Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy

Using Talk to Support Writing presents a new and innovative approach to the teaching of early writing.

Why is it that so many pupils are put off by maths, seeing it as uninspiring and irrelevant, and that so many choose to drop it as soon as they can?

What are the ways in which young children learn to communicate?

All the subject knowledge you need to teach primary Mathematics.

Written by Peter Mattock,Conceptual Maths: Teaching 'about' (rather than just 'how to do') mathematics in schoolsaims to empower teachers to support students on a comprehensive and coherent journey through school mathematics.

Stop spending hours searching for, adapting and improving model texts for use in your classroom teaching.

This collection of activities for the composition classroom includes dozens of practical, useful, successful, and accessible exercises that have been developed and implemented by writing instructors from all over the country.

The Legacy of James Moffett is a valuable resource designed for classroom teachers, graduate students, scholars, and curriculum specialists in English, English education, and writing studies.

Are students more capable of acting appropriately when they know exactly what is expected of them?

Rhetorical Strategies is a worktext for composition students to apply rhetorical theory in their writing.

Thinking in English represents Dr.

All you need to know about the theory and practice of teaching primary English.

This book offers specific ideas for how to teach writing in a culturally relevant way.

This bookprovides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students.

This book explains 'big ideas' in mathematics in simple terms supported by classroom examples to show how they can be applied in primary schools to enable learning.

Connecting the constructs of meaning and experience in the fields of English education, teacher education, literacy and narrative inquiry, Making Meaning with Readers and Texts materializes new insights for advancing teacher education research, broadening understandings of teachers' use of literacy practices for making meaning from classroom events.

With chapter sequencing following the new Curriculum, this book supports trainee Primary school teachers to make use of the opportunities presented in the new National Curriculum for effective and engaging Mathematics teaching.

Nearly all of the Gadsden County's student body is black and considered economically disadvantaged, the highest percentage of any school district in Florida.

Sam - a young and enthusiastic trainee teacher - asked the class, 'What is the difference between 7 and 6?

How the Math Gets Done: Why Parents Dont Need to Worry About New vs.

Teachers and students alike begin their day as humans, and they must all end their day as humans.

This updated edition of this bestselling, straightforward guide provides the essential information for parents and advocates to understand US law and get the right educational entitlements for a dyslexic child.

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Explore effective ways to teach creative writing using art with an experienced writing teacher whose classroom is in a museum, not a school.

Teachers must consider what it means to work with students in an increasingly diverse global community.

There is something quite magical about forming a connection to a book: the way in which the words on the page can conjure feelings of excitement, fun, joy, laughter or tears, channeling the part of our being that fundamentally makes us human.

'This book is special.

In this third book in the Continuing the Journey series, Ken Lindblom and Leila Christenbury explore teaching English language, speaking, and listening.

The book lets teachers identify where their students are in terms of number skills, and sets out a strategy for developing their knowledge.

An extensive knowledge of the primary Mathematics curriculum is not enough for you as a trainee teacher, you need to know how to teach Mathematics in the primary classroom.

A new account of premodern education that offered non-elite readers lessons in navigating the premodern marketplaceLearning to Talk Shop explores the phrasebooks and guides to conversations that flooded the marketplace in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, making a virtual classroom available to an audience who could not afford or did not have access to formal education.

In Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep, some of todays most celebrated writers for children share essays that describe a critical part of the informational writing process that is often left out of classroom instruction.

Written by a teacher for teachers, the second edition of Ronit Bird's The Dyscalculia Resource Book now comes with 120 games and puzzles and a brand new section on 'mixed operations puzzles' which require learners to switch mentally between addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

'This book will be a welcome, practical addition to the repertoires of teachers of children aged 7-11 who are looking for inspiration and relevance in their teaching of writing skills' - Speaking English`For the drama novice, this is the book to buy.

Winner of the 2024 Best Book Award from the Council of Writing Program AdministratorsAn expansive look at the discipline of writing studies, with a focus on serving and supporting first-year writing students and instructors at open access institutions.

Ted Kesler, with a community of grade school teachers and students, demonstrates how students creative responses lead to deep comprehension of diverse texts and ultimately help them to develop their literate identities.

Algebra is the language that must be mastered for any course that uses math because it is the gateway for entry into any science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) discipline.

During a time of increased book banning and censoring, of scrutiny of the word critical, andeven calls for surveillance of K12 teachers, the burgeoning field of critical media literacy is moreimportant than ever.

What are the ways in which young children learn to communicate?

Still the biggest concern for many on initial teacher training courses is the acquisition of subject knowledge and the ability to translate that into effective teaching.

An exploration of the hidden human, emotional, and social dimensions of mathematicsMathematics is often thought of as the coldest expression of pure reason.

We live in an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world.

Winner of the UKLA Author Award 2009 'Lockwood has written a useful, supportive book which will help teachers and librarians.

This popular, widely recommended, text supports trainees on primary initial teacher training courses where a secure knowledge and understanding of English is required for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).

This practical and popular guide to children's common errors and misconceptions in primary mathematics is an essential tool for you as a teacher or trainee.

The purpose of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 was to ';drive broad gains in student achievement and to hold states and schools more accountable.

Can you demonstrate a clear understanding of primary mathematics?

At least one child in five experiences some form of learning difficulty, but:* Learning difficulties as we understand them DO NOT exist* They are not diseases just symptoms* These symptoms never appear alone* They are treatable and avoidableDr Robin Pauc, an expert in child neurology, approaches learning difficulties, including Dyslexia, ADD, OCD, ADHD, Dyspraxia and Tourette's syndrome of childhood, from a truly ground-breaking perspective.