With engaging texts and topics to develop reading and writing skills, Oxford Primary Skills is the perfect partner for any course. It builds up reading skills through a wide variety of texts students want to read including websites and magazines. The supportive writing tasks give students the opportunity to write 'real' texts about themselves such as emails and diary entries. And there's optional vocabulary for every chapter.
The Story of Santa Claus is a stage 2 reader from the Express Primary Readers series for elementary students. It tells the story of Mr. Claus, a carpenter, who lives in the cold North with his wife, Mrs. Claus. They decide to make toys to give to the children in the village. The next year, there is a lot of snow and the Claus's become very cold as they make their deliveries. To reward them for their kindness, an angel appears and helps them on their journey. What does she give to the kind couple?
This new edition of Tom Hutchinson's bestselling course combines all the aspects that students and teachers loved from the previous edition with exiting new digital components, extra resources and more teacher support than ever before. Engage your students with dramatized episodes of Kids, the photo-story from the Student's Book, available through iTools and the DVD. For your kinaesthetic learners there are new fun total physical response pronunciation activities in the pronunciation bank at the back of the Student's Book. Other students will enjoy reading the stories in the extensive reading bank.
All teachers know that a robust vocabulary gives students the communication skills they need to do well on tests and shine in the classroom--and the best way to ensure successful vocabulary instruction is to embrace new and engaging strategies that don't take too much time away from other work. To get the clock on their side and do what's best for their students, teachers need to learn how to provide short and effective vocabulary mini-lessons that can be used at any point during class.
In this book, you'll explore what Michael F. Opitz and Michael P. Ford have discovered about planning lessons that engage students and enable them to truly enjoy learning. The authors outline key findings from research on motivation and engagement and offer real-life teaching examples from various grades. They show how to systematically propel students to enjoy using their minds every day--and to view themselves as confident learners ready to take on the challenges of the world. Engaging Minds in the Classroom is a must-read for any educator who understands that developing students' love of learning is the catalyst for achievement at every level.
