Communicating ideas and information is what makes writing meaningful—yet many upper elementary and middle school students write in a vacuum, without considering the aims of their writing or the needs of their readers. This highly informative, teacher-friendly book presents a fresh perspective on writing instruction along with practical methods for the classroom.
The Effective Teacher's Guide to Dyslexia and other Learning Difficulties (Learning Disabilities): Practical strategies (The Effective Teacher's Guide
Offering valuable practical advice, this book provides the ordinary classroom teacher with enough information to equip them with a range of strategies to tackle everyday classroom situations. This book expertly guides the reader through:
legal and policy contexts
terms and definitions
interventions and rationale
approaches related to different curriculum subjects
Implementing the Lexical Approach: Putting Theory into Practice
The Book describes how the lexical approach works in the classroom. It will stimulate educators to think about what one does at all levels. IMPLEMENTING THE LEXICAL APPROACH develops the theoretical position set out in Michael Lewis highly acclaimed THE LEXICAL APPROACH. IMPLENTING THE LEXICAL APPROACH provides teachers with comprehensive, step by step classroom changes to ensure more effective teaching and more efficient learning. It shows clearly how lexis, grammar and phonology interact in ways which directly affect how learners store new language. Includes detailed discussion of the importance of noticing, the value of repeating tasks, and the design of lexical exercises
Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for 7-14, 3 edition
Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom is a practical resource to help Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 teachers explore and understand a range of concepts, principles and techniques gathered under the term ‘emotional intelligence’, and the way that this powerfully influences pupils’ behaviour and learning in the classroom. Creative activities are suggested throughout, leading towards a more explicit focus on coaching methods to help pupils become independent, creative and effective learners able to set goals, generate ideas, solve problems and arrive at reasoned decisions.
Hot Topics is a two-book series specifically developed for the intermediate to advanced English language learner. The series is intended to support a discussion-style classroom and contains some of the most current issues of interest...
