This book of practice test papers can be used by parents to prepare their child for school tests in reading at Key Stage 1. There are two sets of practice papers providing 3-4 hours of test practice plus answers & notes for parents. * These reading practice test papers give children the confidence of knowing the sort of questions they will experience in school tests towards the end of Key Stage 1. * The papers also enable parents to assess their child's progress at school identify strengths & weaknesses & help improve their child's confidence & ability. * Both sets of papers include a level 2 & a level 3 reading test. * Parents can mark their child's work using the pull-out answers & mark scheme provided. The marks can then be used to assess the child's National Curriculum level. ...

With colourful exercises & over 100 gold stickers to encourage learning this title supports the children in their first years of literacy learning at school & uses examples of rhymes posters & stories to enforce the childrens understanding of words in context. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

This book of practice test papers can be used by parents to prepare their child for school tests in three subject areas at Key Stage 1
- reading writing & spelling & mathematics. There are eight sets of practice papers in all providing 10-12 hours of test practice plus answers & notes for parents. * These practice test papers give children the confidence of knowing the sort of questions they will experience in school tests towards the end of Key Stage 1. * The papers also enable parents to assess their child's progress at school identify strengths & weaknesses & help improve their child's confidence & ability. * The three subject areas are covered as follows:
- Reading: two papers each including a level 2 & a level 3 test.
- Writing & spelling: three papers each including two writing tasks (one longer & one shorter). These tasks cover different styles of writing & enable parents to assess their child's handwriting skills. Each paper also

Includes:: a spelling test.
- Mathematics: three papers the first of which is aimed at levels 1-2 & the remaining two at level 3. * Parents can mark their child's work using the pull-out answers & mark schemes provided. The marks can then be used to assess the child's National Curriculum level.





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This is a concise guide to Mac Intyres most important book After Virtue" examining its arguments in detail & placing it within the broader context of Mac Intyres career. " After Virtue" is a watershed in Mac Intyres career. It follows his emergence from Marxism but draws on Marxist sources & arguments. It precedes his move to Thomism but already draws on Augustine & Aquinas. Because of its watershed nature it has gained a wide readership in various fields but it treats a variety of issues in ways that are unfamiliar either to Marxists schooled in the social sciences or to Thomists schooled in medieval metaphysics. " Reading Alasdair Mac Intyres After Virtue" provides a commentary that will be accessible to students valuable to scholars & useful to teachers. Students will find help to navigate the two main arguments of " After Virtue" to understand its interpretation of history & to engage its proposal for a form of ethics & politics that returns to the tradition of the virtues. Scholars will find the book useful as a general guide to Mac Intyres ethics. Teachers will find a book that can help to direct their students reading & keep classroom discussions focused on the books central concerns." ...

A lively new series that puts a collection of stimulating & entertaining reading comprehension exercises at your fingertips. Multiple-choice questions are followed by open-ended activities requiring either an imaginative or reflective response or independent research. The passages are illustrated & encompass a wide range of genres including:
- fiction
- poetry
- dialogue
- letters
- charts & tables
- recipes
- news reports
- Book One (1-85503-362-3) features a press report of a UFO sighting & a letter of complaint: exercises designed for children in Year 3. Book Two (1-85503-363-1) features fascinating & varied topics designed for children in year 4. * Supporting the National Literacy Strategy at Key Stage 2 the photocopiable exercises in each book are grouped & graded within four main skill areas: Getting the main idea
- Making inferences
- Noting & recalling details
- Using context clues
- * With teacher's notes & separate answer pages for easy checking this series shows the way to develop & hone crucial comprehension skills.











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This is a series of 25 comprehension exercises designed to give pupils practice in studying & understanding different forms of written passages & in solving questions raised from their reading. These exercises are intended as a continuation of the Reading Comprehension exercises for Key Stage 1. The passages provide a wide range of reading experience through extracts from children's fiction both classic & modern factual passages poetry newspapers television listings adverts menus & leaflets. The passages also introduce a variety of creative writing opportunities. They are arranged in the following categories: units 1- 10 are aimed at level 4 of the national curriculum units 11
- 18 are aimed at the top of level 4 moving into level 5 units 19
- 25 are aimed at level 5.

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This series of 10 comprehension exercises is designed to give pupils practice in reading & understanding a variety of written passages & in answering questions based on their reading. It aims to act as a bridge between the work done in the Reading Comprehension Key Stage 1 pack & the more advanced work in the Key Stage 2 pack. The passages offer a variety of reading experience from childrens fiction through poems to factual passages. The ten units are divided into three levels: units 1
- 6 are aimed at reading level 2 of the national curriculum units 7
- 9 are aimed at level 3a unit 10 is aimed at level 4.

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This is a series of 24 photocopiable comprehension exercises giving children systematic practice in tackling multiple choice questions & helping to develop reading with understanding. The passages include a variety of stories factual passages invitations & posters all of which are delightfully illustrated. They have been divided into three different reading ability levels: units 1
- 8 are aimed at reading level 2c of the national curriculum units 9
- 16 are aimed at level 2a units 17
- 24 are aimed at level 3.


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The six books in this series provide a range of worksheets display materials & teachers notes designed to help teachers deliver the reading element of the Literacy Strategy. They cover an extensive range of text genres ranging from Myths & fables to evaluating press releases! Each activity can be used for individual or shared reading & provides excellent practice for the National Tests. The exercises are differentiated allowing teachers to meet pupils individual needs. ...