Miss Honey's class of bumble bees want to try water skiing during their lunch break. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in this latest hilarious addition to the popular Phonics Readers series.

These super-sized scenes act as a wonderful focal point for everyone. Each large page features a digraph in a beautifully illustrated scene, with so much to look at and find containing the focus digraph. There are also clear illustrations of some of the key vocabulary from the scene with word labels below. Quick reminders of each of the Letterland spelling stories are included - these stories can play a vital role in helping children remember sounds and spelling patterns. Talk about each digraph together, search for vocabulary and start to recognise and read whole words.

Help children master cursive writing with confidence and speed with this handwriting book. Discover exactly where the joins and breaks are, so letters can be formed in the most efficient way. With cursive words and sentences to copy and trace, including lots of high-frequency words, this book is sure to capture theattention of little writers!

Presents cutting-edge, evidence-based interventions for dealing with specific difficulties of reading comprehension in children aged 7-11. * An in-depth introduction to the poor comprehender profile , which describes children who despite being fluent readers have difficulty extracting meaning from text. * Sets out a range of practical interventions for improving reading skills in this group - along with comprehensive guidance on assessment and monitoring, and insightful accounts of professionals experience in delivering the techniques described. * Includes an overview of psychological theories of reading comprehension, evaluating their practical applicability.

Learn how tech tools can make it easier to differentiate reading instruction, so you can reach all of your students and help them increase their fluency and comprehension. This practical guide brings together evidence-based principles for differentiated reading instruction and user-friendly tech tools, to help middle level students grow as readers in fun, interactive, and engaging ways. You'll find out how to: Use text-to-speech tools to facilitate decoding and fluency development; Develop tech-based vocabulary lessons for direct and contextual instruction; Get your students engaged in research and nonfiction texts with videos, custom search engines, and interactive annotation tools; Differentiate your fiction reading instruction with visualization, prediction, and summarization exercises; Encourage students to enhance their reading through using dictation software and diverse Google tools; Create your own formative and summative assessments for students at all levels of reading ability. Throughout the book, ideas are provided for both basic technology use and for more advanced applications--so no matter your comfort level with technology, you'll find strategies that you can implement in your classroom immediately.

Learn how tech tools can make it easier to differentiate reading instruction, so you can reach all of your students and help them increase their fluency and comprehension. This practical guide brings together evidence-based principles for differentiated reading instruction and user-friendly tech tools, to help middle level students grow as readers in fun, interactive, and engaging ways. You'll find out how to: Use text-to-speech tools to facilitate decoding and fluency development; Develop tech-based vocabulary lessons for direct and contextual instruction; Get your students engaged in research and nonfiction texts with videos, custom search engines, and interactive annotation tools; Differentiate your fiction reading instruction with visualization, prediction, and summarization exercises; Encourage students to enhance their reading through using dictation software and diverse Google tools; Create your own formative and summative assessments for students at all levels of reading ability. Throughout the book, ideas are provided for both basic technology use and for more advanced applications--so no matter your comfort level with technology, you'll find strategies that you can implement in your classroom immediately.

In many schools throughout the UK children are encouraged to learn cursive letter shapes right from the start. By enabling children to start letter formation this way the transition to fully joined-up writing is much quicker. Letter shapes are shown in colour and the lead-in strokes that start on the line are in grey, so children can learn to distinguish the letter shape from the join lines.

This book of Fix-it Phonics Keyword Cards contains 116 double-sided tear-out cards. With three keywords for each spelling pattern, they can be used to introduce the new words for each lesson or consolidate vocabulary knowledge by playing games with them. There are also cards showing characters and their stories, so you can review the sound the characters make when you see them together in a word.

_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. _______________ Learning about phonics and putting that knowledge into practice is an integral part of every child's learning journey. Good phonic knowledge is essential if children are to become successful writers and readers. This complexity can often make the teaching of phonics difficult (and a little dull!). This book contains a no-nonsense bank of ideas that are all simple and effective when carried out, using readily available resources so that any Early Years setting can put in to practise Alistair's innovative paths to teaching and learning phonics.

This is an essential text for primary trainees and teachers. While the focus in early reading is on systematic synthetic phonics, it is important to see the bigger picture and understand that teaching reading is a continuum that involves more much than the mechanics of reading. The book focuses on a range of issues to develop children who can read into children who do read, including extending reading with proficient readers, engaging disengaged readers, sustaining interest in reading in the transition from primary to secondary, and the importance of oracy in reading. Additionally, there is an exploration of the wider context of reading including international perspectives, new literacies and the importance of reading to personal development. Case studies and activities demonstrate practical applications with clear links to the underpinning theory, while critical reflections challenge the reader and encourage deeper thought about the chapter content.

The Fix-it Phonics Student Books are designed to be used in the classroom with the Audio CD/Downloads. In total the books contain eight units of learning. The engaging Letterland characters introduce 21 new spelling patterns through stories, songs, chants and play. Every unit guides children on how to blend sounds to read words, there are lots of stories to read throughout, regular review lessons as well as 'Talk time' pages to encourage good communication and oral language skills.

It's Halloween and Parakeet is busy carving pumpkins and icing spooky treats. But when her friends come to call, they get a shock. Is that a GHOST who answers the door? A fun rhyming story, specially written to develop phonemic awareness, with lively illustrations by David Semple. This book is ideal both for reading aloud and for children who are beginning to read for themselves.

Benji the penguin would like to win the South Pole bowling contest. Unfortunately, his bowling's all over the place and he only manages to hit one of the ten pins! But perhaps he's won a different competition, without even realizing it?

A comprehensive set of 173 educational flashcards featuring all the major spelling patterns of the English language with Letterland story aids. The double-sided flashcards feature Letterland characters and their spelling stories on one side, and plain letters on the reverse. Versatile and visually appealing, the pack includes instructions for wording building, spelling and lots of phonics games ideas.

This pack contains one card for each sound in Read Write Inc. Phonics Speed Sounds Set 1. The double-sided cards show the letter on one side, and a picture with a mnemonic on the other. Children are taught the Read Write Inc. Phonics Speed Sounds systematically in lively, fast paced lessons, with a phrase and a picture to help children to read each of the sounds. These cards are intended for teachers to use in class. Speed Sounds Cards are also available in a multi pack of 10, and in A4 size. For parents and carers, Read Write Inc. Phonics Flashcards are available with full instructions. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a proven DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling. Resources include Sound Cards and posters, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction books, Book Bag Books, eBooks and Writing Books. Read Write Inc. Phonics is supported by teacher resources and a full training package from Ruth Miskin Training to ensure easy and effective implementation.

The Read Write Inc. Phonics Simple Speed Sounds Poster supports the teaching of sounds and graphemes. This large classroom poster (A1 size) is useful for a quick review of the simple (one sound - one grapheme) Speed Sounds. This poster is also available in a pack of 10. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a proven DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling. It includes Speed Sound Cards, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction and Writing books. It is supported by teacher resources and a full training package from Ruth Miskin Training to ensure easy and effective implementation.

The Fix-it Phonics Level 3 Teacher's Pack contains everything you need to revise and build on the knowledge learned in Level 1 and 2, as well as introducing 21 new, more advanced spelling patterns. As ever, the learning is combined with listening and speaking skills, blending, segmenting and reading and writing skills. Pack includes: * Fix-it Phonics Level 3 - Teacher's Guide * Fix-it Phonics Level 3 - Keyword Cards * Fix-it Phonics Level 3 - Audio CDs * Fix-it Phonics Level 3 - Software * My Digraph Big Book * Picture Code Cards - Straight * Vowel Scene Posters.

Explore, support and consolidate key communication, language and literacy skills with a colourful story for ages 4-5, containing key concepts and practice opportunities. - Engage young learners with a brightly illustrated, simple story linked to the skills and concepts covered in Activity Book B and the Teacher's Pack. - Reinforce and practise key communication, language and literacy skills and concepts with accessible question prompts in the footnotes. - Inspire students with additional poems and rhymes linked to the Activity Book A units and the story. - Encourage learners to reflect on and reinforce what they have learned with write-in activities at the back of the book. This series has not been through the Cambridge International endorsement process. Available in this series: Reading Book A Fiction 9781510457270 Reading Book B Fiction 9781510457294 Reading Book C Fiction 9781510457300 Reading Book A Non-fiction 9781510457287 Reading Book B Non-fiction 9781510457331 Reading Book C Non-fiction 9781510457348 Activity Book A 9781510457249 Activity Book B 9781510457256 Activity Book C 9781510457263 Teacher's Pack 9781510457379

These super-sized scenes act as a wonderful focal point for everyone. The front of each large page features the Letterland character in a beautifully illustrated scene, with so much to look at and find starting with the focus letter sound. Each right hand page shows the uppercase and lowercase letter shapes, with guidance on how they are formed. There are also bright, fun illustrations of some of the key vocabulary from the scene with word labels below. Talk about the letter shapes and sounds, search for vocabulary and start to recognise whole words.

This pack contains one card for each sound in Read Write Inc. Phonics Speed Sounds Sets 2 and 3. The double-sided cards show the letter on one side, and a picture with a phrase on the other. Children are taught the Read Write Inc. Phonics Speed Sounds systematically in lively, fast paced lessons, with a phrase and a picture to help children to read each of the sounds. These cards are intended for teachers to use in class. Speed Sounds Cards are also available in a multi pack of 10, and in A4 size. For parents and carers, Read Write Inc. More Phonics Flashcards are available with full instructions. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a proven DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling. Resources include Sound Cards and posters, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction books, Book Bag Books, eBooks and Writing Books. Read Write Inc. Phonics is supported by teacher resources and a full training package from Ruth Miskin Training to ensure easy and effective implementation.

The Read Write Inc. Phonics Complex Speed Sounds Poster supports the teaching of sounds and graphemes. This large classroom poster (A0 size) is useful for a quick review of the complex (one sound - many graphemes) Speed Sounds. This poster is also available in a pack of 10. Read Write Inc. Phonics is a proven DfE validated systematic synthetic phonics programme that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling. It includes Speed Sound Cards, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction, Book Bag Books, eBooks and Writing books. It is supported by teacher resources and a full training package from Ruth Miskin Training to ensure easy and effective implementation.