The book lets teachers identify where their students are in terms of number skills & sets out a strategy for developing their knowledge The authors show how to advance children's learning across five stages of early arithmetical learning
- emergent perceptual figurative initial number & facile number This provides for increasingly sophisticated number strategies across addition subtraction multiplication & division as well as developing children's number word & numeral knowledge & their ability to structure number & have grouping strategies The approach used nine guiding principles for teaching Each chapter has clearly defined teaching procedures which show how to take the children onto the next more sophisticated stage The teaching procedures are organized into key teaching topics & each
Includes:o a clearly defined purpose o detailed instructions activities learning tasks & reinforcing gameso lists of responses which children may makeo application in whole class small group & individualised settingso a link to the Learning Framework in Number (see Early Numeracy- second edition 2005)o how the guiding principles for teaching can be used to allow teachers to evaluate & reflect upon their practice Primary practitioners in Australia the United States the United Kingdom & Canada have tested the teaching procedures which can be used in conjunction with each country's numeracy strategy Primary teachers especially of the early years mathematics co-ordinators heads of school mathematics advisers special educationalists learning support personnel teacher assistants lecturers in initial teacher training & educational psychologists will all find this book invaluable

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Bring the principles & practice of the acclaimed Mathematics Recovery Programme to whole-class teaching!WHY INVEST IN THE NEW EDITION? In full-colour with a revised layout for clearer navigation More up-to-date tasks activities & real classroom examples Learning trajectories for guiding instruction & tracking progress on key topics Extra resources online on the companion website Part of the best-selling Maths Recovery series this practical step-by-step guide to classroom instruction takes an inquiry-based approach to assess children's knowledge & build on this to develop a firm foundation of understanding & confidence in mathematics Topics covered range from beginning number & early counting strategies to multi-digit addition & subtraction right through to multiplication & division An invaluable resource for use on pre-service teacher training courses & for all primary classroom teachers & assistants including experienced Mathematics Recovery instructors as well as learning support personnel primary mathematics advisors numeracy consultants & educational psychologists WHAT EXTRAS ARE ON THE COMPANION WEBSITE? Downloadable extra chapter resources like print-out grids worksheets cards & much more A Facilitator's Guide that can be used either individually or in group study to help you get the most out of the material In-class video demonstrations to clearly show how the instructional activities in the book are used in the classroom Webinar discussing the key points in the book & how it supports your teaching Visit the companion website at httpsstudysagepubcomwrighttnc Research informs practice in this easy to access resource Each chapter gives educators practical bite-sized assessments linked to a host of activities that helps them target teaching & develop the firm foundations which are so vital for confident & competent mathematicians
- Jill Piotrowski Numeracy Consultant Wigan Local Authority UK ' The Classroom Instructional Framework in Early Number is research-based & provides a roadmap of not only the what but the when & the how to teach all aspects of early number
- Vicki Nally Mathematics Consultant at Catholic Education Office Melbourne The structured approach offers a wealth of rich & easily implemented classroom-based activities that work
- thousands of teachers in Ireland attest to this!
- Noreen O' Loughlin Director Maths Recovery & Maths Education Lecturer Mary Immaculate College Limerick Ireland



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Discover the teaching practices that make the biggest difference in student performance! This practical research-based book gives principals teachers & school administrators a direct inside look at instructional practices from top award-winning urban schools The authors provide detailed examples & analyses of these practices & successfully demystify the achievement of these schools They offer practical guides to help educators apply these successful practices in their own schools Teaching Practices from America's Best Urban Schools will be a valuable tool for any educator in both urban & non-urban schools-schools that serve diverse student populations including English language learners & children from low-income families ...

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Teaching Shakespeare has been a major contribution to the knowledge & expertise of all teachers of Shakespeare from primary upwards for two decades This full-colour second edition is in a larger format updated to reflect modern classroom practice It

Includes:: new contributions by leading practitioners from Shakespeare's Globe the Shakespeare Schools Festival the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust & the Cambridge School Shakespeare editorial team Teaching Shakespeare makes explicit the ' Active Shakespeare' principles which underpin Cambridge School Shakespeare &

Includes:: activities & advice to help teachers develop their existing good practice making the learning of Shakespeare valuable & enjoyable for all involved



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What does it mean to teach Shakespeare with purpose? It means freeing teachers from the notion that teaching Shakespeare means teaching everything or teaching " Western Civilisation" & universal themes Instead this invigorating new book equips teachers to enable student-centred discovery of these complex texts Because Shakespeare's plays are excellent vehicles for many topics -history socio-cultural norms & mores vocabulary rhetoric literary tropes & terminology performance history performance strategies
- it is tempting to teach his plays as though they are good for teaching everything This lens-free approach however often centres the classroom on the teacher as the expert & renders Shakespeare's plays as fixed determined & dead Teaching Shakespeare with Purpose shows teachers how to approach Shakespeare's works as vehicles for collaborative exploration to develop intentional frames for discovery & to release the texts from over-determined interpretations In other words this book presents how to teach Shakespeare's plays as living breathing & evolving texts
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192 pages 32 Line drawings black & white; 9 Tables black & white; 32 Illustrations black & Johnson Ben ...