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FREE DOWNLOADS. In order for you to experience our 3-tier approach to Shakespeare for free, here you can download sections from 4 plays (with 4 sections for The Tempest).

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Presented as lineart, these documents are quick to download and simple to print. As an added bonus, not only do we offer brief teaching resource books to accompany each play, but we also provide a "No Text" version, featuring empty word balloons that you can fill in. To save these Adobe PDF files, right-click and select "Save Target As", storing them on your computer for viewing and printing (You will need the Adobe reader to open these .pdf files. Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Your 7-page PDF download, free for all English teachers & librarians, is available here: Dulce et Decorum Est (Acrobat PDF) Either access it from this site, or Right-Click (PC) / Option-Click (Mac) and select "Save Target As...

" to save it to your computer or memory stick. We sincerely hope that you and your students enjoy using this engaging resource. Teaching Ideas Library. Home - Food a fact of life. Matching Books to Readers: Zoobean Growing Book by Book. In this season of giving, I wanted to share one of the most important gifts that you can give to a child- BOOKS!

Matching Books to Readers: Zoobean Growing Book by Book

As a mom and educator, I see the power of books and the ability they have to shape and change lives. Most likely, if you follow Growing Book by Book, you share that same passion! On Facebook, I asked readers if they purchase books for holiday gifts and there was an overwhelming, “YES!”. It warms my heart that so many little ones will be opening some new or used books this season. Full Disclosure: Zoobean provided a subscription for me to review. I recently discovered Zoobean and have been in love ever since.

Here is the information I gave for my subscription. 3 year-old boy language: English no preference on characters (animals or people were fine with us) genre: nature, adventure, fantasy & imagination interests: sports, the arts, trains, plains & transportation reading level: read-alouds With that information, Zoobean sent us The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers. Library Stuff. Reading – the third component. Reading Alison Gopnik’s The Philosophical Baby, which examines what new research into the way children’s minds work and develop tells us about truth, love and the meaning of life, continues to provoke some thoughts about the nature and importance of reading itself.

Reading – the third component

You can hear Gopnik’s TED Talk which explains much of her thinking by clicking here Reading is often described as having two major components – decoding or word recognition and comprehension. Indeed this is the basis of the much referenced Simple View of reading. Gopnik’s work on the importance of counterfactuals in the development of children’s minds suggests that there is perhaps a third important component which we could call imagination. And could it be that this is the element which is desirable if we are looking to encourage cognitive development in our children? Maryanne Wolf in Proust and the Squid sees a direct parallel between the generative aspects of reading and the plasticity of the brain.

Your must-have classroom toolkit. Comment:3.8 average rating | Comments (52)Last Updated:17 March, 2014Section:Resources We’ve picked out a selection of must-have classroom management and lesson planning resources uploaded and rated by teachers.

Your must-have classroom toolkit

This list includes some of the most popular resources ever uploaded to the TES, some have been downloaded by more than 130,000 teachers! And they’re all free .. Simply follow the links to download the individual resources. You’ll need to log in the first time you download a resource - if you don’t have an account then you’ll be prompted to create one, which is free and only takes a minute. Behaviour management and rewards Top 10 behaviour management tips Does exactly what it says on the box. Marbles Timer The world’s finest tidy-up timer based on marbles and jars. Reward stickers Praise reward stickers for early years and primary. Effort league table A whole class reward chart based on a football league table.

Pirate ship reward chart Reward wristband More recommended behaviour resources.