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Make literacy cool with Story Seekers

Story Seekers is designed to lift reluctant readers’ literacy skills through easy-reading, high-interest texts and engage learners with a background other than English. Written at an approximately 7-year-old reading level, the books have a strong appeal to 10- to 12-year old readers. The Activity Book offers teaching ideas and cross-curricular activities.

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Guide students to make intertextual connections

Making Connections aims to guide students to make connections in a purposeful and meaningful way. Intertextual connections are made and the philosophies underpinning the themes are explored. Information sheets draw together the rich range of creative ideas presented and worksheets help students to consolidate the information and practise their connection-making skills.

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JillE Read Aloud Books and Teacher Guide, Year 1 Pack

Capture students’ interest and imagination with the humorous, thought-provoking stories in the JillE Read Aloud Books! The Power of Story – Read Aloud Guide supports your read-aloud experience with suggestions to get the most from each story.

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How to successfully transition children to school

The Bridge to Transition sets out systematically describes the key concepts that underpin a successful transition programme, including talk, literacy, numeracy, executive functions, social and physical skills, and wellbeing. Through a series of reflective questions, it guides teachers to connect these areas to their own curriculum documents and the needs of their children.

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Differentiated tasks to build maths skills & strategies

Maths Problems and Investigations provides differentiated problem-solving activities that take students through the process of reading the problem, identifying relevant information, selecting appropriate strategies, solving the problem and checking their solutions. It also includes engaging investigations that address real-life situations.

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Stimulate discussion and develop thinking skills

Thinking about Philosophical Issues offers timeless, relevant and engaging discussion plans and activities that centre on philosophical problems that are by their nature contestable. They are designed to stimulate discussion and help students to develop their skills of discrimination and reasoning.

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Essential Resources believes in learning. We help teachers teach and students learn.

Our resources are strongly grounded in what works in the classroom, giving teachers lesson plans, tools and strategies they need to make a difference. They support students’ learning through every stage of their schooling, ensuring students excel and can apply their learning to numerous meaningful contexts.

Engaging and of high interest, they are developed to provide students with the skills necessary to become analytical thinkers, problem solvers and idea generators, and to succeed in a multinational work environment.