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 4. 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 4:

* obligation, command, compete

* dilemma, resource, random

* spontaneous, lackadaisical, treacherous

* drenched, massive, predicament

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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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.

Which Book and Why is the definitive guide for teachers trying to achieve effective guided reading for children aged 4-7. This new edition is a vital resource helps teachers to choose the right book at the right time for young readers based on focused assessments and explains how guided reading fits with current theoretical understanding of how children learn. This New Edition has had an overall update of content, including the searchable databases in the supporting online resource, and includes a new section that explores how to provide the rest of the class with meaningful literacy activities while the teacher is focusing on a particular guided reading group.Each part - and, in the case of Part 2, each unit - of the book offers professional development and self-study activities for teachers - including student teachers, newly qualified teachers, and staff new to guided reading; resources for literacy subject coordinators; and resources for senior management and leadership teams to support the implementation of high-quality and effective guided reading lessons. This book: demonstrates how guided reading works in practice. outlines how practice may vary depending on the choice of text, teaching objectives and the needs of the child. provides guidance for school professional development sessions or self-study. contains a new section that explores how to provide the rest of the class with meaningful literacy activities while the teacher is focusing on a particular guided reading group. provides guidance for school subject leaders and senior managers. Which Book and Why includes a supporting online resource with: professional development sessions linked to each part (or unit). two fully searchable databases (one for decodable texts and one for banded texts) to support schools and teachers in choosing the most appropriate books at the right level for each group in a class. overviews of book schemes and series. information to support setting up a guided reading library for four- to seven-year-olds. supplementary professional development sessions, guidance and materials for assessing children and organising groups. sample lessons to accompany colour-banded books. book banding descriptors. Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin are Reading Recovery national leaders at the European Centre for Reading Recovery based at the Institute of Education, University of London.

The fifth in a series of 7 fun-filled activity books for children covers the first group of letter sounds. Jolly Phonics teaches children to read and write using synthetic phonics in a fun and engaging way. Each of these 36-page activity books for children aged 3+, includes 2 pages of stickers providing a range of fun activities for children to complete, including colouring, handwriting practice, puzzles, mazes, games, craft activities, word & picture matching and flashcards. There is a story for each of the letter sounds as well as the letter sound action, introducing synthetic phonics in a fun and multi-sensory way, giving children solid support at home.

If you were a preposition, you would connect a noun or pronoun to other words in a sentence. You could go WITH you friends INTO the movie theater. What else could you do if you were a preposition?

Ideal for both whole-school and independent learning, this comprehensive and high-quality series builds on pupils' phonic knowledge while also helping them to understand how word structure and meaning can help them to spell words. Providing excellent preparation for the national tests, the Schofield & Sims Spelling activities systematically introduce and revise spelling conventions, explore word structure and the relationship between words of shared origin, suggest strategies for remembering common 'exception words' (or 'tricky words'), teach pupils how to monitor their own spelling, and encourage them to write sentences from memory or dictation. As pupils work through each book, the intensive practice provided will enable them continually to develop, consolidate and improve their skills, encouraging them towards effective spelling for life. Spelling 1 covers: segmenting words into phonemes and selecting from alternative spellings of phonemes; using spelling rules for adding s and es; adding suffixes ing, ed and er where no change is needed to the root word; dividing words into syllables; applying spelling guidelines (for example, ck, tch, ve, dge at the end of words).

This superb Skills Exam Practice Workbook is packed with essential Fiction Reading practice for GCSE AQA English. It includes engaging extracts from the 20th and 21st Century with plenty of practice at approaching unfamiliar texts, analysing structure and language and extracting key information. There are also realistic exam-style questions and an entire practice paper for Paper 2, Section A - plus answers for every question at the back. For even more AQA GCSE English Language Reading practice, don't miss our fantastic Non-Fiction Exam Practice Workbook (9781789080063).

These Progress Tests, developed by Ruth Miskin, provide engaging resources to consolidate and assess grammar and punctuation, reading comprehension and writing for Years 2 to 6. This handbook is for Years 3&4. Designed to be used alongside Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language, this resource draws on popular children's texts from leading authors and ensures all of your children are fully prepared for the 2016 National Curriculum Tests. Six beautifully illustrated reading comprehension assessment tasks (including fiction, non-fiction and poetry) give children opportunities to develop their independent reading comprehension skills. The fiction texts include short extracts from stories by best-loved children's authors such as Michael Morpurgo, Jeremy Strong and Heather Dyer. Engaging Grammar Cards and Assessments can be used to embed children's understanding of grammar concepts and for extra practice and consolidation. End of Year Grammar Tests assess cumulative knowledge and are great practice for the format of the 2016 National Curriculum Tests, helping children meet those higher expectations. Writing banks provide fantastic ideas for independent writing tasks linked to Literacy and Language and build children's confidence in writing for a variety of audiences and purposes.

Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language Progress Tests, developed by Ruth Miskin, provide engaging resources to consolidate and assess grammar and punctuation, reading comprehension and writing for Years 2 to 6. This handbook is for Years 5&6. Designed to be used alongside Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language, this resource draws on popular children's texts from leading authors and ensures all of your children are fully prepared for the 2016 National Curriculum Tests. Six beautifully illustrated reading comprehension assessment tasks (including fiction, non-fiction and poetry) give children opportunities to develop their independent reading comprehension skills. The fiction texts include short extracts from stories by best-loved children's authors such as Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman and Anthony Horowitz. Engaging Grammar Cards and Assessments can be used to embed children's understanding of grammar concepts and for extra practice and consolidation. End of Year Grammar Tests assess cumulative knowledge and are great practice for the format of the 2016 National Curriculum Tests, helping children meet those higher expectations. Writing banks provide fantastic ideas for independent writing tasks linked to Literacy and Language and build children's confidence in writing for a variety of audiences and purposes.

The Schofield & Sims reading record books boost children's pride in their reading skills and help schools to ensure effective home-school communication. They all contain reading vocabulary checklists and structured fill in pages asking parents to note specific points concerning the child's reading at home. Other pages are completed by the teacher and give parents information specific to the child. The inclusive language and the infant typeface used in My reading record for Key Stage 1 will help children to participate as parents and other helpers complete the book with them. The record pages allow ample space for children to place a sticker or a smiley face beside the adult's entry in the record - so that they feel involved and can make the book their own. General notes explain the importance of reading at home, briefly explain the book banding system and outline the priorities for children's reading at Key Stage 1.

The fourth in a series of 7 fun-filled activity books for children covers the first group of letter sounds. Jolly Phonics teaches children to read and write using synthetic phonics in a fun and engaging way. Each of these 36-page activity books for children aged 3+, includes 2 pages of stickers providing a range of fun activities for children to complete, including colouring, handwriting practice, puzzles, mazes, games, craft activities, word & picture matching and flashcards. There is a story for each of the letter sounds as well as the letter sound action, introducing synthetic phonics in a fun and multi-sensory way, giving children solid support at home.

The Level 1+ 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. First Sentences and More First Sentences A, B and C introduce children to stories told through complete sentences to provide practice of high frequency vocabulary to build confidence and 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.

See how far your imagination will take you! Guide Ms. Adjective and Fluffy the dog through the Land of Creative Writing. There are 18 inventive landscapes buzzing with storytelling potential. Read the story openers then tackle the challenge using the fab fivers and top tips on each page. At the end of the book, you will have created your own unique story based in this fantastical world. And then you can do it all over again for a different outcome!

The Level 9 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 and More Stories A continue to provide a mix of fantasy settings and familiar situations. More complex sentences with conceptually more challenging storylines develop stamina, ensuring that readers will be able to progress to more demanding texts with confidence. Books contain inside cover notes to support children in their reading. Help with childrens reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.