"Mum, dad, I don't know what to write next!" Using this book can really help children in a very practical way to overcome their anxieties as they began to develop the story writing skills so essential for their educational development. The ability to write good stories is a basic requirement of examinations at all the Key Stages in State schools. Furthermore it is often a requirement in eleven plus examinations as entry to Grammar Schools and Independent Private schools. Using this book can help children to develop self-confidence in their own ability as storywriters by using their own experiences as the starting point for writing. This book gives easy to understand advice on the importance of Parts of Speech, the job that words to in sentences, it provides a list of the eleven ingredients for a good story plus examples of how to set out direct speech. It also gives advice on how the feelings of characters should be expressed in a story to add interest. Book One contains twenty story plans based upon experiences and activities that most children will have had, for example, "The Birthday Party" and "My First Day at School".The story plans are written in a child friendly way that is accessible and easy for children to understand and follow. Using the structured story plans the young writers are able to write about their own experiences and activities, safe and secure in the knowledge that when they get stuck and aren't sure what to write next, instead of calling out for help, the story plan neatly helps them to move on.

The updated edition of this successful resource has been developed to support children with reading delays and dyslexia. It contains a phonological training programme, an explanation of how this programme can be embedded within a broader reading intervention, a standardized test of phonological awareness and a methodology to grade children s reading books. * This third edition has been revised throughout to include the latest developments in the field * These resources have been used with a wide range of children and found to be suitable for use with any reading-delayed children, irrespective of cognitive ability and age * All activities are accompanied by a set of photocopiable record sheets, a set of pictures, and an appendix of additional activities useful in helping children master a particular skill or to reinforce existing learning * The ten sections of activities within the guide include: identification of words and syllables; identification and supply of rhyming words; identification and discrimination of phonemes; and blending, segmentation, deletion, substitution and transposition of phonemes within words.

A sparkly, summer title in the Sticker Dolly Story fiction series, inspired by the best-selling Sticker Dolly Dressing, with a page of stickers to dress the Dolls. Perfect for fans of Holly Webb. It's the day of the Midsummer Party in Dolly Town when a mission comes through... a dolphin mother and baby are trapped in a bay on Coral Island - can three Dolls volunteer to help on the mission? Soon Jack, Holly and Olivia are zooming away on the Shooting Star train to see if they can help rescue the dolphins, but little do they realise that someone is about to stand in their way...

From Andrew Jennings (@VocabularyNinja), the bestselling author of Comprehension Ninja and Write Like a Ninja, this is an essential toolkit of strategies and resources to supercharge primary school children and transform them into spelling ninjas! In this newest instalment of the Ninja series, Spell Like a Ninja provides essential tips, lists and advice to support the teaching and learning of spelling in the primary classroom or at home, all in a handy, pocket-sized book. Including every statutory spelling pattern in the National Curriculum, this book is split into sections for Key Stage 1, Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 to enable all pupils to learn at their own pace in this all-in-one quick reference tool. This engaging, easy-to-use book includes: - the statutory spelling requirements for every year as well as the statutory word lists for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6; - clear, practical guidance for teachers and parents to help effectively with spelling; - fun rhymes and tips for remembering spellings; - useful spelling lists by word type, such as homophones or homonyms; - and a section on how spelling can support writing.

The Level 2 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 offer a predictable sentence structure to support reading success. First Sentences provide practice of high frequency vocabulary with highly repetitive text to continue to build fluency. Patterned Stories and More Patterned Stories A practise vocabulary in the context of a repeated sentence structure to help develop confidence and 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.

Treasure House Composition Skills Pupil Books are aimed at ages 5-11. They include both classic and contemporary fiction and non-fiction, which stimulate children to think, talk and write for a range of purposes. Treasure House Composition Skills Pupil Book 5: - has 20 units - covers all the composition skills in the 2014 National Curriculum - includes a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction extracts, with detailed annotations explaining how each showcases a particular composition skill - accompanies each extract with carefully structured questions, building up to a piece of writing - helps pupils to become assured, proficient writers - provides regular progress checks with 3 review units. This pupil book can be used with Treasure House Composition Skills Teacher's Guide 5 and activities on Collins Connect for a complete programme to enhance writing skills.

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 7 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 involve familiar situations and a variety of fantasy settings through the magic key adventures. Longer stories help to build reading stamina, which is important for later reading success. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

Learning objectives at the start of each lesson explain the grammar focus and how it will be used to achieve a certain effect. Extracts from real texts demonstrate the different effects that writers use and model how grammar choices can create these effects. Each fiction unit draws on several novels and students should be encouraged to read full texts independently or as a class alongside the units. Activities give students a chance to put their learning into practice, experimenting with creating different effects in their writing and then reflecting on it. These help to develop the core writing and linguistic analysis skills required at KS3 and into GCSE.

'Word Track' reinforces correct spellings of words in the context of the sentence. Aimed at Key Stage 2 and 3, it is also useful for learners of any age with specific learning difficulties.

This Rapid Plus Assessment Book for Stage 5 contains two fiction stories to help teachers assess students' progress at Stage 5 and address difficulties if necessary before moving onto the next Stage.

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic books that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics. The website shows the VAT inclusive price. The price before VAT is GBP129.99 A complete set of enlarged word cards and tricky word cards for the Little Wandle SEND programme. Provides children with the opportunity to practise reading words at their level and develop fluency. Contains 564 words and tricky words, supplied as individual cards and organised by phase for ease of use.

This historical story begins as Sarah says goodbye to her father, who is setting sail for a long journey to India. Sarah desperately wants to go with her father, but he refuses to take her because of the danger involved. Left behind with a seemingly unkind Aunt, Sarah decides to cut off her hair and dress like a boy in the hope that she can sneak aboard the ship. Children will discuss the historical setting and how this impacts the story, as well as exploring the character of Sarah: the motivation for her actions, and whether or not she appeals to the reader. 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)

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 1. Activities such as identifying attributes, making personal connections, choosing the right word in context, and answering true or false questions 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 1:

* popular, thoughtful, appreciate

* befuddle, pantomime, react

* aim, discuss, explore

* handy, giggle, jealous

The Spelling & Vocabulary series provides a complete and comprehensive course building a child's spelling and vocabulary expertise. Working through the series will give your child a working vocabulary of more than 5,400 words. The series helps prepare children for the GL Assessment and CEM 11+ exams, SATs, CATs, the Northern Ireland Transfer Test, Common Entrance and scholarship examinations for independent schools, and all other styles of verbal reasoning/ability and English tests. This series of books is designed to be used in sequence and is divided into three levels: Foundation (Workbooks 1-3) for children aged 7 to 9 Intermediate (Workbooks 4-7) for children aged 8 to 10 Advanced (Workbooks 8-12) for children aged 9 to 12 We recommend older children who face challenges in spelling and vocabulary work from Workbook 1 to ensure that there are no gaps in their understanding and their skills are built progressively. Children with more developed skills could begin with the Intermediate or Advanced series. All our materials have been rigorously classroom tested. The methodologies have been successfully used in AE Tuition classes for over 20 years.

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 second 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 5 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.

This Phonics Targeted Practice (Book 5) from CGP is unbeatable for practice in Reception. We've packed it full of engaging activities and colourful characters to help pupils improve their phonics skills. It's perfectly matched to the 'Letters and Sounds' programme and covers the first half of Phase 4, including consonant clusters and tricky words.

Support your child at the start of their learning journey with these exciting and engaging activity books. Completely in line with the Early Years Foundation Stage, this early Phonics book continues on from Workbook 1 (which covers the sounds s, a, t, p, i, n, e, d.) in offering the perfect introduction to phonics. Letters and sounds m, g, o, c, k, u, r, h, b, f, l, j, v, w, x, y, z, qu. Rhymes and actions make phonics fun! Parent notes on each page explain each activity First Learning Phonics provides reassurance whilst supporting your child's learning at home with lots of practice mixed with engaging, colourful illustrations. Designed to make learning fun, First Learning titles offer a real sense of achievement with a free rewards certificate.

Organised around the writing purposes of the key stage 3 Framework for English, Literary Objectives provides a skills-based approach that is easy to integrate into any scheme of work. Bridges the gap between reading and writing, providing excellent models for pupils to use in their writing. Develops pupils' confidence in each writing purpose drawing out word, sentence and text level features in a structured way. Supports pupils in structuring their writing with planning and writing frames. Time-saving planning and teaching materials help you plan quickly and efficiently with detailed medium term plans, short term plans, guided reading and writing planners, annotated texts, plain texts on OHTs and writing frames on OHTs. All of these teaching materials are editable on CD-ROM. Raises pupils' attainment with specific preparation and marking materials for the new format SATs.