The Striving to Improve Series targets students who, for whatever reason, are struggling to keep up with their peers. The activities in the books are designed to prevent students from regressing any further at school. The tasks are based on a modified curriculum so that students can work at their own pace and without constant supervision from the teacher. This book, 'Angles, Shapes and Mensuration', is focused on Measurement and Geometry Strands for lower ability students and those who need further opportunity to consolidate these core areas in mathematics. Each section of the book provides students with the opportunity to consolidate written and mental methods of calculation, with an emphasis on process and understanding. The section entitled Angles enables students to review types of angles and naming angles. There is the opportunity to practise drawing angles and using angles within a context. Students then have the opportunity to investigate angles in a triangle and to also classify the different types of triangles. The section entitled Shapes And Mensuration familiarises students with units of length, mass and capacity and provides activities to consolidate unit conversions using mental strategies. The activities then move on to exploring perimeter and area of rectangles and triangles and allow for a thorough consolidation of these foundational concepts. Students then engage with simple volume and capacity ideas. These activities are a useful way to scaffold a new unit of Mathematics and will help build confidence for lower ability students to attempt more challenging problems at their year level. The activities are designed to guide student learning with minimal input from the teacher and there is a strong emphasis on process and understanding.The activities can be used for individual students needing further consolidation in a mainstream classroom or as instructional worksheets for a whole class of lower ability students. The activities are aimed at students working at approximate year levels of Year 4 through to Year 7 and are appropriate for students requiring extra support in Years 7, 8 and 9. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (52 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Editor: Mirella Trimboli

The 'Striving to Improve Series' targets students who, for whatever reason, are struggling to keep up with their peers. The activities in the books are designed to prevent students from regressing any further at school. The tasks are based on a modified curriculum so that students can work at their own pace and without constant supervision from the teacher. This book, 'Fractions, Decimals and Percentages', is focused on the Number and Algebra Strand for lower ability students and those who need further opportunity to consolidate these core areas in mathematics. Each section of the book provides students with the opportunity to consolidate written and mental methods of calculation, with an emphasis on process and understanding. The section entitled 'Skills With Decimals' enables students to re-encounter ideas in decimal place value, calculations with decimals, comparing decimal quantities and rounding decimal amounts. The section entitled 'Fractions, Decimals And Percentages' walks students through conversions between fractions, decimals and percentages. Students explore mental and written methods for performing conversion calculations. Attention is also given to real world applications and uses of these different representations, with an emphasis on understanding and using percentages. These activities are a useful way to scaffold a new unit of Mathematics and will help build confidence for lower ability students to attempt more challenging problems at their year level. The activities are designed to guide student learning with minimal input from the teacher and there is a strong emphasis on process and understanding. The activities can be used for individual students needing further consolidation in a mainstream classroom or as instructional worksheets for a whole class of lower ability students. The activities are aimed at students working at approximate year levels of Year 4 through to Year 7 and are appropriate for students requiring extra support in Years 7, 8 and 9. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (55 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Editor: Mirella Trimboli

The 'Striving to Improve Series' targets 11 - 15 year old students who, for whatever reason, are struggling to keep up with their peers. The activities in the books are designed to prevent students from regressing any further at school. The tasks are based on a modified curriculum so that students can work at their own pace and without constant supervision from the teacher. This book, 'Fractions', is focused on the Number and Algebra Strand for lower ability students and those who need further opportunity to consolidate these core areas in mathematics. The section entitled 'Understanding Fractions' enables students to re-encounter ideas of equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, improper fraction, mixed numerals and comparing fractions. The section entitled 'Calculating With Fractions' walks students through the four core calculations. These activities are a useful way to scaffold a new unit of Mathematics and will help build confidence for lower ability students to attempt more challenging problems at their year level. The activities are designed to guide student learning with minimal input from the teacher and there is a strong emphasis on process and understanding. The activities can be used for individual students needing further consolidation in a mainstream classroom or as instructional worksheets for a whole class of lower ability students. The activities are aimed at students working at approximate year levels of Year 4 through to Year 7 and are appropriate for students requiring extra support in Years 7, 8 and 9. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (52 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Editor: Mirella Trimboli

The 'Striving to Improve Series' targets 11 - 15 year old students who, for whatever reason, are struggling to keep up with their peers. The activities in the books are designed to prevent students from regressing any further at school. The tasks are based on a modified curriculum so that students can work at their own pace and without constant supervision from the teacher. This book, 'Integers', is focused on Number and Algebra Strands for lower ability students and those who need further opportunity to consolidate these core areas in mathematics. The section entitled Understanding Integers enables students to re-encounter ideas of place value, rounding, estimation, factors, multiples and the concept of a directed number. The section entitled Calculating With Integers walks students through the four core calculations. Students explore addition and subtraction with two and three digit sums and can apply what they have learned to some real life application problems. Similarly, students explore the various levels of multiplication and division before applying them to a variety of applications. Each section provides students with the opportunity to consolidate written and mental methods of calculation, with an emphasis on process and understanding. The activities can be used for individual students needing further consolidation in a mainstream classroom or as instructional worksheets for a whole class of lower ability students. The activities are aimed at students working at approximate year levels of Year 4 through to Year 7 and are appropriate for students requiring extra support in Years 7, 8 and 9. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (56 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Editor: Mirella Trimboli

'English Skills: Book 5 - Prefixes and Suffixes' aims to help students learn, consolidate and reinforce basic English skills. It has been extensively tested and has proven effective with students of all ages, from junior primary through to adults. The worksheets can be used with a wide range of students, depending on their reading age and individual needs. Teachers of ESL will also find the series to be a valuable resource in the classroom. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (24 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Frances Croft

'English Skills: Book 4 - Parts of Speech and Punctuation' aims to help students learn, consolidate and reinforce basic English skills. It has been extensively tested and has proven effective with students of all ages, from junior primary through to adults. The worksheets can be used with a wide range of students, depending on their reading age and individual needs. Teachers of ESL will also find the series to be a valuable resource in the classroom. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (24 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Frances Croft

'English Skills Book 3: Consonants, Word Endings and Plurals' aims to help students learn, consolidate and reinforce basic English skills. It has been extensively tested and has proven effective with students of all ages, from junior primary through to adults. The worksheets can be used with a wide range of students, depending on their reading age and individual needs. Teachers of ESL will also find the series to be a valuable resource in the classroom. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (24 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Frances Croft

'English Skills Book 2: Tricky Vowels and Words' aims to help students learn, consolidate and reinforce basic English skills. It has been extensively tested and has proven effective with students of all ages, from junior primary through to adults. The worksheets can be used with a wide range of students, depending on their reading age and individual needs. Teachers of ESL will also find the series to be a valuable resource in the classroom. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (24 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Frances Croft

English Skills Book 1: Simple Vowel Sounds aims to help students learn, consolidate and reinforce basic English skills. It has been extensively tested and has proven effective with students of all ages, from junior primary through to adults. The worksheets can be used with a wide range of students, depending on their reading age and individual needs. Teachers of ESL will also find the series to be a valuable resource in the classroom. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (28 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Frances Croft

The activities within 'Alphabet Activities Book 4: Sound and Word Development' are designed to consolidate and reinforce introductory reading, spelling and handwriting skills. The activities contain child-friendly graphics and are presented in a comprehensive sequence of increasing difficulty, designed to motivate students to develop and learn. All activities are linked to the English curriculum documents for Key Stage 1. 'Alphabet Activities Book 4: Sound and Word Development' follows on from earlier books in this series, giving students opportunities to identify sounds through a range of activities including cut-and-paste, read and draw, true and false, matching words to pictures and unjumbling words. In addition, the activities strengthen students’ sight vocabularies and further develop fine motor skills through the practice of letter formation. In the Alphabet Activity series, each book contains a set of practical photocopy master activities that will enhance any early childhood literacy program. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (56 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Authors: Kerry Heathcote and Kathryn Bryce

The activities within 'Alphabet Activities Book 3: Sound and Word Building' are designed to consolidate and reinforce introductory reading, spelling and handwriting skills. The activities contain child-friendly graphics and are presented in a comprehensive sequence of increasing difficulty, designed to motivate students to develop and learn. All activities are linked to the English curriculum documents for Key Stage 1. 'Alphabet Activities Book 3: Sound and Word Building' follows on from earlier books in this series, giving students opportunities to identify sounds through a range of activities involving matching and labelling words to pictures. Letter formation is an essential step in these activities and students will have practice at enhancing their fine motor skills. In the Alphabet Activity series, each book contains a set of practical photocopy master activities that will enhance any early childhood literacy program. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (56 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Authors: Kerry Heathcote and Kathryn Bryce

The activities within 'Alphabet Activities Book 2: Sound Jigsaws and Word Matching' are designed to consolidate and reinforce introductory reading, spelling and handwriting skills. The activities contain child-friendly graphics and are presented in a comprehensive sequence of increasing difficulty, designed to motivate students to develop and learn. All activities are linked to the English curriculum documents for Key Stage 1. 'Alphabet Activities Book 2: Sound Jigsaws and Word Matching' follows on from Book 1 (Initial Sounds) in this series, giving students opportunities to identify sounds through a variety of activities involving matching and labelling words to pictures. Letter formation is an essential step in these activities and students will have practice at enhancing their fine motor skills. In the Alphabet Activity series, each book contains a set of practical photocopy master activities that will enhance any early childhood literacy program. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (56 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Authors: Kerry Heathcote and Kathryn Bryce

'Alphabet Activities Book 1: Initial Sounds' introduces each letter of the alphabet as an initial sound. Students are given opportunities to identify sounds through colouring and matching activities. Letter formation is an essential step in these activities and students will have practice at developing their fine motor skills. In the Alphabet Activity series, each book contains a set of practical photocopy master activities that will enhance any early childhood literacy program. Activities are designed to consolidate and reinforce introductory reading, spelling and handwriting skills. The activities contain child-friendly graphics and are presented in a comprehensive sequence of increasing difficulty, designed to motivate students to develop and learn. All activities are linked to the English curriculum documents for Key Stage 1. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (56 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Authors: Kerry Heathcote and Kathryn Bryce

'Problem Solving Maths for Juniors: Book 2' has proven extremely popular over the years, providing a range of 30 plus problem solving activities incorporating such strategies as: Developing logical thinking Using number concepts to develop logical thinking Logical reasoning Developing visual imagery Pattern perception Pattern perception using number. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (40 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Ready-Ed Publications

'Problem Solving Maths for Juniors: Book 2' has proven extremely popular over the years, providing a range of 30 plus problem solving activities incorporating such strategies as: Developing logical thinking Using number concepts to develop logical thinking Logical reasoning Developing visual imagery Pattern perception Pattern perception using number. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (40 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Ready-Ed Publications

'Problem Solving Maths for Juniors: Book 1' has proven extremely popular over the years. It provides a range of 30 plus problem solving activities incorporating such strategies as: Developing logical thinking Using number concepts to develop logical thinking Logical reasoning Developing visual imagery Pattern perception Pattern perception using number. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (40 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Ready-Ed Publications

'Problem Solving Maths for Juniors: Book 1' has proven extremely popular over the years. It provides a range of 30 plus problem solving activities incorporating such strategies as: Developing logical thinking Using number concepts to develop logical thinking Logical reasoning Developing visual imagery Pattern perception Pattern perception using number. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (40 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Ready-Ed Publications

'PE Activities' provides teachers with 170 physical activities and games which can be taught to all year levels of the primary school. 'PE Activities' is clearly divided into sections so that you can easily locate activities for the year level that you are teaching. Games which require equipment are separated from those which don’t require any equipment and each page can be photocopied and taken outside or into the sports hall to make life simple. These activities are fun, effortlessly set up and curriculum linked. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (63 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Michael Barton

'Life Skills: Grief, Illness and Other Issues' deals with the sensitive issues of coping with grief and loss, serious illness, permanent injury and physical disability. This book is an ideal resource for teachers who may have a terminally ill child in their class, or have a student/students with siblings suffering a terminal illness. Other sections deal with emotions and outcomes as a result of having experienced a serious accident resulting in permanent physical disability. Activities and extension ideas endeavour to highlight how life can continue on after such events by analysing personal and physical strengths. Stories of inspiration have been included as well as stories that describe situations of loss and disability within families. 'Life Skills: Grief, Illness and Other Issues' also provides opportunities for students to devise ways to help people who have suffered a loss or injury, through exploring the work of charity organisations. 'The Life Skills' series was developed to equip the busy classroom teacher with practical and relevant ideas for enhancing essential life skills in individual students. This innovative four-book series aims to fill the gap between the frameworks set out by national bodies and the delivery of sensitive, yet meaningful, lessons in the everyday class. Many of the topics that are dealt with in this series are specifically designed for a particular event that may arise in the classroom. Activities can be used in one-on-one discussions or as whole class activities, depending on the situation. The materials are designed for middle to upper primary students, however, the ideas and information are appropriate for all school aged children. Each book in this series contains extensive background notes for teachers, parents and students. Many sections contain annotated resource lists for multimedia, literature and general classroom resources. Extension ideas are given where possible and all activities are linked to student outcomes. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (40 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Jane Bourke

'Life Skills: Family Relationships' examines family roles and also discusses sensitive issues that may arise in family situations. It provides opportunities for students to explore feelings and emotions in a range of contexts as well as promoting strategies for coping with difficult issues such as separation, divorce and family conflicts. Activities are designed to complement individual and class discussions. Many activities are designed for specific situations and are not intended as a whole class activity. Instead they should be used only where applicable or relevant. Practical activities include creating rosters at home, improving communication skills, reading stories about other people’s families, examining personal roles within the family and brainstorming strategies for dealing with anger. 'The Life Skills' series was developed to equip the busy classroom teacher with practical and relevant ideas for enhancing essential life skills in individual students. This innovative four-book series aims to fill the gap between the frameworks set out by national bodies and the delivery of sensitive, yet meaningful, lessons in the everyday class. The materials are designed for middle to upper primary students, however, the ideas and information are appropriate for all school aged children. Each book in this series contains extensive background notes for teachers, parents and students. Many sections contain annotated resource lists for multimedia, literature and general classroom resources. Extension ideas are given where possible and all activities are linked to Attainment Targets. This is a Photocopy Master ebook (40 pages) and activity pages may be photocopied for use in the classroom. Our ebooks are in pdf format. Edubooks is an imprint of Ready-Ed Publications. Author: Jane Bourke