Primary English
Part of the series Resource Review (Primary)
- Duration: 15 mins
- Subtitles available
- Published: 05 May 2006
- Licence information for Primary English
Summary
In this Resource Review our experts recommend top resources for teaching primary English to save you valuable time.
Freelance educational writer Gill Budgell has chosen three resources for primary English:
- Collin's Big Cat, a reading scheme from HarperCollins including books and CD-ROMs
- Reading Comprehension Cubes, a tactile resource from Learning Resources
- Story Catcher, a free website which offers a forum for children's writing
In her south London classroom Louise Newman tries out books from the Collin's Big Cat series to teach her Key Stage 1 class about verbs and adjectives.
Across the country in Southport, Caroline Williams uses Reading Comprehension Cubes with her Key Stage 2 class.
Back in London, Gill discusses her choices with presenter Hermione Cockburn; Barbara Conridge from NATE and Adrienne Jones, a freelance education consultant.
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Comments (2)
The publisher states that they are for aged 6-12 and then the reviewer says "I couldn't imagine asking a 5 year old!"
For starters, they aren't aimed at 5 year olds and secondly, I could very feasibly imagine asking a 6 year old how a story relates to their life. Seems like low expectations.
to the story catcher website
which is, I think...
http://www.dreamcatcherpublishing.com/