LITERACY

Spark discussions that will get all of your students talking.
Colourful 4cm soft foam cubes feature 36 engaging questions about students experiences and perspectives, including "Who is the bravest person you know?" and "What foods do you like?" Use in character development activities, brainstorming before writing, and to build oral language, social and listening skills.
Activity Guide included.

Dark Man is a hugely successful series for teens and young adults with very low reading levels. The gritty and mysterious books grip readers even though the text is limited. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations entice even the most reluctant of teen readers. The dark tales have a 'grown-up' style which doesn't patronise the reader. Set One is the lowest level of readers. The books can be read in any order, but across series the text offers some reading progression.

This pack contains the first six books in the series:
Dark Fire of Doom
Destiny in the Dark
The Dark Never Hides
Escape from the Dark
The Face in the Dark Mirror
Fear in the Dark

Dark Man is a hugely successful series for teens and young adults with very low reading levels. The gritty and mysterious books grip readers even though the text is limited. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations entice even the most reluctant of teen readers. The dark tales have a 'grown-up' style which doesn't patronise the reader. Set Two is at the same low level of readers as Set One. The books can be read in any order, but across series the text offers some reading progression.

This pack contains the second six books in the series:
The Dark Dreams of Hell
The Dark Side of Magic
Danger in the Dark
The Shadow in the Dark
The Dark Waters of Time
The Dark Glass

This Student Book is designed to improve students' functional grammar skills. It allows and encourages all students to grasp the fundamentals of grammar through humour, real world examples and a variety of activities.

It includes:
New engaging material and activities
Regular peer and self assessment so students take control of their learning
Accessible and manageable chucks of learning that can be dipped into where necessary
A striking design to aid motivation.

Readers will find this practical and comprehensive guide to spelling invaluable. Day-to-day advice on how to help those with difficulties is underpinned by information on the development of the English language and its spelling rules with explanations of common language problems.

Chapters cover:
Spelling processes
Teaching and learning phonics
Individual cognitive and learning styles
Assessing and monitoring spelling progress
Teaching strategies and techniques.


This is an essential companion for teachers, SENCos, and dyslexia specialists alike, as well as anyone interested in spelling and language difficulties. By author Philomena Ott.

Joyful Reading offers teachers a differentiated instructional approach for motivating students at varied levels to discover the rewards and delights of reading appropriately challenging books. Authored by Sally M. Reis, an acclaimed scholar of gifted and talented education, the book describes the Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading (SEM-R), an easy-to-implement program that encourages students to read independently for a period of time during the school day on books of their own choice while supporting them in learning comprehension strategies.

The program includes three phases:

A Book Hook component in which the teacher reads aloud from a high-interest book while engaging the class in critical thinking responses

A Supported Independent Reading component in which students are encouraged to select and read progressively challenging books while the teacher offers instruction through individualized confer-ences

A Special Interest component in which students engage in reading-enrichment activities

The SEM-R program has been shown by research to improve students' fluency and comprehension as well as their attitudes toward reading and is praised by teachers for getting students excited about books.
Jossey-Bass Teacher

This series provides audio lessons and photocopiable worksheets to support those pupils who need to develop listening skills, improve short-term memory and learn to make deductions from sounds, statements or passages of text that have listened to.

Within package is 5 kits (Book 1, Book 2, Book 2A, Book 3 & Book 4)

Kit 1 :
Familiar sounds give rise to questions Where? When? Why with multiple-choice answers. Description for finish the picture exercises. Passages for Listen and Look exercises.
Kit 2 :
Five short linked passages followed by questions. Listen and Look exercises linked to preceding passages.
Kit 2A :
Complete story - 2 audio passages per page, each followed by 4 questions.
Kit 3 :
Each lessons tells a chapter in the story of 'Finding the Castle' and is followed by questions which require written answers. Where appropriate, the work could be done orally.
Kit 4 :
Each lesson tells a chapter in the story 'Moving On' and is followed by questions which require written answers. In the same style as Kit 3 but at a more difficult level.

This kit is only available as an e-book option

The series presents exercises in inferential comprehension, where pupils must use common sense and reasoning. Series progresses in both difficulty and maturity. Perfect for pupils who can read but 'struggle to read between the lines'.

In the books pupils are asked to read passages of text and answer questions relating to them. The answers to these questions are not directly stated in the text and so pupils must read between the lines, using common sense and reasoning.

Practising Punctuation consists of 5 titles designed for pupils at Key Stage 2 and 3, who need additional support to identify and use punctuation correctly in everyday situations. Each book addresses a wide range of punctuation rules arranged in units of two pages. The first page explains the punctuation rule and gives clear examples, together with a simple exercise for the pupil to complete. The second page provides a more complex task and / or extension exercise.

In addition each book provides regular test pages to check the pupil’s understanding of the rules addressed. A pupil record sheet at the back of the book allows the teacher to plot progress and record comments on individual achievement. There are also four Punctuation Puzzle pages to reinforce and revisit what the children have learned in each book. A Quick Reference Guide at the back of each book summarises the punctuation rules addressed in that book. Book 5, the tests can be used for initial assessment prior to working through the Practising Punctuation series or indeed as a form of assessment after working through the series to establish the level of punctuation accuracy achieved.

Book 1 Capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks and exclamation marks.
Book 2 Apostrophes and inverted commas.
Book 3 Phrases, sentences and paragraphs.
Book 4 Colons, semi-colons, brackets, dashes and hyphens.
Book 5 Practising Punctuation Test Sheets.

Reading Comprehension Books 3&4. These reading comprehension books offer valuable tools to help in your child & your students reading comprehension skills. Includes areas such as getting the main idea, using context clues, making inferences, noting details.

Can be suitable for use in classroom and to aid one to one parent child reading time at home also.

Student Record Book help enhance each students' learning experience by creating one place for students to record all their answers to the various Reading Lab exercise questions on special record pages; correct mistakes; record scores and chart their progress through the Power Builders, Skill Builders and Rate Builders.

The Student Record Book also contains a description of procedures, sample pages on which trial exercises can be worked for practice and helpful suggestions for effective reading and study habits.

EachStudent Record Book also contains a Starting Level Guide placement test to help each student start his or her individualised program at the appropriate level.

Reading Rods® Simple Sentences Reading Kit. Build simple sentences the hands-on way with this popular multisensory kit!

Begin building basic sentences with this popular hands-on kit! Children develop reading fluency, beginning writing skills and an understanding of word relationships as they explore parts of speech and building simple sentences. Skills taught include: Building and writing simple sentences with basic sentence patterns, capitalisation, types of sentences and punctuation, recognise synonyms, anatonyms and homophones, parts of speech

Kit includes: Set of 160 colour-coded Reading Rods®, 24 double-sided Activity Cards, 48-page Instruction & Activity Book, 4 activity trays and storage tub.
Use with 1-4 students.
Ages 6-10

Help young minds learn to spell and recognise new words with this tub of magnetic uppercase letters. Ideal for individual, group and entire class activities, each tub contains 11 each of the letters A - Z in assorted vibrant colours. Each letter is approx. 35mm tall, and is supplied in a recyclable, reusable box to keep your classroom tidy and organised.

This pack contains 286 colourful magnetic uppercase letters - 11 each of letters A-Z

Presented in a handy tub for easy carrying and convenient storage

Every letter is colourful and bright – ideal for children and young learners

Ideal for early years and primary literacy, and perfect for using on Show-me Magnetic Boards (not included)

Each letter measures at approx. 35mm tall

Reinforce high-frequency word recognition with these tactile cubes. Toss these cubes to learn the 36 most common sight words! Read aloud the words that you toss or use them in a sentence for a more challenging activity.
Cubes measure 4cm.
Ages 6-10

Siti's Sisters is a series of books aimed at young readers with an interest age of 9 - 14 but a reading age of 7 - 8. This ensures the more reluctant readers can experience the trials and tribulations tackled in these books without the pressure of advanced vocabulary and complex text, thus encouraging a positive attitude towards reading.

This series was written by Helen Orme and includes both fiction texts and workbooks and full illustrations throughout. One of the following of each title is in this book pack:
All Wrapped Up
I Know Something
Kitchen Chaos
Don't Let Go
Open Wide
Making Tracks

Siti's Sisters is a series of books aimed at young readers with an interest age of 10 - 14 but a reading age of 7 - 8. This ensures the more reluctant readers can experience the trials and tribulations tackled in these books without the pressure of advanced vocabulary and complex text, thus encouraging a positive attitude towards reading.

This series was written by Helen Orme and includes both fiction texts and full illustrations throughout. One of the following of each title is in this book pack:
Boys!
Lost!
Stalker
Taken for a Ride
Trouble with Teachers
Odd One Out

Reading Lab 3a helps students build their skills through individual reading practice. High-interest reading selections feature colour-coded levels of graduated difficulty with illustrations or photographs, multilevelled comprehension questions and vocabulary and word study skill exercises.

Reading Lab 3a also includes Skill Builder cards designed to reinforce basic comprehension, phonics, grammar and word study skills and Rate Builder cards designed to help students read faster while maintaining comprehension.

Key Features
A balanced selection of fiction and nonfiction texts Full colour illustrations and photographs promote comprehension and reading enjoyment Great source of incidental learning about animals, plants, science, technology, fine arts, sports, multiculturalism and more Covers a range of past, present and future perspectives Includes international sources drawing on tales from Australia, Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East giving students insights into a variety of cultures, lifestyles and perspectives

Reading Lab 3a includes:

110 Power Builders with coordinating Answer Key Cards

110 Rate Builders with coordinating Answer Key Cards

225 Skill Builders with coordinating Answer Key Cards

1 Student Record Book

1 Teacher's Handbook

1 Program Management and Assessment CD (networkable)

The Stareway To Spelling Manual helps transform students into confident readers, writers and spellers. The manual focuses on the 300 most used words in the English language. It helps students become so familiar with these words that they can read, write and spell them quickly, confidently and accurately.

JUST 300 WORDS COUNT FOR 72% OF EVERYDAY SPOKEN ENGLISH
It may astonish you to know that just 300 words form 72% of the all the words that we regularly use in day to day English. Given the importance of those 300 words and the frequency in which we use them, it is fundamentally important that anyone using English should know how to correctly read and spell these words.

The Stareway To Spelling Manual does just with a systematic approach that commits the 300 words to long-term memory. Once learnt, students recall the words easily, correctly and at will.

The success of Stareway to Spelling is its unique RAWS process: Read – Analyse – Write – Spell. The exercises are fun and the student is encouraged to learn more as they see rapid improvement in their writing and spelling skills.

This comprehensive set of 12 (1 of each title) books offers a systematic approach to the teaching of key aspects of Literacy. The materials are also suitable for the practice and reinforcement of key skills with older children with additional and special educational needs. Using a Stile Tray, pupils will work through the main phonics and spelling requirements for children age 7 years + with these fun, highly motivating activities.

The Stile Tray is the key to the self-checking activities of the Key Stage 2 programme. Pupils answer the questions by simply placing each of the twelve numbered tiles on the appropriate square on the base of the tray. When all the tiles have been placed, they close the tray, turn it over, and reopen it to reveal a geometric pattern. If the answers are all correct, the pattern will match the one printed at the top of the exercise. There are many different accompanying workbooks for use with the Stile Tray, covering Literacy, Maths and Dyslexia.

Contains 12 x 16-page books (246 x 168mm) and teacher’s notes. Book content is the same as in our Stile Literacy programme.

Stride Ahead has been written for students who can read but have difficulty in understanding what they are reading.

Many believe that this is the result of their minds being too taken up with the mechanics of decoding the written language to be able to give adequate attention to meaning. Often these students become so adept at disguising their poor reading skills (by guesswork allied with contextual clues) that their teachers may not even be aware that they have a problem. In effect, they are on a ‘reading plateau’ and they often remain there throughout their school careers and on into their adult life.

In the late 70’s Keda Cowling created a unique syllable division which was incorporated into the reading manual Toe By Toe. Over the last few years this system has successfully taught thousands of people – dyslexics and non-dyslexics alike – to read (i.e. decode). This success has been due to the application of this easy-to-use syllable division and the structured over-teaching of the phonemes in question.

The aim of Stride Ahead is to make these phonemes so familiar to dyslexic students that they become able to recognise them instantaneously and without concentrated mental effort and thus they can get on with the process of understanding the text in front of them. Timing is the key to this process and careful timing forms the essence of the Stride Ahead method.