Higher-order thinking skills Book 4 focuses on the critical and creative thinking skills that learners need in their daily life. The language and skills taught are perfect for students age 9-10.

The unique activities stimulate learners and promote them to 'think outside the box'. In the fast-paced and ever-changing world we live in, never has there been a more important time to develop critical thinking skills—but how do you fit this into an already-packed schedule? R.I.C. Publications has the answer with our latest release, Higher-order thinking skills.

Through a range of engaging and challenging activities designed to test and strengthen problem-solving skills, this series helps learners make deeper connections by integrating their learning across key curriculum areas.

Give your learners the chance to develop and reinforce their spoken language skills with our new four-book series Integrated spoken language. Through 25 entertaining and interactive themes, each with a variety of activities, learners can continue to build their spoken language abilities while having fun and relating to real-life scenarios.

Available for Early Years, Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2, this series will enhance previously-taught skills by allowing learners to immerse and extend themselves in relatable topics such as pets, rainy days, going to the dentist, under the sea and much more.

Features:

• Each book contains 25 theme-based units focused around 25 separate poster images to appeal to the interests of learners.
• Each unit presents a variety of engaging activities to develop and practise oral language skills, including role plays, barrier games, storycreation, debates and discussions.
• Each unit contains photocopiable support materials for the activities that require them.
• Each activity is linked to a specific Learning Outcome, enabling educators to select the activities and Learning Outcomes they want to address with their class.
• Each book is structured to allow flexibility of use: educators can select the activity/activities according to the Learning Outcomes theyhave planned in their Language programme of work. In addition, each theme is a stand-alone, so educators can decide on their own sequence.

A dyslexia-friendly font is used throughout the workbooks. It is extremely quick and easy for teachers to implement in their classroom or to assign as homework. Questions consolidate reading and comprehension and allow teachers to check that children actually read and comprehend the texts. It is easy for children to use independently, allowing them to take control of their reading journey, or with a parent’s assistance.

Features

• Each year level has two workbooks containing 15 weeks of texts each (4 texts per week). Part A is a physical workbook (60 texts) and Part B is available online (additional 60 texts).
• Children are encouraged to read one text each day at home (Monday to Thursday). This equates to 120 texts per year level.
• A number of different text types are included to provide variety and interest.
• Each text has an accompanying worksheet with six questions for children to complete so teachers and parents can monitor reading success.
• Answers are provided (online) for teachers and parents to check progress, or for children to self-mark.

The Earth is like a spaceship orbiting with other planets through space. The big difference between our planet earth and all the other planets, is that earth carries thousands of various forms of life. Flex explains to the Flixies how all the planets travel in their orbits around the sun and how the shapes of these orbits influence the seasons, allowing plants to grow and to rest.

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

The Flixies teach us one of their most important secrets: variety. And so we learn what the word biodiversity means, and why it is so important that we understand it. Facto learns that there is an exceptional number of different types of animals and plants on Earth, and that each one that is discovered must be named. Grandma Flox surprises the Flixies with a very special piece of embroidery…

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

The earliest green plants lived in water. Since the conditions on land was very different from life in water, the earliest plants would have simply dried out and would have been unable to stay upright without support of water. Facto learns how plants developed to be able to live on land and which plants were the most successful in propagating on land…

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

The Flixies (and of course Facto) find out how wonderfully this ‘spaceship’ Earth is built and how it’s been positioned in space so that different forms of life on Earth can be sustained. They are reminded that the earth is exactly the right distance from the sun and therefore has the precise temperature to support and sustain life – it’s neither too cold nor too hot.

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

Facto has discovered the Flixies! He eavesdrops on their conversations and by doing so, he learns interesting new facts about the earth and nature. In this story we find out where the Flixies live, where they get their information from and how Facto discovered them...

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

Facto listens to what the Flixies have to say about water and learns that it is magical material!

No form of life, as we know it, can exist without water. It is an amazing solvent as all food for animals and plants must first be dissolved in water before it can be absorbed. It also used for washing and cleansing and even to cool off. But our supply of usable water is actually extremely limited…

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

We call living things on Earth, crew members and not passengers…

Flex and Dux tells us about the earth that is covered by a thin layer of atmosphere and stays in space exactly the right distance from the sun, in order to carry all living things and to keep them alive.

We learn that plants, animals and humans, each one of them – no matter how big or small – has a niche (a place and task) to make life possible for all on Earth. The Flixies also learn about the cycle of meat eaters, plant eaters and decomposers!

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

The Flixies talk about one of the most important natural resources, namely soil. They explain how important soils is to all plants, animals and humans, but they are also deeply concerned…

Although the earth is large and covered in soil, there is only a very small fertile layer where plants can grow and provide food for all living things. Flex uses a berry to explain this issue.

The Teacher’s Guide includes:

• An explanation of the teaching strategy used
• An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied in that specific book.
• Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
• Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
• Worksheets with comprehension activities based on the story are added to the end of the guide

Die aarde is soos 'n ruimteskip saam met al die ander planete in die ruimte op reis. Die groot verskil tussen planeet Aarde en die ander planete is dat ons planeet in die ruimte duisende vorme van lewe saamdra. Flex verduidelik vir die Flixies van die bane waarin die planete om die son wentel en hoe die vorm van hierdie bane sorg dat ons verskillende seisoene het waarin die plante kan rus en kan groei.

Symbols, tables, formulas, definitions and spelling rules.

Features:

• invaluable for teachers and students
• clear layout and careful indexing make information easy to find
• every student will find Essential Facts and Tables an invaluable tool for his or her daily studies
• filled with symbols, multiplication tables, formulas, definitions, explanations, spelling rules, prefixes and suffixes, homonyms, root words and general geographical knowledge

The Flixies talk about one of the most important natural resources, namely soil. They explain how important soils is to all plants, animals and humans, but they are also deeply concerned…

Although the earth is large and covered in soil, there is only a very small fertile layer where plants can grow and provide food for all living things. Flex uses a berry to explain this issue.

Higher-order thinking skills Book 3 focuses on the critical and creative thinking skills that learners need in their daily life. The language and skills taught are perfect for learners age 8-9.

The unique activities stimulate students and promote them to 'think outside the box'. In the fast-paced and ever-changing world we live in, never has there been a more important time to develop critical thinking skills—but how do you fit this into an already-packed schedule? R.I.C. Publications has the answer with our latest release, Higher-order thinking skills.

Through a range of engaging and challenging activities designed to test and strengthen problem-solving skills, this series helps learners make deeper connections by integrating their learning across key curriculum areas.

The English workbook educator guide is a resource written to support the teaching in The English Workbook series.

The workbooks, designed to improve and develop learners’ literacy skills, consist of ten units of work, each focused on one of the following writing formats: procedures, recounts, expositions, narratives and reports.

Each unit includes:

• Learner analysis of writing form, speaking and listening, group and individual activities, literal, inferential and applied comprehension questions, vocabulary development and extension, spelling strategies and rules practice
• Specific language features of the particular text, such as proper nouns, imperative verbs and punctuation, clearly and concisely explained with practice exercises
• Writing activities focussed on specific writing skills related to the particular genre. Writing topics are set with planning proformas and editing and proofreading checklists. Learner evaluation is included.

Die Flixies leer vir ons een van hulle belangrikste geheime: verskeidenheid. So leer ons wat die woord biodiversiteit beteken en hoekom dit so belangrik is dat ons dit moet verstaan. Facto leer van die baie verskillende soorte plante en diere op Aarde en dat elkeen wat ontdek word, 'n naam moet kry. Ouma Flox verras die Flixies met 'n spesiale stuk borduurwerk...

Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:

• ‘n Verduideliking van die onderrigstrategie wat gebruik word.
• ‘n Verduideliking van watter begripsvaardigheid gebruik word en watter stap van die onderrigstrategie in daardie spesifieke boek toegepas moet word.
• Hoogtepunte in die teks, met ‘n sypaneel wat die onderrigstrategie modelleer en die sleutelpunte in die teks vir toepassing uitlig.
• Die sleutelwoorde wat in die inleidende bespreking uitgestal en gebruik kan word, word verskaf.
• Werkblaaie met begripsaktiwiteite gebaseer op die storie word aan die einde van die gids ingesluit.

Die eerste groen plante het in water geleef. Omdat toestande op land baie anders is as in water, sou die oudste plante eenvoudig uitdroog en nie kon regop bly sonder die ondersteuning wat water bied nie. Facto leer hoe plante ontwikkel het sodat hulle, hulle op land kon vestig en watter plante op die ou end suksesvol was en oral op land begin groei het...

Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:

• ‘n Verduideliking van die onderrigstrategie wat gebruik word.
• ‘n Verduideliking van watter begripsvaardigheid gebruik word en watter stap van die onderrigstrategie in daardie spesifieke boek toegepas moet word.
• Hoogtepunte in die teks, met ‘n sypaneel wat die onderrigstrategie modelleer en die sleutelpunte in die teks vir toepassing uitlig.
• Die sleutelwoorde wat in die inleidende bespreking uitgestal en gebruik kan word, word verskaf.
• Werkblaaie met begripsaktiwiteite gebaseer op die storie word aan die einde van die gids ingesluit.

Die Flixie-stories is geskryf en word in die skole gebruik om twee groot krisisse aan te spreek: ’n omgewingskrisis en ’n geletterdheidskrisis. Ons planeet Aarde is in die nood en jong lesers en hul opvoeders moet bewus gemaak word van biodiversiteit en ons almal se verantwoordelikheid om te sorg vir die kwaliteit van lewe op Aarde.

Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:

• ‘n Verduideliking van die onderrigstrategie wat gebruik word.
• ‘n Verduideliking van watter begripsvaardigheid gebruik word en watter stap van die onderrigstrategie in daardie spesifieke boek toegepas moet word.
• Hoogtepunte in die teks, met ‘n sypaneel wat die onderrigstrategie modelleer en die sleutelpunte in die teks vir toepassing uitlig.
• Die sleutelwoorde wat in die inleidende bespreking uitgestal en gebruik kan word, word verskaf.
• Werkblaaie met begripsaktiwiteite gebaseer op die storie word aan die einde van die gids ingesluit.

Facto luister wat die Flixies te sê het oor water en hy hoor dat dit 'n wonderstof is! Geen lewe soos ons dit ken is moontlik sonder water nie. Dit is 'n wonderlike oplosmiddel, wat beteken dat die plante en diere se kos eers daarin moet oplos voordat dit deel van die plant of dier se liggaam kan word. Dit is ook 'n was- en spoelmiddel en dit koel af. Ons voorraad vars water wat bruikbaar is, is baie beperk en die Flixies verduidelik hoekom.

Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:

• ‘n Verduideliking van die onderrigstrategie wat gebruik word.
• ‘n Verduideliking van watter begripsvaardigheid gebruik word en watter stap van die onderrigstrategie in daardie spesifieke boek toegepas moet word.
• Hoogtepunte in die teks, met ‘n sypaneel wat die onderrigstrategie modelleer en die sleutelpunte in die teks vir toepassing uitlig.
• Die sleutelwoorde wat in die inleidende bespreking uitgestal en gebruik kan word, word verskaf.
• Werkblaaie met begripsaktiwiteite gebaseer op die storie word aan die einde van die gids ingesluit.

Alles wat op Aarde lewe, is ‘ruimteskip’ Aarde se bemanning en nie passasiers wat net kan saamry nie...

Ons leer dat plante en diere en mense elkeen, hoe klein of hoe groot ookal, 'n spesifieke nis ('n plek en 'n werkie) het om die aarde meer leefbaar te maak vir alles wat moet lewe. Die Flixies leer ook die lewensiklus van vleiseters, planteters en ontbinders!

Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:

• ‘n Verduideliking van die onderrigstrategie wat gebruik word.
• ‘n Verduideliking van watter begripsvaardigheid gebruik word en watter stap van die onderrigstrategie in daardie spesifieke boek toegepas moet word.
• Hoogtepunte in die teks, met ‘n sypaneel wat die onderrigstrategie modelleer en die sleutelpunte in die teks vir toepassing uitlig.
• Die sleutelwoorde wat in die inleidende bespreking uitgestal en gebruik kan word, word verskaf.
• Werkblaaie met begripsaktiwiteite gebaseer op die storie word aan die einde van die gids ingesluit.

Facto hoor interessante stories van groen plante – Ruimteskip Aarde se lugversorgers - wat sorg dat daar genoeg suurstof in die atmosfeer is en dat 'n ander giftige gas, kooldioksied, verwyder word. Hy leer by die Flixies van hoe plante ontwikkel het vanaf klein, byna onsigbare mosplantjies, tot die reuse bome wat ons oral sien.

Die Onderwysersgids sluit in:

• ‘n Verduideliking van die onderrigstrategie wat gebruik word.
• ‘n Verduideliking van watter begripsvaardigheid gebruik word en watter stap van die onderrigstrategie in daardie spesifieke boek toegepas moet word.
• Hoogtepunte in die teks, met ‘n sypaneel wat die onderrigstrategie modelleer en die sleutelpunte in die teks vir toepassing uitlig.
• Die sleutelwoorde wat in die inleidende bespreking uitgestal en gebruik kan word, word verskaf.
• Werkblaaie met begripsaktiwiteite gebaseer op die storie word aan die einde van die gids ingesluit.