"This product will save teachers hours of time planning and differentiating reading and comprehension activities." Primary teacher 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 Key comprehension skills are covered chapter by chapter, including predicting, clarifying and questioning. Real non-fiction and fiction texts are used throughout and are leveled by reading ages for differentiation. >A review chapter offers children a chance to practice all their skills. The CD-ROM contains interactive activities for the whiteboard, perfect for starter or plenary activities Use this comprehension teacher's book, along with the linked pupil workbook, to help children understand what they read and hear. The content includes summarising texts, predicting, scanning for meaning, interpreting characters and much more. (Previously published under the Scholastic Literacy Skills series)

Bug Club Comprehension is a fresh new approach that helps every child master comprehension. It uses a powerful and proven talk-based, mastery approach to help children develop a deeper understanding of texts. Part of the Bug Club Comprehension programme, the workbooks provide: * activities for each day of the teaching cycle * clear, child-friendly designs that complement the accompanying texts * formative assessment opportunities * a 'Reading Journal' section for children to record their independent reading.

Develop student s vocabulary with weekly lessons and activities on word roots. These 52 short lessons are based on holidays and special days throughout the year and will support building vocabulary by helping students see the power of Latin and Greek word roots for word learning. The vocabulary ranges from everyday words that come readily to mind to more challenging academic vocabulary that students must master for academic success.

Discover all about how students learn to read! This teacher resource examines current research on the science of reading and discusses what it means for classrooms today. From detailed background information to useful classroom tips, authors Jennifer Jump and Robin D. Johnson cover everything teachers need to help students with word recognition. Perfect for professional development, this book includes key words for teacher understanding, teaching checklists, top must-dos, and other features to support teachers as they bring these research-based strategies into their classrooms.

Structured around the individual test paper questions and skills, this full colour write-in workbook prepares students for the requirements of the AQA Year 9 English Language Paper 1 and Paper 2 tests. The workbook contains step-by-step support to approach each of the test paper questions as well as sample student answers, activities, tips, key terms and progress-monitoring assessments. Offering bespoke support for each of the Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 Paper 1 and Paper 2 tests, this series of clear, student-friendly write-in workbooks can be used by students in class or independently at home.

Chancay lived long ago in the high Incan lands of Peru. One day, when Chancay was fishing, a magical fish granted him an amazing gift: a quest to find the secret of fire. On the quest, Chancay demonstrates that he is kind, strong and brave; but he needs to complete one final challenge to win the secret of fire and keep his people warm forever. Will he be successful? (Letter-sounds featured: long /oo/ u-e /y+oo/ u-e ) Chancay's Fire Quest is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Lily Sprout lives on her family's farm where she helps feed the animals and look after the crops. When a new donkey named Drew arrives at the farm, Lily is worried as he seems so sad and grumpy. Grandma agrees and asks her nephew, Matthew, who has lots of donkeys, for advice. Can Matthew help cheer Drew up? (Letter-sounds featured: long /oo/ -ew /y+oo/ ew) The Grumpy Donkey is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

It was lockdown and Kirsten started to feed the birds that came into her garden every day. Little by little the birds began to trust her. Kirsten's favourites were the blackbirds. When Dad helps her set up a camera to watch the blackbirds' eggs hatch, Kirsten sees Sherbert the cat from number thirteen sneak up on the nest. Will Kirsten shoo the cat away in time? (Letter-sounds featured: /ur/ ir er ) Blackbird Girl is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Irving loves to play with his toy dinosaurs and uses his ear defenders when he's in noisy places. When Irving's dad takes him to a summer activity group, he encourages Irving to make a new friend. Diya is also very quiet, but she knows lots about names and what they mean. Soon the two children bond over Iriving's dinosaurs and both are happy to have found a new friend. (Letter-sounds featured: /or/ au aw /ar/ al long /oo/ /oa/ -ou short /oo/ -oul ) Irving's New Friend is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Meet the 12-D crew! The coolest hip-hop group in town. The crew are getting ready for a talent contest to win money to pay for their new minibus. But when the roof of the community hall where they practice suddenly springs a leak, they need a quick change of plan! (Letter-sounds featured: /s/ -se /e/ -ea ) The 12-D Crew is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Midge is fascinated by bridges and knows a whole lot about them! She will tell you about the most famous bridges around the world, such as the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. See how she does in the bridge-building challenge at school, where she makes a bridge out of drinking straws and blocks. Will her bridge be strong enough to win the challenge? (Letter-sounds featured: /j/ -ge -dge /u/ o ) How Strong is your Bridge? is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Can Marv and Maya help Patricia the musician on a fantasy mission to find four missing animals? In order to do so, they will need to do the special chair yoga poses - the eagle, lion, cobra and downward dog. Would you like to join in with the yoga poses, too? (Letter-sounds featured: /o/ (w)a /sh/ -ssi -ci -ti) The Musicians Mission is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

The complete and comprehensive way to support your studies and assessments in 2021 and exams in 2022. Build confidence approaching unseen poems with 23 practice poems, all with annotations and step-by-step support. Get to grips with form, language and structure. Efficiently monitor progress with regular 'Progress check' sections. Power up your essay-writing skills, learn how to write top-grade answers and feel fully ready and equipped to excel in any test or assessment. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you're studying Unseen Poetry for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. Packed with more powerful features than any other guide, this essential Unseen Poetry study companion is easy to use, brimming with essential info and will quickly become your go-to buddy as you navigate your GCSE course, build your confidence, stay motivated and get ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam.

Amber and Cooper take a boat trip along the Amazon river. They soon spot a young pink dolphin swimming along. The boat's captain, Esteban, tells them that it may be lost and needs to be guided back to its 'pod' or family group. Can Amber and Cooper help Esteban lead the pink dolphin back to its pod? (Letter-sounds featured: /y+oor/ -ure /uh/ -er /w/ wh /f/ ph) The Pink River Dolphin is part of the Rocket Phonics systematic synthetic phonics programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6/Year 1

Suitable for ages 7 to 11 Provides support to consolidate your child's learning of grammar, punctuation and spelling Ideal for learning at home with your child Answers included in the back of the book Boost confidence and encourage results Easy-to-use, bright and fun, this engaging guide will support, nurture and consolidate children's learning as they develop their grammar, punctuation and spelling skills. Its lively, friendly approach will help them build resilience and stamina, test and track progress and gently motivate them to achieve their best. Keep on track and stay focused Expert feedback notes make it easy for children to focus on improving their weaknesses whilst building their strengths. The unique 'At a glance' pages put usage in context and support everything they're learning in class so they can quickly make progress and feel pride in their achievements. Build skills and test knowledge An appealing array of enjoyable activities, targeted exercises and SATs-style tests alongside engaging revision content take children deeper into the subjects. They'll have fun practising their skills as they hone their abilities in preparation for the official tests.

"These Writing Boxes will trigger genuine inventions that will spring from your children's own imaginations." Pie Corbett Everything you need to teach story-writing in the classroom. Pie Corbett has written a guide to teaching story-writing and put together a unique treasure trove of resources to help teachers develop children into successful story writers This Key Stage 2 Story-writing Box includes a wealth of resources to teach story-writing, encouraging children to plan, write and edit their own stories. This KS2 box is crammed with creative writing resources including: A Teacher's Guide 20 Character Cards 20 Settings Cards 20 Plot Idea Cards 20 Trigger Cards 20 Object Cards 4 Game Mats; Sentence Generator, Paragraph Creator, Sentence Changer, Story Race, that allow the children to develop stories or improve their writing 2 Posters; Story Mountain, Story Ingredients, to remind children of the story-writing process A digital resource that includes a Random Card Generator for use on the whiteboard or computer (Please note that this is an updated resource based on the previously published Story Maker's Chest by Pie Corbett, Philip and Tacey) Series Information Pie Corbett's Story-writing Boxes offer an abundance of resources for Early Years and Primary. The two boxes will help develop children into successful story-writers. Starting in EY and KS1 by reading and imitating stories, moving through to KS2 by encouraging children to plan, write and edit their own stories.

Make sure your students develop the rich vocabulary that's essential to successful reading comprehension and academic achievement with A Word a Day. Each book in this newly revised series covers 144 words in 36 engaging weekly units.

Don't have students just memorize vocabulary words ... give them the tools they need to understand and apply the words!

Help your students learn 144 new words with the focused daily practice in A Word a Day, Grade 5. Activities such as identifying attributes, making personal connections, and completing graphic organizers give students multiple exposures to the words, helping them to develop the vocabulary they need to be successful on assessments and in the classroom.

Examples of vocabulary words presented in Grade 5:

* navigate, phenomenon, quagmire

* quintessential, ravenous, rebellious

* inundate, correspond, aspire

* vicinity, tumultuous, vulnerable

These engaging Storybooks provide structured practice for children learning to read the Read Write Inc. Set 1, 2 and 3 sounds. Each set of books is carefully levelled to match childrens growing phonic knowledge so children can read them with accuracy, fluency and comprehension. The Storybooks include a range of engaging stories such as fairy tales, myths and legends, rhyming stories and familiar settings. Activities at the start of the books help children to practise the sounds and words they will encounter in the story. Questions to talk about at the end of the story provide an extra opportunity for developing childrens comprehension. The books are part of the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, developed by Ruth Miskin. The programme is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers. It includes Handbooks, Sounds Cards, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction, Writing books and an Online resource. Read Write Inc. is fully supported by comprehensive professional development from Ruth Miskin Training.