- Sale!This book of photocopiable activities contains materials that are carefully differentiated in order to aid progression in fine motor control, pencil skills, and hand-eye coordination.
- This unique handwriting programme, created by Margaret Bevan, is aimed specifically at those writers, young or old, who do not join letters as they write. It incorporates a simple joining system that does not require any memory of which letters join, or how. Letters are formed using two lines to identify the mid-zone. All letters start with an approach stroke and join at the top of the mid zone. The structured and cumulative A5 workbook practises writing letters individually, then adds them to letters already learnt to form common letter strings and words. Working on one page a day provides sufficient practice to make cursive writing as easy, but more fluent, than as the printed version it replaces.
- This toolbox contains all that's required to develop cursive script in the learner. It contains copies of Re-write 1 and 2, a dry-wipe letter formation writing practice board plus dry wipe pen, a triangular pencil grip and a handwriting practice book containing shaded lines and gridded paper. It also contains a copy of 'From Print to Cursive' - a structured cumulative workbook for developing cursive script once print is mastered and a 'Twist and Write' wishbone pencil.
- This classic grip fits on a pen/pencil to encourage and develop the classic thumb and two finger grip. It is particuarly necessary for those learners who overlap forefinger and thumb or use their thumb and three more fingers to hold the pencil. Using a faulty grip, even though their handwriting may be neat, will store up trouble in the future as a faulty grip affects the comfort and speed of writing at length.
- This second workbook by Valerie Hammond, follows on From Part One of the Re-Write handwriting programme. It provides the practice needed to ensure that letter formations and joins, learnt in Part One, can be used at the text level of writing, encouraging an automatic continuous cursive writing style. Common spelling patterns are embedded within short memorable poems, based on phonic sounds. These memorable and beautifully illustrated poems, when copied into the child's own book, provide the practice required to integrate the skill of handwriting with spelling.
- This accessible text written by Virginia Beringer and Beverly Wolf answers the question "How can teachers provided effective literacy instruction for students with learning difficulties?" Blending critical insights from scientific research studies with lessons learned from teaching experience, this text prepares educators to:
- organise classrooms routines and lesson plans through differentiated instruction to meet their student's instructional needs
- improve every aspect of students' literacy by providing both oral and written language instruction
- create a positive learning environment that promotes intellectual engagement
- apply a specific framework for instruction that helps students overcome working memory inefficiencies and fluency problems
- consider how preservice teacher education and inservice professional development can prepare teachers for differentiated instruction in general education.