The PM Teacher's Guides offer invaluable support and guidance to help you gain the maximum benefit from each of the Story Books, Non-fiction Books and Traditional Tales and Plays.
The PM Teacher's Guides offer invaluable support and guidance to help you gain the maximum benefit from each of the Story Books, Non-fiction Books and Traditional Tales and Plays.
The PM Teacher's Guides offer invaluable support and guidance to help you gain the maximum benefit from each of the Story Books, Non-fiction Books and Traditional Tales and Plays.
The PM Plus Teachers' Guide Red Levels 3-5 provides suggestions for small-group teaching using the chapter books and non-fiction titles. Each set of teachers notes includes a text features of each book including key vocabulary, grammatical conventions, spelling and visual literacy components a a variety of comprehension questions at the literal, inferential and critical levels a suggested activities for going beyond the text a two blackline masters for each text designed to provide practice in specific reading and writing skills a a computer task blackline master to enhance students' understanding of the text using ICT skills The Teachers' Guide also provides ideas for assessment and an overview of a balanced reading program.
This PM Traditional Tales and Plays Teachers' Guide will help teachers and children gain the maximum benefit from the six well-known traditional tales at Silver Level. The guide features: ' suggestions for introducing children to the tale at the guided reading level ' a double page of activities for each book to extend children's language, including books to share and compare ' suggestions for using the plays as acting scripts by children who are just beginning to be fluent readers ' blackline masters of templates for making masks for the characters in the plays.
The PM Teacher's Guide Ruby Level provides suggestions for small-group teaching using the twelve chapter books, six non-fiction titles and the anthology of fiction, non fiction and poetry. Each set of teachers notes includes: ' suggested activities for two teaching sessions with a target group, in which the teacher guides the children to read for meaning and to develop appropriate reading strategies and responses; ' suggested focuses for one or more independent reading sessions during which the children complete the reading of the book; ' blackline masters for each title or anthology piece which are designed to focus the children's attention on and provide practice in specific reading and writing skills and knowledge; ' computer task center activity cards for each title which are designed to develop the children's information and technology skills in the content of a language activity; The teachers' guide also provides weekly timetables which demonstrate two ways of organising the classroom for small group teaching.
This PM Animal Facts: Polar Animals Teachers' Guide will help teachers and children gain the maximum benefit from the six books at Silver Level. The guide features: ' direction for introducing children to non-fiction text ' a double page of activities for each book which focus on meaning in the text ' lists of books to share and compare.