Educational: English Language: Reading & Writing Skills

Learning to read is one of the most important life skills teachers can help a child develop. Teaching reading is a vital part of a career in the cl...

How exciting! Write Dance is now in its third edition, and what a lovely book this is! It gives teachers exactly what they have been asking for; a ...

How exciting! Write Dance is now in its third edition, and what a lovely book this is! It gives teachers exactly what they have been asking for; a ...

Lesson planning in line with the new Primary National Curriculum! Why do we teach children to read?  It is not merely to decode the words.  We t...

Lesson planning in line with the new Primary National Curriculum! Why do we teach children to read?  It is not merely to decode the words.  We t...

The Primary National Curriculum sets challenging expectations for the teaching of writing. Children must master the process of composition, redraf...

The Primary National Curriculum sets challenging expectations for the teaching of writing. Children must master the process of composition, redraf...

The Primary National Curriculum sets challenging expectations for the teaching of writing. Children must master the process of composition, redraf...

Phonics and Word Study for the Teacher of Reading is a self-paced, self-instruction program designed to help teachers independently develop a compr...

Designed to help educators assess the Big Five components of reading instruction as identified by the National Reading Panelphonemic awareness, pho...

The synthetic phonics approach is used in all primary schools in England.  If you are a trainee or beginning primary school teacher, you need to de...

Beat burnout with time-saving best practices for feedback For ELA teachers, the danger of burnout is all too real. Inundated with seemingly insurm...

Expectations in primary English are high, particularly in reading. There is an emphasis on inference and deduction together with vocabulary develop...

These series of books are of really high quality. [They] take the time to explain the issues and work in good straight forward steps - ...

When done on a regular basis, interactive writing has the potential to improve independent writing. Authors Kate Roth and Joan Dabrowski detail how...

Committed to the power of oral language, Literacy Out Loud recognizes the important role talk plays in developing the reading and writing abilities...

A collection of 150 unique games and activities to help support teaching of phonics in the primary classroom.   Designed with busy teachers in mind...