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Catching on to Comprehension is an exciting new comprehension series that provides full coverage of the English comprehension skills needed in the primary years.

The series is skills-based, meaning that a key skill in comprehension such as sequencing, identifying important details or recognising the author

Catching on to Comprehension is an exciting new comprehension series that provides full coverage of the English comprehension skills needed in the primary years. The series is skills-based, meaning that a key skill in comprehension such as sequencing, identifying important details or recognising the author

Catching on to Comprehension is an exciting new comprehension series that provides full coverage of the English comprehension skills needed in the primary years. The series is skills-based, meaning that a key skill in comprehension such as sequencing, identifying important details or recognising the author’s voice is explicitly taught in each unit. Each unit has a learning sequence that fits in with how teachers teach and classrooms work: the first page of each four-page or six-page unit is a whole class, teacher-direct... read more

Catching on to Comprehension is an exciting new comprehension series that provides full coverage of the English comprehension skills needed in the primary years.

The series is skills-based, meaning that a key skill in comprehension such as sequencing, identifying important details or recognising the author’s voice is explicitly taught in each unit.
Each unit has a learning sequence that fits in with how teachers teach and classrooms work: the first page of each four-page or six-page unit is a whole class, teache... read more

Catching on to Comprehension is an exciting new comprehension series that provides full coverage of the English comprehension skills needed in the primary years.

The series is skills-based, meaning that a key skill in comprehension such as sequencing, identifying important details or recognising the author’s voice is explicitly taught in each unit.
Each unit has a learning sequence that fits in with how teachers teach and classrooms work: the first page of each four-page or six-page unit is a whole class, teache... read more

Catching on to Comprehension is an exciting new comprehension series that provides full coverage of the English comprehension skills needed in the primary years. The series is skills-based, meaning that a key skill in comprehension such as sequencing, identifying important details or recognising the author’s voice is explicitly taught in each unit. Each unit has a learning sequence that fits in with how teachers teach and classrooms work: the first page of each four-page or six-page unit is a whole class, teacher-directed les... read more

Aimed at students up to the age of 16, this spelling guide features over 33,000 words; tips, mnemonics, panels and pedagogical information to aid learning; and an attractive page design with colour used to highlight key features. All information has been selected to conform with the requirments of the National Curriculum.

The new look Comprehension Once a Week retains the content of the first popular edition buts facts and dates have been updated along with the design and illustrations. Each book contains 36 units in double-page spreads comprising a stimulus and an activity page. An enormous variety of text types is provided to give students the opportunity to read, write and develop higher levels of comprehension. Text types include: facts, songs, instructions, tales, letters, calendars, poetry, newspaper reports, diaries, recipes, games, pla... read more

The new look Comprehension Once a Week retains the content of the first popular edition buts facts and dates have been updated along with the design and illustrations. Each book contains 36 units in double-page spreads comprising a stimulus and an activity page. An enormous variety of text types is provided to give students the opportunity to read, write and develop higher levels of comprehension. Text types include: facts, songs, instructions, tales, letters, calendars, poetry, newspaper reports, diaries, recipes, games, pla... read more

This text provides an introduction to the study of children's writing in the primary school and middle school years. It has been revised and updated to meet the new National Curriculum requirements, drawing upon significant research and publications of the last decade. It features examples of different types of children's writing to illustrate the concepts and theories discussed in the text. It also summarizes recent studies on children's writing and its development, and shows ways of encouraging different types of writing, while a... read more

(NZ Years 6-7) The 60 units of work within this book ensure that your child will learn and practise the correct usage of grammar and punctuation. There are many exercises for your child to practise punctuating sentences and speech. Mastery tests are provided as well as lift out answers.

The Essential Spelling Books are based on the popular Schonell Essential Spelling List, which contains over 300 words most commonly used and needed by children up to the age of 12. Lively and carefully structured exercises mean that words are learned thoroughly, but enjoyably as well.

The Classic Spelling List lives on! Over 3000 of the words most commonly used by children in their writing activities.

In this book children will find a wide variety of interesting activities, clear definitions of terms with examples, self-contained units of work, simple explanations encouraging independent study, and a life-out answer section. For Year 7.

(NZ Year 6) Excel Basic Skills: Spelling and Vocabulary Workbook Year 5 is about words: what they mean and how to spell them. It gives you strategies to learn new words and lots of practice in using these strategies. By the end of the book, you'll feel more confident attempting and learning new spellings and working out the meanings of new words. The Excel series of Spelling and Vocabulary Workbooks for Years 3�6 will help primary school students improve their spelling and voca... read more

The best-selling "Fast Forward" series is now relaunched in full colour making it even more attractive to pupils needing that concentrated short course on a particular aspect of literacy to springboard their borderline skills from one level to the next. "Fast Forward Writing: Level 3 to Level 4" is designed to secure the writing skills of pupils at Level 3 and develop them into Level 4. The focus is exclusively on writing. The resource has five sections: 'Shaping sentences', 'Grabbing the reader', 'Putting on the style', 'Telling' ... read more

"Fast Forward Writing: Level 4 to Level 5" is designed to secure the writing skills of pupils at Level 4 and develop them into Level 5. The focus is exclusively on writing. Ideal for catch-up work, "Fast Forward Writing: Level 4 to Level 5" can be used as five mini-schemes of work on writing for a whole class, or as a series of weekly masterclasses. Each masterclass is linked to specific objectives for each year and a strategy-compatible page plan is provided. There are also pages of advice for parents, as well as pupils. "Fast For... read more

This classic Usborne book has now been revised to include many brand new illustrations and it continues to stimulate and delight today’s generation of children as it did when it was first published over 20 years ago. It provides a treasury of learning opportunities as an exciting talk-about book for the very young, a stimulating picture word book for pre-readers and a lively source of ideas and spellings for first writers. Stephen Cartwright’s brilliant illustrations, with their wealth of detail and gentle humour, will gi... read more

This text is written around the exploits of the prehistoric Rockwell family and their day to day life, providing a lively framework for learning about English.

*Clear presentation of grammar points through lively colourful texts *Grammar boxes highlighting structure and usage *A wide range of exercise types, both oral and written