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This is an interesting and fascinating look at dinosaurs across all curriculum areas but with a strong focus on technology. The range of activities also incorporates the range of learning styles – visual, auditory, reading and kinaesthetic. This high-interest theme can be developed either on its own or incorporated into your existing unit. The hard work is done – think of the saving in your time! The activities encourage students to work independently and teaches them skills that can be used in other areas. A variety of research resources are incorporated such as posters, videos, books, Internet, PowerPoint®, audio-cassettes etc. This unit is multi-level and caters to students from Grade 2-6, making it ideal for a multi-level class situation. It has the flexibility for students to work at their own level while developing and extending their skills. This unit can be done on activity sheets or completed using presentation software programs. more...

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A collection of highly motivating Internet based research topics including Marine Life and other Underwater Wonders, Astronomy and Space, the Ancient World, Famous People, Our Earth and Unexplained Mysteries. Web references for research are sourced, provided and regularly maintained through the publisher?s website. more...

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K - 1 Reading Skills - Book 1. This series of 4 graded resource books introduces and then provides practice and revision in a developmental sequence the vocabulary and basic phonetic and grammar skills that children are exposed to at each stage of early reading. Book 1 covers:. • initial consonant sounds – m, s, h, f, b, w, p, c, t, g, l, d, j,. • blend, pl and digraph, th. • endings – s, er, ed, ing. • Punctuation – periods, capital, quotation marks. The books are laid out in a way that makes them useful support material and activities that can be used for:. • largely independent work. • a parent supervised group. • teacher-aide supervised individual/group. • a teacher-led shared activity within a reading program. This series is a power-packed supplementary teaching resource. more...

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K - 1 Reading Skills - Book 3. This series of 4 graded resource books introduces and then provides practice and revision in a developmental sequence the vocabulary and basic phonetic and grammar skills that children are exposed to at each stage of early reading. Book 3 covers:. • blends – fr, gr, cr, gl, pl, fl, st, sc, sp, sm. • short vowels a, e, i, o, u. • alphabetical order. • contractions. • Changing y to ies and ied. The books are laid out in a way that makes them useful support material and activities that can be used for:. • largely independent work. • a parent supervised group. • teacher-aide supervised individual/group. • a teacher-led shared activity within a reading program. This series is a power-packed supplementary teaching resource. more...

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Learn Basic Sight Words. This book uses large and small motor activities and sentence reading and writing activities with contextual clues to introduce 24 basic sight words. The activities used repeat for each word so that independence is quickly achieved and students can complete the activity on their own as a follow-up activity to instruction. Activities for each word are:. • tracing over a large model of the word. • copying over the word and writing it independently. • cutting out the muddled letters of the word and sticking them in the correct order. • selecting the correct word from a selection of words. • completing a sentence (use basic vocab and picture clues for understanding) with the word and reading the sentences. • cutting out the muddled words of one of the sentences and putting it together in the correct order. Ideal for building into a book which the children can keep and read and re read and take home to share. The importance of being able to retain and instantly recognize the basic sight words to a good start in reading can not be overstated. This resource will supplement classroom teaching and develop independence and success. more...

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