Being Creative In Primary English

Download or read book Being Creative in Primary English written by Adrian Copping and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should we foster creativity in primary English? A practical and accessible text that demonstrates how creative thinking and learning can support primary English teaching. With chapters mapped to the Teachers′ Standards and links to the new National Curriculum, each chapter provides a case study exploring high-quality primary English practice including planning, rationale and ideas for the classroom. These are fully grounded in a wide range of theoretical frameworks, viewpoints and values. Reflective activities in each chapter offering practical exercises and additional reading suggestions, encourage trainee teachers to further their understanding of how theory translates to classroom practice. This inspiring book helps support learning, teaching and assessment without losing innovation, excitement and motivation for both teachers and children.

Download or read book Creative Teaching: English in the Early Years and Primary Classroom written by Chris Horner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-06-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a range of exciting activities that support the development of creative English lessons within the existing structures of the Foundation Curriculum and the National Curriculum, this book: is packed full of interactive and creative teaching strategies provides guidance on assessing creative work highlights opportunities for creative literacy activities across the curriculum covers ages 3-11.

Download or read book Creativity in the Primary Curriculum written by Russell Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at primary teachers, this text explores creativity across curriculum subjects and offers advice on planning and implementing effective creative teaching and learning.

Download or read book Mastering Primary English written by Wendy Jolliffe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering Primary English introduces the primary English curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make English learning irresistible. Topics covered include: · Current developments in English · English as an irresistible activity · English as a practical activity · Skills to develop in English · Promoting curiosity · Assessing children in English · Practical issues This guide includes examples of children's work, case studies, readings to reflect upon and reflective questions that all help to exemplify what is considered to be best and most innovative practice. The book draws on the experience of two leading professionals in primary English, Wendy Jolliffe and David Waugh, to provide the essential guide to teaching English for all trainee and qualified primary teachers.

Download or read book Literacy and ICT in the Primary School written by Andrew Rudd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By clearly outlining how ICT can enhance and improve children’s learning, this book unlocks the full potential of ICT within the classroom. Stimulating, useful and free of jargon, the book provides many practical examples to show teachers where, when and how ICT can be used effectively within literacy teaching. It provides advice on: teaching creatively using ICT in the Foundation Stage making the most of your resources planning and assessment. Rooted in the practical realities of the classroom, this book will support both trainee and qualified teachers in providing rich and creative literacy experiences through the use of technology.

Download or read book A Guided Reader to Early Years and Primary English written by Margaret Mallett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guided Reader to Early Years and Primary English draws on extracts from the published work of some of the most influential education writers to provide insight, guidance and clarity about key issues affecting early years practitioners and primary English teachers. The book brings together key extracts from classic and contemporary writing and contextualises these in both theoretical and practical terms. The extracts are accompanied by a summary of the key ideas and issues raised, questions to promote discussion and reflective practice, and annotated further reading lists to extend thinking. Taking a thematic approach and including a short introduction to each theme, the chapters cover: Models of and approaches to early years and primary English; Speaking and listening in English lessons: story-telling, drama, ‘booktalk’ and debate; Reading and responding to texts in English lessons; Writing in English lessons: finding a ‘voice’; Knowledge about language: grammar, spelling, punctuation and handwriting; The rich landscape of children’s literature; Non-fiction in English lessons; Planning, assessing and recording children’s progress: the learning cycle. Aimed at trainee and newly qualified teachers, those working towards Masters level qualifications and all those involved in the teaching of early years and primary English, this accessible, but critically provocative text will be an essential resource for those that wish to deepen their understanding of early years and primary English education.

Download or read book Teaching Primary English Through Drama written by Suzi Clipson-Boyles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching Primary English through Drama builds on the success of the classic text Drama in Primary English, inspiring ideas and techniques for teaching English skills through the medium of drama.