When Jasper the cat plants a bean, he has the highest of hopes. But after he lavishes care on his bean for a week and nothing happens, Jasper fears it will never grow. So when it finally does sprout, and grows into an enormous beanstalk, Jasper is jubilant. He's also "sure" that there's a giant at the top! Full color.
A collection of 150 unique games and activities to help support teaching of maths in the primary classroom. Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant. Easily navigable, allowing you to choose the right activity quickly and easily, these invaluable resources are guaranteed to save you time and are a must-have tool to plan, prepare and deliver first-rate lessons.
A bright, colourful picture book for very young children in which the reader helps Jasper choose how to spend his birthday money. Jasper plays with just about everything in the toyshop. But what will he eventually buy? Simple text with appealing illustrations.
Annotation Play Activities for the Early Years contains over 140 activities covering the entire foundation stage. It is full of fun ideas to encourage purposeful play. There are six chapters, one for each of the six key areas covered in the early learning goals. The activity pages are clearly laid out and well illustrated, making the book easy to use. Many of the activities have accompanying photocopiable sheets providing a variety of written and pictorial resource material. The simple design of the book makes it ideal for curriculum planning. Assessment is also easy using the detailed charts showing which activities address which learning opportunities.
Presenting a range of exciting activities that support the development of creative English lessons within the existing structures of the Foundation Curriculum and the National Curriculum, this book: is packed full of interactive and creative teaching strategies provides guidance on assessing creative work highlights opportunities for creative literacy activities across the curriculum covers ages 3-11.
Now in its third edition, The Literate Classroom offers essential information and advice from leading experts about the teaching of primary English to students, NQTs and less confident teachers of literacy. Presenting a range of refreshing and challenging viewpoints from experienced classroom practitioners, this book describes how the theory behind key areas of literacy teaching can be transformed into realistic learning experiences within the classroom. Split into five sections, this book outlines effective measures in inspiring children to become confident with all aspects of literacy through speaking and listening, creative approaches to reading and writing and new experiences with poetry and drama. This fully updated edition includes: shared and guided reading and writing guidance on literacy teaching with EAL pupils comprehension through response to children’s literature working with drama, ICT, poetry and language study new chapters on speaking and listening, reading aloud to children and children’s development as independent readers. This accessible and informative collection is a must-have for all trainee and practising teachers, as well as teaching assistants and support workers, looking to enhance literacy learning in the primary classroom.
This book is an edited collection of articles by leading educationalists and teacher educators on the place of talk in the primary curriculum. Each chapter reflects on theoretical aspects of oracy translated into manageable practice.