Tend Your Garden offers an original and adaptable classroom model, built on a foundation of educational research, for motivating young adolescent writers. The Young Adolescent Motivation Model of Writing (YAMM) places the young adolescent learner, aged 11-14, at its center, surrounded by the components needed to motivate the learner to high levels of academic composition or creative writing. The components of the model are: teaching to the whole child; developing a writing community; presenting motivating, high-interest lessons; integrating process writing across the curriculum; offering choice and critical thinking; building upon each writer's strengths; and using authentic assessment. Each component is revealed within succeeding chapters that blend best practice pedagogy with related theory. Sample lessons that fit the needs and engagement levels of young adolescent writers are provided, representing a wide array of writing genres and content area subjects. The YAMM model and the illustrative lessons build upon a background of motivation theory, authentic inquiry, and multi-modal responses. Literature, drama, music, drawing, and painting are offered both as invitations to writing and as responses to writing, and these are applied within a process-based, workshop format, with teacher modeling of each stage of the writing process. The approach recognizes motivation that is tied to the needs of young adolescent writers and that places responsibility on students in their development as writers and learners, while the teacher assumes a facilitative and supportive role of discovering the strengths, interests, and literacy needs of each student. The holistic, learner-centered process approach represented by the YAMM model nurtures students' motivation for achieving success in writing because it necessitates evolving, facilitative roles for the teacher in a collaborative writing community decidedly focused on the success of all young adolescent writers. A primary purpose for writing the text is to identify and describe the characteristic needs of young adolescents, and what these needs imply for those student writers, to the key adults in their lives-teachers, school officials, and parents-who undoubtedly support these young people's achievements. The author selects and weaves thirty years of classroom teaching experiences into each chapter, highlighting memorable moments with her students and inserting her own reflections and inspirations of learning to write along with her students.

This book can help your child by providing a whole year of ready to go activities and support on key English topics which will be being taught in school from 2014. Did you know that your child in Year 6 will now need to; spell words with silent letters (such as 'island'); use the subjunctive (using 'were' and 'be' to say things that may or may not be true or about wishes, for example: 'If I were Prime Minister I would make weekends longer' but you're not the Prime Minister so you can't); use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely. * Workbooks for home learning * Linked directly to what your children will be learning in school * A linked website provides additional activities, answers and support for parents * Developed by teachers to ensure the best possible support for the new 2014 National Curriculum.

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.

This Fix-it Phonics Teacher's Guide contains step-by-step guidance to help you deliver your lessons effectively, including pull-out Lesson Outlines to help you structure your lessons, audio transcripts to read along, ideas for crafts and extension activities, integrated assessment and free downloadable resources to support your teaching.

The Spelling Made Easy series is a week-by-week manual for primary and special needs teachers of reading and spelling. Based on phonic word family lists these established best sellers cover Key Stages 1 and 2. This is the Level 1 textbook.

Dockside, the award-winning reading intervention programme, is specifically designed for older children who are struggling with their reading, or for children learning English as an additional language. It provides an opportunity for children to practise their reading skills at a suitable level with age-appropriate storylines. A handy breakdown of key words is included as well as question prompts to encourage discussion. The series is set in an everyday world featuring a range of strong characters and stories to which children can relate, and enjoy, providing a unique approach to reading intervention.

Dockside, the award-winning reading intervention programme, is specifically designed for older children who are struggling with their reading, or for children learning English as an additional language. It provides an opportunity for children to practise their reading skills at a suitable level with age-appropriate storylines. A handy breakdown of key words is included as well as question prompts to encourage discussion. The series is set in an everyday world featuring a range of strong characters and stories to which children can relate, and enjoy, providing a unique approach to reading intervention.

Reading education pioneer Ellin Oliver Keene demystifies comprehension instruction by describing "what it can" "look like" when readers comprehend deeply and "what it can" "look like" when teachers aim for this deep comprehension. This ground-breaking book is illustrated with video footage of Ellin modeling the reading instruction she describes. Here, you can watch Ellin use language and teaching moves that help students go beyond superficial reading comprehension to lasting understanding. "Talk About Understanding" offers: "Outcomes of Understanding" Markers-descriptions of the behaviors present when children understand a text deeply including ways to assess with and teach toward these outcomes. "Talk About Understanding" Principles-suggestions to modify teaching language and teaching interactions to deepen children's ability to comprehend. "From the Inside" Video Segments-classroom footage of Ellin teaching lessons that illustrate use of the "Outcomes of Understanding" markers and "Talk About Understanding" principles from the book. Do your students understand their reading as deeply as they need to? "Talk About Understanding "has the guiding principles, the teaching suggestions, the carefully described outcomes, and the video support to help you teach your students how to comprehend, thoroughly and eagerly, the varied and complicated texts in the world around us.

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Practice reading comprehension with this activity sticker book, perfect for learning at home! Let's Do Comprehension 8-9 supports the National Curriculum for Key Stage 2 and is ideal for boosting English literacy skills at home. The workbook contains a variety of stimulating fiction and non-fiction texts, accompanied by comprehension questions of varying difficulty and over 100 colourful stickers to encourage and reward children. This comprehension practice book includes: - Tips and clues from Alice the Alligator to support children - Extra challenges in Brodie's Brain Boosters to stretch and challenge - Answers at the back of the book - Exciting, colourful illustrations and stickers For more in the popular Let's Do series by Andrew Brodie, see: Let's Do Handwriting, Let's Do Spelling, Let's Do Punctuation, Let's Do Grammar, Let's Do Times Tables, Let's Do Mental Maths, Let's Do Addition and Subtraction and Let's Do Arithmetic

The Level 3 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 and More Stories B build on the reading skills from Level 2 and are slightly longer. First Sentences include a range of high frequency vocabulary with repetitive text to continue to build fluency. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

The Level 4 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 help children to progress from teacher-supported reading at the early Levels to more independent reading. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

This book of Fix-it Phonics Keyword Cards contains 68 double-sided tear-out cards. With three keywords for each a-z letter sound, including the long vowel sounds a, e, i, o, u, they can be used to introduce the new words for each lesson, or to consolidate vocabulary knowledge in games. There are also cards showing the a-z Letterland characters and their associated action trick!

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.

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

Inspire learners with a fun write-in activity book, to consolidate learning and provide practice of key communication, language and literacy skills and concepts. - Ensure coverage of the Early Years Foundation Stage Early Learning Goals in Communication, Language and Literacy over 6 units, with activities suitable for use at home or in an Early Years setting - Encourage independent learning and celebrate progress with a self-assessment chart. - Inspire creativity with space to write and record ideas on every page. - Support the concepts covered in Reading Book B Fiction, Reading Book B Non-fiction and the Teacher's Pack - Prepare learners for their first primary year with progression built-in to support and underpin the Cambridge Primary English Stage 1 curriculum. 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

180 Days of High-Frequency Words is a fun and effective daily practice workbook designed to help students recognize sight words instantly. This easy-to-use first grade workbook is great for at-home learning or in the classroom. The engaging standards-based activities cover grade-level skills with easy to follow instructions and an answer key to quickly assess student understanding. Each week students learn 4 new words. The repetitive daily activities make reading and writing these words memorable and fun. Watch students build a love of reading as they recognize sight words and start reading independently.Parents appreciate the teacher-approved activity books that keep their child engaged and learning. Great for homeschooling, to reinforce learning at school, or prevent learning loss over summer.Teachers rely on the daily practice workbooks to save them valuable time. The ready to implement activities are perfect for daily morning review or homework. The activities can also be used for intervention skill building to address learning gaps. The high-frequency words used are based on Fry s 1,000 Instant Words.