Learn how to create a positive learning environment using positive psychology. Understand students social and emotional needs and understand how these are linked to learning.
Also:
To learn how the classroom environment affects learning
To learn what makes students happy
To learn how to establish ground rules
To see how we can praise and encourage
To discuss our ideal selves
To provide feedback
Look, Cover, Write, Check Sheet and Vocabulary Organizer. Students practice spelling words and then look up the meaning of new words using a dictionary. Good for pre-teaching vocabulary. Suitable for Primary, SEN and ESL students.
Younger students will have fun playing Phonics Snakes & Ladders. Whenever they land on a sound they must try and say it. Be careful not to step on a snake! Have fun playing this game with Lower Primary, SEN and ESL students. A great way to learn our letter sounds!
Use this table mat resource to encourage students to self or peer assess work and up level and improve their writing according to standards based on the English National Curriculum.
The purpose of a procedural text is to provide sequenced information, instructions or directions so that people can successfully perform activities in safe, effective and appropriate ways. Many things are written as a list of steps to follow like rules, recipes, directions, science experiments, instructions, for example, how to make your bed or fix a car. This activity book includes checklists for students, differentiated activities for LA/HA students and think pair share activities. Includes 25 pages, a complete term of activities.
Narrative writing is telling a story about a real or imagined event. Narratives include short stories, novels, biographies and personal stories. They can be written about many different topics. A good writer uses expression and thinks about the language used so that the story is enjoyable for both the writer and the reader. The events are usually written about in the order that they happened with a clear beginning, middle and end. This activity book includes checklists for students, differentiated activities for LA/HA students and think pair share activities. Includes 38 pages, a complete term of activities.
English Guided Reading Bookmark with a variety of simple to more complex questions to help students improve their understanding of the text. Based on dialogic teaching methods. Suitable for school based Guided Reading and Home Reading.
Awesome collection of 8 worksheets, games and activities for Guided Reading and writing recounts, including graphic organizers for planning and re-writing, HOTs question cards, story spinners and more!
Use this set of 16 exciting library activity cards to find information from fiction and non fiction books. Printed in colour, these cards can be carried out over 16 weeks to enable students to make the most of their library resources.
A great book to start a new year. Works well with lower primary, SEN and ESL students. Students create a 4 page book to describe themselves, their families and likes and dislikes.
A useful resource for Guided Reading and Independant Reading. Students use the mat to ask and answer questions about the story, based on HOT strategies. Encurages students to delve deeper into the text.
Use this colourful resource to help structure writing. Students complete the Story Mountain graphic organizer to help them plan their story, think of problems and resolutions in their story and to build in a beginning, climax and ending.
Questions cards for Guided Reading, Based on HOTs Higher Order Thinking strategies to encourage students to have a deeper understanding of the text. These colourful cards can be cut out and placed on a split pin for easy access.
Use this phone for speaking and listening activities with young learners, SEN and ESL learners to encourage speaking. Includes a question bank with answers.
A collection of three colourful story spinners to make story writing fun! Students spin the sheels and choose characters, settins and descriptive adjectives to complement their story. Suitable for Primary students and ESL & SEN students. Have fun creating exciting stories by randomly picking story settings, characters and character traits.