Project X Comprehension Express. There are 9 texts in the collection covering highly-engaging fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Each text is carefully levelled to be accessible to every child - including those just behind age-related expectations. This collection of texts is part of Project X Comprehension Express. It is a whole-class teaching programme specially built to help children in Years 4-6 (P5-P7) master comprehension and excel in the new National Reading Test. It includes Handbooks, Workbooks, Expert Tip flashcards and an Expert Tip poster. Online teaching resources and best practice films are available on www.oxfordowl.co.uk to ensure its easy implementation.

The Dare to Succeed collection of texts provides children with the perfect foundation for practising the 10 comprehension strategies in Project X Comprehension Express. There are 9 texts in the collection covering highly-engaging fiction and non-fiction. Each text is carefully levelled to be accessible to every child - including those just behind age-related expectations. This collection of texts is part of Project X Comprehension Express. It is a whole-class teaching programme specially built to help children in Years 4-6 (P5-P7) master comprehension and excel in the new National Reading Test. It includes Handbooks, Workbooks, Expert Tip flashcards and an Expert Tip poster. Online teaching resources and best practice films are available on www.oxfordowl.co.uk to ensure its easy implementation.

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. I'm a lot like you deals mainly with the issues around HIV and touches on AIDS too. The focus is on a young child who is living with HIV. We see how similar her life is to that of her friends.

Introduce foundational vocabulary into your child's life for items found all around your home using bright and colorful pictures in Brain Quest's signature question and answer format. My First Brain Quest: First Words: Around the Home introduces babies and toddlers to more than 100 foundational vocabulary words from scenes in and around a cosy, colorful family home - from the kitchen to the bathroom to the garden. In addition to labeled illustrated objects, each scene has questions that help reader and child talk about what they see on the page. There's counting, colours, comparison and more!

Used wherever the English Language is spoken or taught and now re-designed and beautifully illustrated to make it bright, appealing, attractive and motivating. This illustrated edition retains the structure and approach of the original bestseller but has been produced to ensure that all the terms and information are up to date and reflect the international readership of the book. It is invaluable in class and as a reference book, both to native English speakers and to students of English as an additional language. - Covers vocabulary, spelling, syntax, idiom and correct usage - Provides background information - Includes a wide-range of exercises to test knowledge and skills The New Illustrated First Aid in English is accompanied by an answer book which gives answers to all the exercises and tests.

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. What if? is a non-fiction book about water. The book provides learners with an opportunity to examine non-fiction information and the layout of a non-fiction book, including contents and index pages, captions, labels and headings of various levels. The illustrations are a mixture of photographs and drawings.

Study & Master English is a complete language course for the Foundation Phase classroom, and gives learners the best possible foundation on which to build their language skills. The course is made up of The Learner's Book, The Workbook and The Teacher's File. There are four Big Books for this grade. The books contain carefully selected stories for the Shared Reading component of the curriculum.

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.

Checkpoint World English Stage 9 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. Support knowledge and understanding from the Student's Book with this practical workbook designed to challenge learners to develop their thinking further. - Save time when planning with ready-made homework or extension exercises. - Ensure mastery with clear coverage of key language skills: reading, writing, speaking, listening and use of English. - Develop and expand knowledge, ensuring learners master the skills, language systems and vocabulary from every unit.