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Mastery in Reading Comprehension
Reading Recharged
Kala Williams
Alex Barton
Make teaching reading comprehension simple, enjoyable and impactful with this proven mastery approach. Learn what works and why it works, take ownership of your teaching practice with outstanding results. This book is the perfect guide for any primary teacher looking to solidify their reading comprehension practice and maximise their pupils' abilities.
Looking to reignite your guided reading sessions? Alex Barton shares a wealth of tips, ideas and resources for teaching fun and creative guided and whole-class reading activities. Complete with lesson plans and photocopiable activity sheets, this book offers a fresh and imaginative approach to helping children develop key reading skills.
Publishes 28th September 2021
Publishes 2nd November 2021
PB • 246 x 189mm • 128pp • 9781472980953 • AU$39.99 NZ$45.00
PB • 297 x 210mm • 144pp • 9781472984869 • AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
Feel Free to Smile
Teaching for Realists
Nikki Cunningham-Smith
Omar Akbar
A fresh perspective on behaviour management, detailing honest, real-life classroom experiences and the sense of humour it takes to deal with them. Drawing on anecdotes from her time as a teacher in alternative provision settings, plus stories from fellow professionals, Nikki Cunningham-Smith provides practical strategies and tips for dealing with difficult behaviour and keeping your cool in testing situations. Publishes 28th September 2021
A funny, open and honest guide to surviving and thriving as a newly qualified teacher – no matter what the education system throws at you! Many new teachers enter the profession unaware of the challenges facing the sector and often either quit because of them or spend years struggling to keep their heads above water. Omar Akbar explores the issues facing the profession and gives a wealth of hard-won advice for becoming a happy, healthy and successful teacher in spite of it all.
PB • 216 x 138mm • 176pp • 9781472984487 • AU$29.99 NZ$32.99
Publishes 28th September 2021
Phonics at Home
PB • 234 x 156mm • 160pp • 9781472985286 • AU$26.99 NZ$29.99
Kate Robinson
Ilona Szekely
Phonics at Home provides all the tools needed to understand phonics and how it’s taught in school, and then presents a wealth of fun, multi-sensory games and activities to help any child develop their phonics skills at home. Kate Robinson demystifies phonics with clear explanations of terminology and stepby-step instructions to help practitioners, parents and children make the most of every activity. What’s more, the easy-to-play games work with any phonics scheme and use items that are readily available in any setting or home.
An exuberant, theoretically underpinned guide to support teacher educators to develop engaging, relatable programmes, building connection in diverse classrooms.
Out Now • PB • 244 x 169mm • 96pp • 9781472955159 • AU$22.99 NZ$24.99
The Art Teacher's Guide to Exploring Art and Design in the Community
Drawing on an abundance of examples from around the world, including the NYC 2nd Ave Subway, the Detroit’s Heidelberg Project, the Favel Painting Foundation and bicycle rack sculpture, Szekely inspires readers to look beyond the classroom walls to develop meaningful art experiences for students. She shows the myriad art forms, media expressions, and design professions that have the influence and potential to shape the local environment, reaching far beyond the traditional museum and gallery venue.
ISLAND HOPPING What’s the game? In this game, imaginary dangers and physical activity add excitement and help learning. Your child blends spoken sounds into words, and splits spoken words into sounds, preparing them for blending sounds into words for reading and splitting words into sounds for spelling.
How to play
Start at the paper island furthest from the ‘mainland’. Explain to your child that they are stranded and must hop from island to island to reach the safety of the mainland.
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Tell your child that they must leave a gift at each island before moving on. Say that you have the gifts hidden and they can have them if they guess the names from your sound clues.
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At the first island, sound out the name of one of the objects in your box, phoneme by phoneme (e.g. ‘p – a – n’). If your child can name the object correctly, give them the object to leave on the ‘island’ and tell them to hop to the next island.
You will need
➡ A few objects with names that are short, simple words (for a list of common short, simple words, see the Word List on page 89).
She also shows that innovative and exciting art lessons don’t need large amounts of funding, transportation or even a museum within the local community. Each chapter includes photographs, talking points and key lesson ideas along with links to further resources.
➡ A box. ➡ Some sheets of paper cut to look island-sha
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Before you play
a ‘home area’ open space to play. Identify the � Choose a room or or cushion, to represent on one side, such as a chair mainland. each about space, the across paper of ainland’. � Spread the sheets end at the home area/‘m 50 cm apart, so that they
Publishes 2nd December 2021
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PB • 246 x 189mm • 208pp • 9781350096295 • AU$49.99 NZ$54.99
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Step-by-step instructions on every page
Continue with the name guessing and island hopping until your child reaches the ‘mainland’.
Add a twist This time, put an object on each of the islands. Explain that your child can only move on to the next island if they can split the name of the object into all its separate sounds (e.g. ‘s – o – ck’).
Inventive ideas for taking the games further and adding your own twist
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Lists of easy-to-source equipment and tips for preparation
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