Product Description: Written by an experienced teacher and literacy consultant, Planning to Teach Writing offers an easy-to-use, tried-and-tested framework that will reduce teachers’ planning time while raising standards in writing. Using the circles planning approach, it provides fresh inspiration for teachers who want to engage and enthuse their pupils, with exciting and varied hooks into writing, including picture books, short stories, novels and films...read more

Product Description: A collection of 150 unique games and activities to help support teaching literacy in the primary classroom. Designed with busy teachers in mind, the Classroom Gems series draws together an extensive selection of practical, tried-and-tested, off-the-shelf ideas, games and activities guaranteed to transform any lesson or classroom in an instant...read more

Build young writers’ competence and confidence with Vicki Spandel’s 6-Trait approach!    “[A]n essential read for primary writing teachers everywhere!”  —Wendy Ellis, Literacy Specialist, Arkansas State Department of Education   Creating Young Writers is now packed with more activities, more strategies, more lesson plans, and a goldmine of resources that every new or veteran educator should have! Vicki Spandel’s exploration of her powerful 6-trait approach will guide teachers in planning a successful elementary writing program that will help build strong writers from the very beginning!   The treasured resource for fostering early writing skills just got better!  Highlights more recommended books to use as mentor resources for every trait –including conventions! Expands teachers’ understanding of how to respond positively to every writer’s work. Encourages teachers who have not tried modeling with their students to do so with confidence. Offers positive assessment options for virtually ANY writer with revised continuums that focus on what beginning writers CAN do. Includes a study guide-oriented collection of discussion questions and challenging activities, perfect for a study group!

Product Description: "Informational writing is the perfect genre for second graders because nobody is more curious about the workings of the world and is more eager to tell you a zillion facts about the topic at hand." Marika Paez Wiesen Informational writing taps into second graders natural inclination to explore and excitedly share the new and strange discoveries that fill their worlds on a daily basis...read more

Product Description: Exploring Nonfiction with Young Learners explores the four basic nonfiction structures that the youngest learners are most likely to encounter: descriptive, recount/collection, procedural, and explanatory texts. This book also includes information to help teach four, more complex structures that younger readers sometimes encounter during read-alouds: comparison, response, causation/cause and effect, and persuasive genres...read more

Product Description: Research shows that learning is more motivating and fun on an interactive whiteboard. But teachers have very little time to create lessons for the SMART Board™. These ready-to-use lessons offer the perfect solution! Sure to engage students, the timesaving activities included in the book and CD teach phonics, sentence and paragraph structures, punctuation, spelling, story planning, and so much more...read more

Sesto, a world-famous magician, is growing old and believes his powers are failing. When he discovers that his much-younger wife is in love with his assistant he plots a revenge both horrible and elaborate.

Product Description: Sesto, a world-famous magician, is growing old and believes his powers are failing. When he discovers that his much-younger wife is in love with his assistant he plots a revenge both horrible and elaborate.