This Assessment Book; * contains characters and words from the main Reading Book to assess students' progress at that level * is supported by an assessment record in the Teaching Guide that allows the teacher or TA to evaluate each student's progress accurately * checks decoding skills, comprehension and spelling.

Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception. Comprising twelve activity books and three accompanying teacher's guides, Get Set Early Years covers all the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for Literacy, Mathematics and Understanding the world. Carefully designed to appeal to young children, each activity book page contains two stimulating activities for children to complete, such as matching, complete the picture, connect the dots, mazes, picture sequencing, colour by sound and odd one out. Additional features include a `Teaching Tip', `Notes for parents and carers' and `Key Vocabulary' and `Extension activity' sections to reinforce classroom learning. Get Set: Reading and Rhyme explores much-loved nursery rhymes and fairy tales while developing children's vocabulary, early comprehension and story-telling skills. This book also covers different characters and settings, opposite and similar words, captions and rhyme. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Get Set Literacy Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714400), contains detailed teacher's notes, links to show corresponding pages in the activity book, and supporting photocopiable resources. A selection of free downloads, including a `Handwriting chart' and a `Learning diary', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

Help poor writers improve their skills with Expressive Writing, an easy-to-use approach to teaching the basics of good writing. Expressive Writing focuses on the writing and the editing of basic sentences, paragraphs, and stories. Instructional strands include Mechanics, Sentence Writing, Paragraph and Story Writing, and Editing, making the program an ideal solution for students who: Have trouble getting started Have problems knowing when to capitalize and punctuate Omit important parts of the story Write incomplete sentences Ignore paragraph structure Edit ineffectively or not at all

Using a combination of text types, including personal case study, the text outlines the beginning hours of the 2011 disaster in Japan, when a devastating earthquake hits. A massive tsunami is now on its way... Children explore some of the technical language presented in the text as well as to think more about the cause and effect of tsunamis. Children also discuss how the people of Japan initially reacted to the disaster, as well as to consider how the authors create a sense of drama in the text. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 10-11 (Year 6)

REVISE KEY STAGE 2 SATS READING COMPREHENSION TARGETED PRACTICE BOOK Our revision resources are the smart choice for those revising for the Year 6 National Tests. This book will help you to: Organise your study with a one-topic-per-page format Speed up your study with helpful hints Track your progress with at a glance check boxes Make sure that you have prepared for every topic covered in the tests with the accompanying Revision Guides and Workbooks.

The Level 5 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills. Stories, More Stories A, More Stories B and More Stories C take the children from familiar, predictable events at home and school into the less certain realms of fantasy through the magic key adventures. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.