Writing Frames for the Interactive Whiteboard
Writing Frames for the Interactive Whiteboard

Author: Liane Onish

Publisher: Teaching Resources

Published: 2011-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545305839

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These whiteboard-ready lessons provide a dynamic tool for helping students master key writing forms. Each lesson presents a must-know format, such as a personal narrative or a summary, and shows step by step how to introduce and teach the model--and how to use the interactive whiteboard to engage students in learning. The models include sentence starters and other annotations that help students understand the writing's structure. Filling in the missing information in the companion frames helps students to instantly organize their ideas. This resource also includes checklists that help students independently apply what they've learned. For use with Grades 3-6.

Unlocking Literacy
Unlocking Literacy

Author: Robert Fisher

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1135056498

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An edited collection describing key issues in supporting literacy development, this book helps to 'unlock' the mysteries behind helping children learn to read, write, speak and listen. It explores ways to help children develop their skills in literacy, thinking and learning, and shows how literacy teaching can be used creatively and imaginatively with children of all ages and abilities. The new edition of this well-known text: reflects the importance of creativity and the new Primary Strategy offers approaches to teaching literacy that accord with and beyond the literacy hour includes coverage of the Foundation Stage curriculum in every chapter covers the inclusion agenda and supporting EAL pupils highlights the importance of popular culture and visual literacy in children's lives. Interweaving pedagogy with theory and practical suggestions, this book is firmly based in classroom and academic research to support both trainee and practising teacher in the realities of teaching and learning in literacy.

The Road to Writing
The Road to Writing

Author: Sue Cowley

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2012-10-11

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1441103449

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A practical, accessible guide to developing young children's mark making and early communication skills from bestselling education author, Sue Cowley.

The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years
The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years

Author: Sue Cowley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-06-13

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1472967062

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In The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years, internationally renowned teacher trainer Sue Cowley takes practitioners on a journey: the journey young children embark upon when they learn their first words and make their first marks. Filled with practical activities and honest advice, this must-have guide presents a wide range of creative approaches to developing mark making and building language skills in the Early Years. With ideas to build finger strength and eye-to-hand coordination, activities for understanding the concept of symbols and signs and strategies for building confidence in reading and writing including talk and drama, you'll find a variety of techniques to develop children's key skills and motivation. Sue also includes full-colour photographs and examples of early marks to illustrate how young children's communication skills develop. There are tips for getting boys engaged in writing and a companion website with downloadable resources and useful links. The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years is an invaluable source of inspiration for all those working with children aged three to seven.

Teaching Children with Dyslexia
Teaching Children with Dyslexia

Author: Philomena Ott

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-05-07

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1134345909

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Teaching Children with Dyslexia is essential reading for any teacher, Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator or teaching assistant who wants an insider's account of what dealing successfully with dyslexia entails. Written by one of the most well-regarded practitioners in the field with over twenty-five years' experience, this book is packed full with photocopiable exercises, activities and recommendations for resources, tests, teaching methods, advice and suggestions for strategies and techniques that are instantly transferable to classroom environments. This essential teaching companion includes chapters on: how to spot dyslexia screening and assessment tests why it does not have to be hell to learn to spell strategies for success for reluctant writers meeting the challenge of dyslexia in adolescence. Written specifically to bolster teachers' confidence and empower them with the key to unlocking literacy problems in their most challenging pupils, this resource book should be on the shelf of every staff room.

Teaching English 3-11
Teaching English 3-11

Author: Julia Myers

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0826470076

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This title highlights aspects of progression and continuity in the teaching of English across the Foundation and Primary years and encourages readers to develop an understanding of key principles and the confidence to apply these appropriately to their classroom practice.

Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches
Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches

Author: Jill Jenkinson

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-11-20

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 0470986638

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Building Blocks for Learning Occupational Therapy Approaches is a resource book for educational staff and pediatric occupational therapists, especially those new to the field. It shows how the implications of physical, psychological, social, and learning difficulties impact upon children’s abilities. This highly practical book will help readers recognize when a student’s poor performance within the classroom is a result of a medical condition or underlying motor and perceptual deficits.

SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard For Dummies
SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard For Dummies

Author: Radana Dvorak

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1118376684

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The easy-to-use guide to SMART Board® interactive whiteboards SMART Board interactive whiteboards—which combine the functionality of a computer with the simplicity of a whiteboard—are rapidly becoming fixtures in classrooms, boardrooms, and lecture halls everywhere. While these high tech devices are transforming the ways we teach and learn, getting the most out of them can be down right intimidating. SMART Board® Interactive Whiteboard For Dummies is here to help, explaining everything users need to know to make the most of their technology. Covering topics including how to calibrate a SMART Board interactive whiteboard using a computer, navigating software options, creating interactive presentations and lesson plans, incorporating sound and animation, managing content, and using digital ink with the touch of a finger, the book is designed to get your interactive whiteboard up and running in no time. Introduces and explains SMART Board interactive whiteboards, computer-based white boards that are becoming widespread in classrooms and boardrooms around the world Covers essential topics ranging from setting up a SMART Board interactive whiteboards to managing content Provides the tools SMART Board interactive whiteboard users need to make the most of these new devices The go-to guide for anyone working with SMART Board interactive whiteboards, SMART® Board Interactive Whiteboard For Dummies is designed to make using the chalkboards of the twenty-first century a cinch.

Developing Early Literacy 0-8
Developing Early Literacy 0-8

Author: Virginia Bower

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2014-02-13

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1446297616

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′Developing Early Literacy presents an interesting range of literacy-related topics which address issues of current importance to early years practice and, in places, question current thinking. There is an excellent balance of theoretical background and case study examples which would make this a relevant and practical text for both students and early years professionals.′ - Mary-Louise Maynes, Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, Bishop Grosseteste University Providing clear guidance on how to develop early literacy, this book offers support with the planning and teaching of this vital aspect of the curriculum using innovative and exciting methods. Linking theory with practice, topics covered include: babies and very early communication the importance of role play corners outdoor learning and literacy how rhyme and repetition help to develop literacy teaching literacy to children who have English as an Additional Language (EAL) literacy and diversity using picture books to develop literacy supporting transitions different approaches to the teaching of phonics and early reading. Each chapter has learning objectives, case studies featuring younger and older children from the Birth to 8 age range, a summary and suggested Further Reading. This text is essential reading for those on Early Childhood Studies, Early Years, Primary PGCE and Early Years teacher education courses. Virginia Bower is Senior Lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church University.