More Fun Ideas for Advancing Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom
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More Fun Ideas for Advancing Modern Foreign Languages in the Primary Classroom contains 77 activities for use with pupils who have been studying a new language for a while and are ready to progress beyond learning simple vocabulary and phrases. The fun activities will help pupils learn to manipulate the language, improve their decoding skills and discover how the new language functions at sentence level. The resulting recognition that language can be mastered is empowering. It enables creative communication and gives young learners a feeling of ownership of the language being learnt. The activities support the Year 5-6 objectives of the Key Stage 2 Framework for Languages.
Don't Forget to Write for the Elementary Grades: 50 Enthralling and Effective Writing Lessons (Ages 5 to 12)
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Creative strategies for getting young students excited about writingDon't Forget to Write for the Elementary Grades offers 50 creative writing lesson plans from the imaginative and highly acclaimed 826 National writing labs. Created as a resource to reach all students (even those most resistant to creative writing), the lessons range from goofy fun (like "The Other Toy Story: Make Your Toys Come to Life") to practical, from sports to science, music to mysteries. These lessons are written by experts, and favorite novelists, actors, and other celebrities pitched in too. Lessons are linked to the Common Core State Standards.
The World's Must-See Places - A Look Inside More Than 100 Magnificent Buildings and Monuments
The World's Must-See Places takes you on a tour of more than 100 of the world's greatest sights. In true Eyewitness Travel Guide style, each page of the book will show you what other books only tell you, with unique 3-D cutaway artwork that lets you look inside each building as if you were there. Ancient, classical, and modern sights from every continent are included. Each featured sight has been selected for its uniqueness, or its historical or architectural importance, and many are included on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
Bringing together the best of the series, Everything on Earth is an absorbing survey of our planet and its wildlife, with an emphasis on the extremefrom hurricanes to coral reefs, glaciers to crocodiles. Providing just enough detail to fascinate children without confusing or overloading them, each section supplies a solid grounding in its subject, picks out the most awe-inspiring details, and inspires readers to explore further.
First Friends is a fun two-level beginner's course that develops vocabulary, practises phonics, and teaches family values. First Friends makes children's first year of learning English motivating and fun. A regular unit cycle and engaging support resources help you create a positive learning environment where children can develop confidence, build vocabulary skills, and practise phonics. The carefully researched phonics programme gives you lessons that are ideal for children who don't use the Roman alphabet.