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The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy Susan Elkin

The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy By Susan Elkin

The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy by Susan Elkin

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Summary

A guide offering advice on: the role of literacy in the classrooms; on developing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills; and, on using various strategies to help build pupils' confidence. It includes chapters that contain checklists for TAs to record their progress and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.

The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy Summary

The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy by Susan Elkin

This practical guide gives TAs useful advice on: the role of literacy in the classrooms; advice on developing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills; and, using various strategies to help build pupils' confidence. Each chapter contains checklists for TAs to record their progress and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.

About Susan Elkin

Susan Elkin is an education journalist and former secondary school teacher.

Table of Contents

1. What literacy is; - The national strategy; - Role of literacy in the curriculum; - Literacy in practice; - The literacy hour; 2. What precedes literacy?; - Activities (singing, rhymes, games and stories); 3. Learning to read; - Different methods; - Role of Phonics, including practical ideas and games; - Teaching love of books by example; 4. Learning to Write; - Different methods; - Using writing frames; - Activities for encouraging spelling; 5. Speaking and listening; - Why is developing speaking and listening skills important?; - Activities to encourage pupils to speak and listen including reading aloud, small group discussions and building vocabulary.; 6. Wider Literacy; - Links with subjects across the curriculum; - Role of poetry and drama; - Whole school literacy projects; 7. Further reading and sources of more information.

Additional information

GOR006983471
9780826493675
082649367X
The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy by Susan Elkin
Susan Elkin
Used - Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20070310
160
N/A
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