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Anger Management Contents Programme Primary: ORDER FORM (Please photocopy) Using Strength- Teacher Reference 1 TOP Based Solutions ISBN Book Title Qty Price Total PICKS FOR By E A Morris S.A.L.F. Self Assessment and 5 Learning Folders - Revised Edition 2018 10 Assessments 6
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The Magenta Principles Price: €34.95 Leadership Price: €24.95 - Engagement, Depth and Challenge in the Classroom - Key Competencies for Whole-System Change The Magenta Principles is an umbrella phrase that refers to a Develop a creative, productive school culture. philosophy and an approach to teaching based upon the Based on their decades-long work in premise that learning should be both leadership, the authors offer seven core exciting and engaging. More specifically, the leadership competencies for systemic change in phrase represents a pedagogy underpinned schools, districts, and state education systems. by an unshakeable belief that: Discover targeted strategies to move past • Learning is the consequence of thinking failed initiatives and overcome initiative • Language is central to thinking overload, explore how to cultivate effective • ST Learning is an active process work practices and gain the know-how to create enjoyable, BE LER S EL The book is illustrated with examples of innovative learning environments. Discover why it’s a good how the Magenta Principles have been used time to be an educational leader; Examine how leaders by teachers, both primary and secondary, with a particular outside of education share common practices that have emphasis on how Whitley Bay High School has used the brought success; Develop two-way partnerships with principles to help develop classroom practice. colleagues in order to cultivate a support network. © 2014 Author: Mike Hughes © 2015 Authors: Lyle Kirtman & Michael Fullan
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Mental Health in Children Price: €20.00 The Learning Powered School Price: €29.95 & Adolescents - Pioneering 21st Century Education - A Guide for Teachers This book is rooted in the experience of This book has been written for teachers in schools and teachers who have seen the Irish primary and second-level schools. It promise of Building Learning Power and provides a comprehensive introduction to have taken up the challenge of realigning Mental Health in Children & Adolescents. their classroom practice, their professional ST The clear writing style and incisive development and engagement with parents, BE LER SEL explanations will appeal to teachers who sometimes quite radically. Many examples need an authoritative and accessible guide of that trail-blazing experience are that focuses on the essentials of the subject. described in this book - some as cameos and vignettes, The book is written by psychiatrists whose broad others as extended studies with in-depth discussion. The experience enables them to provide an insightful and wide book also deals with the ideas of learning power, and the ranging survey of this important and fascinating subject. science and evidence behind them, which underpin Originally published by Mulberry Publications. © 2009 classroom successes. Authors: Sarah Buckley MB, MRCPsych, Blánaid Gavin MB, © 2011 Authors: Guy Claxton, Maryl Chambers, MRCPsych, Fiona McNicholas MD, FRCPsych Graham Powell & Bill Lucas
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School Improvement Price: €18.95 Each Building Learning Power Price: €21.95 This 5-book series is To prosper in the learning age, we must aimed at building an learn to embrace uncertainty with robust effective school self-confidence and approach the future environment that with curiosity and optimism. This book encourages professional provides a clear direction for this exciting development in teachers. journey. It is about how teachers can help It offers tools and advice young people become better learners, in in leadership and school and out. It is about creating a mentoring and how to climate or a culture in the classroom-and in the school more widely-that systematically cultivates Set Price: €85 create a school that can adapt to changing habits and attitudes that enable young people to face circumstances. The 5 handbooks are: A Climate of difficulty and uncertainty calmly, confidently and creatively. Mentoring; Reflective Practice; Managing Change; Building Building Learning Power explains what this means and why it Culture; The Power of Coaching for School Improvement. is a good idea, and introduces some of the small, do-able Handbooks may be ordered separately (€18.95 each). things that busy teachers can do to create such a climate. Discounts for multiple copy orders apply - please enquire. © 2002 Author: Guy Claxton Authors: Gary O’Mahony, Robin Matthews & Bruce Barnett Ages: All CODE: TLO-1943 Pages: 120 Ages: All Code: HB-6452 Extent: 5 Handbooks
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Classroom Management Price: €49.95 Beyond Monet Price: €79.95 - A Thinking and Caring Approach - The Artful Science of Instructional Integration This book was written so that Following the success of Classroom experienced teachers, beginning teachers, Management, Barrie Bennet and Carol mentors and educators in staff Rolheiser continue with the introduction development positions will be able to of this book that explores the ideas of extend their thinking and skills related to instructional intelligence. This full-colour classroom management. Three beliefs of volume is the culmination of the authors’ the authors guide the structure of this experience teaching and learning in the book: Firstly, they view the teacher as a classroom and through research. It critical thinker and life-long learner; secondly, they combine focuses on integrating a variety of the skills and knowledge of effective teachers and instructional skills and strategies based on the knowledge of administrators with a digestible amount of theory; and how students learn. It provides numerous sample lessons by thirdly, they are convinced that effective classroom teachers at all grade levels. Covers: Multiple Intelligence; management is embedded in what is known about classroom Mind Mapping; Lesson Design; Inductive Thinking; and school improvement and the process of educational Cooperative Learning; Concept Attainment; Academic change. This book focusses on increasing the reader’s Controversy; Brain Research; Children at Risk; Critical understanding of how effective teachers prevent and Thinking; Learning Styles; Emotional Intelligence and more. respond to misbehaviour to create a learning environment © 2008 Authors: Barrie Bennett & Carol Rolheiser that encourages student learning. © 1994 Authors: Barrie Bennett & Peter Smilanich Ages: All ISBN: 9780969538837 Pages: 384
Ages: All ISBN: 9780969538813 Pages: 351 Communicating and Price: €19.95 Connecting with Social Media Cooperative Learning Price: €49.95 This book explains several ways that - Where Heart meets Mind administrators can use social media spaces to communicate with staff, students, The purpose of this resource book is to parents, alumni and other stakeholders. The involve educators in critical inquiry, authors focus on how administrators can personal reflection, and supportive structure practical, meaningful and engaging discussion about the concepts underlying professional development sessions on social cooperative strategies and effective media. The book further explores the kinds classroom applications. Specifically, the of core behaviours that can help to ensure book is designed to: Promote the responsible use of social media in schools and the understanding of the elements basic to epilogue focuses on the future of social media in education. cooperative learning; Stimulate critical and creative thinking Features of this book: Offers practical solutions for about effective classroom use; Raise and explore implementing social media tools into communication and implementation issues and options; Encourage supportive professional development plans; Uses straightforward interaction among educators experiencing and facilitating language describing each digital tool; Provides helpful cooperative strategies. examples and reproducibles. © 2011 © 1991 Authors: William Ferriter, Jason Ramsden & Eric Sheninger Authors: Barrie Bennett, Carol Rolheiser & Laurie Stevahn
Ages: All ISBN: 9781742391823 Pages: 88 Ages: All ISBN: 9780969538806 Pages: 354 Working With Difficult Price: €21.95 Teacher’s Toolbox Price: €31.95 & Resistant Staff Integrating Instruction & Units for Society & Environment This text provides busy practitioners with Teacher’s ToolBox helps educators practical strategies to counteract negative understand and incorporate various behaviours immediately. Readers will be teaching strategies in their own classroom. able to proactively build consensus and Topics used in the units: Food Chains and monitor staff conditions to maximise the Life Cycles; Health and Diseases; Inventors success of new initiatives. It includes helpful and Inventions; North Asia; South-East Asia; scenarios based on real-world experiences Transport; Weather, Climate and the of principals and other school leaders. Environment. Using all of the various tools Readers will be able to identify the different and lesson plan formats, each of the units kinds of resistant individuals: under-miners, contrarians, on- has student activities based on learning styles, learning the-job retirees, resident experts and more - and to modalities, Bloom's Taxonomy and multiple intelligences. confront and manage each type of behaviour so that all staff © 2004 Author: Carolyn Coil can thrive in a focused, positive, collaborative environment. © 2011 Authors: John F. Eller & Sheila A. Eller Ages: 10+ ISBN: 9781864019506 Pages: 114 Ages: All ISBN: 9781742399737 Pages: 140 Tel: 045 409322 OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES Fax: 045 409959 Page Page 3 TEACHER REFERENCE 3
Embedded Price: €29.95 Just Before the Bell Price: €20.00 Formative Assessment (2nd Edition) Short, Sharp, Classroom Activities By integrating formative assessment Just Before the Bell provides games, practices into daily activities, educators can puzzles, quiz questions, and lateral substantially increase the rate of student thinking activities for middle-upper learning. The second edition of this best- primary students. The activities are useful selling resource presents new research, as attention-grabbers to focus students at insights, and techniques teachers can the beginning of a lesson, or equally immediately apply in their classrooms. perfect as wind down activities or end-of- ST BE Updated examples and templates are session rewards. Lessons have been LER SEL included to help teachers elicit evidence of organised into 5, 15 and 20 minute learning, provide meaningful feedback, and empower lessons. A relief teachers’ bible, this book is full of activities students to take ownership of their education. * Understand that will interest and engage students. that real transformational change results from teaching and © 2008 Author: Sally Young learning, not ever-changing digital devices * Give students opportunities to exercise their voice, choice, and creativity Ages: 8-12+ ISBN: 9781863977555 Pages: 52 using multimedia and digital tools * Implement practical novice-, operational-, and wow-level lessons and tips for Reinventing Learning for Price: €32.95 using digital tools in classroom lessons * Help students keep the Always-On Generation themselves and their data safe online and make ethical Strategies and Apps That Work decisions on the Internet. Today’s students face digital bombardment © 2017 Author: Dylan Wiliam PhD - a pervasive exposure to technology not experienced by previous generations. This Ages: All ISBN: 9781945349225 Pages: 240 impressive text provides a pragmatic look at teaching today’s students, - the digital generation - and offers a wide variety of Portfolios through the Year Price: €26.95 effective strategies for supporting them and Portfolios Through the Year contains a ensuring their success in the 21st century variety of unit projects to be completed world. Using this resource, teachers and administrators will: throughout the year. The finished projects Understand how 21st century students’ exposure to digital may be included as part of each student's technology is rewiring their brains; Identify learning total portfolio package. This book contains attributes unique to the digital generation; Recognise the ideas for portfolio set up, different genres strengths and weaknesses of different digital tools and learn of writing, poetry units, elements of fiction, to use each in teaching, learning, and assessing; Learn why student evaluation/reflection sheets, mini- the digital generation must be engaged and taught differently lessons and much more. Throughout each than previous generations to ensure learning occurs; Select unit, students follow the process of brainstorming, writing a the traditional teaching practices that can be integrated with first draft, peer-conferencing for content, peer-editing for digital technology to best educate students. mechanical errors, followed by writing a second draft. The second drafts will then be submitted to the teacher for © 2015 Authors: Ian Jukes , Ryan L. Schaaf, Nicky Mohan letter grades based on individual criteria and a rubric score. © 1997 Author: Carol French Cobb, M.A. Ages: All ISBN: 9781936763818 Pages: 184
Ages: 9-14+ ISBN: 9781864016826 Pages: 112 Writing Reports Price: €25.00 Using Portfolios Price: €21.95 - What to say and How to Say it! Writing Reports will take the grind out of across the Curriculum end of term or year report writing. The This assessment resource for middle years hundreds of comments and phrases educators shows how easily portfolios can grouped here (and on the accompanying be used in many different ways and in CD) means that at the flick of a page or various subjects. Using Portfolios across the click of a search button, you can source the Curriculum also explains how portfolios sentences that you need to adapt for can be used to link different subjects to one individual students. Comments and phrases another. With a simple guide to within can be used as they are, or modified implementing portfolio assessment across for any year level and learning area. Using the curriculum, this title serves as a catalyst this resource should speed up the report writing process. not only for improving instruction and assessment but also © 2008 Author: Patricia Hodgson for improving your own teaching philosophy and goals. © 2004 Editors: Ann Lockledge & Judith Hayn Ages: All Primary ISBN: 9781869684976 Pages: 68
Ages: 11-14+ ISBN: 9781741013474 Pages: 72
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What a Relief! Price: €20.00 Each Handy Worksheets Price: €20.00 Each Ready-to-go Lesson Plans for Relieving For Busy Teachers Teachers in the Junior School This two-book photocopiable series This two-book series provides whole contains easy-to-use worksheets that will days of thematically arranged, ready-to-go help establish classroom routines and resource materials which junior teachers provide reinforcement activities for a can copy for the times when they are range of literacy and numeracy skills. absent from class. It provides prepared Each page contains 7 to 9 activities. programmes that will motivate children Activities are arranged sequentially and with purposeful learning activities. Each in graded levels of difficulty across the unit includes all the masters and teacher two books, providing a valuable ongoing guidelines that are needed for a school summative record for parents and day. Themes are structured into: Buzz groups (to introduce teachers of children's general educational theme); Reading activities; Writing publishing activities; development. Book A is suitable for ages Maths, fitness and art activities and Construction activities. 5-6 (early readers) and Book B is suitable © 2002 Author: Rachel Goodchild for ages 6-8 (more confident readers). Set Price: €35 © 2007 Author: Peter Clutterbuck Set Price: €35 Book A: Ages: 5-7+ ISBN: 9781877282980 Pages: 58 Book B: Ages: 5-7+ ISBN: 9781877282997 Pages: 52 Book A: Ages: 5-6 ISBN: 9781869683801 Pages: 52 Book B: Ages: 6-8+ ISBN: 9781869683818 Pages: 48
Word Puzzles for Busy Teachers Price: €20.00 When you need a 20-minute activity for the The Competent Child Price: €20.00 fast finisher in a hurry then this is the book - Thinking about Early Childhood Education for you. It is packed with language-focused This handbook will support teachers in crosswords for students that will extend developing a personal philosophy of early vocabulary and general knowledge across a childhood education. It is concise and to the number of curriculum areas. The puzzles are point and encourages self-reflection. The suitable for individual or group work and are focus is on providing teachers with ideas and ideal for library-based research work that theories that are centred on the will improve research skills and information empowerment of young children. The literacy. In addition to supplementing in-class activity, the sections are: Early Childhood Education; puzzles can be copied and kept in a box to have ready for The Image of the Child; Children’s Learning; relief / substitute teachers, or supplied as fun and engaging The Role of the teacher; The Role of the Family and the homework activities. They are also useful to have available at Local Community; Classroom Interactions; Theory and library time. Students can identify key words in the questions Practice. and seek answers in the reference section of the library, or © 2009 Author: Joanne Hayselden as an Internet search activity. Answers are provided. © 2005 Author: Peter Giddens Ages: Early Years ISBN: 9781869686093 Pages: 56
Ages: 9-11+ ISBN: 9781869681296 Pages: 64 Team Challenges 2 Price: €25.95 This useful and fun resource is jam packed Team Challenges Price: €23.95 with great projects to get students working Team Challenges is a collection of 40 together and learning about a wide variety exciting, open-ended tasks that require of topics from Maths and Economics to teamwork, imagination and quick thinking. English, History, Geography and much They can be used by teams of all kinds and more. Compiled by an Australian author, are ideal for enrichment, extension and this resource follows the popular Team team-building. The challenges are Challenges book and includes the 40 demanding but fun. They are designed to challenges published in Teambuilding enhance: Cooperation; Risk-taking; Challenges as well as 25 brand new and exciting challenges! Creativity & Higher Order Thinking Skills. Students will greatly enjoy this strange and fabulous range of Participating in these challenges will help team members tasks that will get them playing, acting, singing, solving, break away from routine ways of thinking and make creative constructing, inventing and much more. [Includes material leaps into the unusual and the untried. published previously in Teambuilding Challenges] © 2004 Author: Charlotte Samiec © 2010 Author: Charlotte Samiec
Ages: 7-14 ISBN: 9781741013542 Pages: 100 Ages: 7-14 ISBN: 9781742396484 Pages: 168
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WRAT-5: Wide Range Achievement Test - 5th Edition AGE RANGE: 5 to 85+ The widely respected recently updated WRAT-5 PRICING: accurately measures the basic academic skills of word reading, sentence comprehension, spelling, Complete Kit: Code: PA-4235 €455.00 and maths computation. This quick, simple, Record Forms: Price on Application (incl. Vat) psychometrically sound assessment of a student’s important fundamental academic skills serves as an excellent initial evaluation, re-evaluation, or progress measure for any student. Features & Benefits: Evaluates reading comprehension; Extension of norms; Parallel forms make retesting easy; Time-efficient; Flexible; Reliable.
EW N The Complete Kit includes: Manual & Norms Book, Reading and Spelling Card Set, Sentence Comprehension Card Set, Green Sentence Comprehension Record Form (25), Blue Sentence Comprehension Record Form (25), Green Record Form/Response Booklet (25), Blue Record Form/Response Booklet (25) & black canvas bag. Administration: Individual or Group - Approximately 15-25 minutes for ages 5-7 and 35-45 minutes for ages 8 and up. ©2017 Authors: Gary J Robertson & Gary S Wilkinson
WRIT: Wide Range Intelligence Test AGE RANGE: 4 to 85 The WRIT provides a general measure of PRICING: intelligence with user-friendly materials that make it easy to learn to administer. The WRIT is a highly Complete Kit: Code: PA-7795 €305.00 reliable assessment of cognitive abilities that can be Record Forms: Price on Application used with individuals ages 4 to 85 years. Taking less than 30 minutes to administer, the WRIT assesses both verbal and nonverbal abilities, yielding a Verbal IQ and a Visual IQ, which generate a combined General IQ. Features: Fast and reliable; Covers an extended age range; Documents ability levels; Helps to identify exceptionalities; Easy to learn to administer; Colourful, attractive and engaging.
The Complete Kit includes: Professional Manual, Examiner Forms (25), Stimulus Easel, Diamond Chips & black canvas bag. Authors: David Sheslow, Joseph Glutting & Wayne Adams Administration: Individual - 20 to 30 minutes ©2000
WIAT-III UK-T (2018) AGE RANGE: 4 to 25 The Wechsler Individual PRICING: Achievement Test - 3rd UK Edition for Teachers (WIAT-IIlUK- EW Complete Kit: Code: PA-7239 €410.00 N T) is a UK-normed battery of five Record Forms (25): Code: PA-7236 € 86.95 subtests to test key aspects of literacy. The WIAT-IIIUK-T is suitable for use in a variety of educational settings. Results obtained from the WIAT-IIIUK-T can assist in: Identifying academic strengths and weaknesses of a student; Informing decisions regarding eligibility for educational services; Providing evidence for applications for Access Arrangements and the Disabled Students’ Allowance; Designing instructional objectives and planning interventions. The Complete Kit includes Examiner's Manual, Stimulus Book and a pack of 25 record forms in a bag. Administration: Individual - 30 to 40 minutes © 2018 Author: David Wechsler
NNRIT - NEW Non-Reading Intelligence Tests 1-3 AGE RANGE: 6:2 to 13:11 The New NRIT consists of group tests which are TEACHER MATERIALS: presented orally by the teacher, enabling general Manual: Code: HD-8381 €39.95 ability to be assessed independently of reading. The Specimen Set: Code: HD-8398 €43.95 NNRIT tests assess aspects of language and thinking Marking Template: Code: HD-8404 €14.95 that are not necessarily represented in measures of Starter Kit: Code: HD-NNRIT €95.00 pupil attainments and help to pinpoint low-achieving (Starter Kit includes Manual, Marking Template & 10 of each Form) and slow-reading pupils who may nevertheless have high underlying ability. Fully updated and re- PUPIL BOOKLETS €14.95 Each ST standardised on over 8,000 pupils, the NNRIT tests (Per Pack of 10) (incl Vat) BE LER S EL retain the administrative simplicity which makes Form 1 : (Age: 6:2 to 8:7) Code: HD-8411 them so easy to give and score. This revision Form 2: (Age: 7:2 to 9:7) Code: HD-8428 updates the item vocabulary and contexts, while also reducing the Form 3 : (Ages 8:2 to 11.3) P* Code: HD-8435 number of questions – from 80 to 60 items per test – simplifying (Ages 11.0 to 13.11) PP** administration and scoring. ©2006 Author: D. Young P* = Primary; PP** = Post Primary
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B.I.A.P. - Belfield Infant Assessment Profile AGE RANGE: 4 to 6+ The B.I.A.P. is an Irish produced screening instrument PRICING: designed to assist teachers in identifying the particular
strengths and needs of children in the infants classes of BIAP Starter Kit: Code: BIAP_START €73.95 primary schools. It lays the foundation for a continuing Teacher Handbook: Code: FLN-5225 €12.95 process of structured observation, diagnostic remediation Pupil Booklet: Code: FLN-5171 €6.95 and recording of a child's learning development as he/she Pupil Booklets (10): Code: FLN-5171(10) €65.00 progresses through primary school. It is also intended as a first stage in the continuing dialogue between teachers and parents on the education of the child. Administration: Group - Untimed ©1994 Authors: Bernadette McHugh & Brendan Spellman
DRA: Diagnostic Reading Analysis (2nd Edition) AGE RANGE: 7 to 16 The DRA is a modern oral reading test PRICING: designed specifically for less able readers from 7 to 16 years. The test is carefully structured, DRA Manual €66.50 with an initial listening comprehension DRA Reading Booklet (Forms A & B) €53.95 passage helping to confirm the starting DRA Pupil Record Book A (Pack of 10) - incl Vat €29.50 point for each pupil. The pupil then goes DRA Pupil Record Book B (Pack of 10) - incl Vat €29.50 on to read and answer questions on DRA Specimen Set €125.00 three graded passages - two fiction and (Specimen Set includes Manual, Reading Booklet and one single one non-fiction - pitched at appropriate ‘Specimen’ copy of both Form A & Form B) levels of difficulty. The purpose-written DRA Starter Kit €169.50 reading texts utilise vocabulary content & (Starter Kit includes Manual, Reading Booklet, Pack of 10 of Form A contexts which pupils can readily engage; & Pack of 10 of Form B) they are supported with full-colour illustrations throughout. Each assessment takes up to 15 minutes. © 2007 Authors: Mary Crumpler & Colin McCarthy
DST - Diagnostic Spelling Tests AGE RANGE: 5 to 12 The Diagnostic Spelling Tests provide a series of standardised group or individual spelling tests for pupils throughout their school years and beyond. Each test is easy to administer and available in parallel forms A and B, which are carefully matched in content, style and difficulty. Each test gives standardised scores and spelling ages, plus an optional diagnostic facility utilising the photocopiable marking grids in the Manual. To support the diagnosis and an intervention programme, targeted follow-up tests are provided to check specific progress: the pupil's overall improvement can then be assessed using the parallel form. PUPIL BOOKLETS (Pack of 10) © 2006 Authors: Mary Crumpler & Colin McCarthy
€24.95 per Pack - incl Vat TEACHER MATERIALS: DST Test 1 (Ages: 5-7): Parallel Form A DST Primary Manual (Tests 1 - 3) €62.95 DST Test 1 (Ages: 5-7): Parallel Form B DST Primary Specimen Set (Tests 1 - 3) €86.95 DST Test 2 (Ages: 7-9): Parallel Form A *(No forms required for Tests 4 & 5) DST Test 2 (Ages: 7-9): Parallel Form B DST Primary Starter Kit (Tests 1 - 3) €199.50 DST Test 3 (Ages: 9-12): Parallel Form A (Specimen set contains 1 of each form; Starter Kit contains 10 of each) DST Test 3 (Ages: 9-12): Parallel Form B DST Secondary Manual (no forms required) €77.95
MaLT: Mathematics Assessment for Learning and Teaching AGE RANGE: 4:0 to 12:5 MaLT provides the essential data that schools need, plus powerful and efficient Assessment for Learning in line with 'world- class' practice. MaLT is a tried and tested approach to standardised mathematics assessment for ages 5-14 developed by the University of Manchester, UK standardised on over 12,500 pupils, it can be used any time during the year - for screening, monitoring and tracking progress, as well as for individual diagnostic profiling. These will yield diagnostic information which will support individual and whole-class teaching. TEACHER MATERIALS:
Stage One Manual (MaLT Tests 5-7) € 58.95 PUPIL BOOKLETS (Pack of 10): €26.50 per Pack - incl Vat Stage One Specimen Set (MaLT Tests 5 to 7) € 66.95 MaLT 5 (Age: 4.0 to 6.5) Stage One Starter Kit (MaLT Tests 5 to 7) €130.00 MaLT 6 (Age: 5.0 to 7.5) Stage Two Manual (MaLT Tests 8 to 11) € 58.95 MaLT 7 (Age: 6.0 to 8.5) Stage Two Specimen Set (MaLT Tests 8 to 11) € 66.95 MaLT 8 (Age: 7.0 to 9.5) Stage Two Starter Kit (MaLT Tests 8 to 11) €155.00 (Specimen sets contain 1 of each form; Starter Kits contain 10 of each form) MaLT 9 (Age: 8.0 to 10.5) MaLT SOFTWARE (Prices include VAT): MaLT 10 (Age: 9.0 to 11.5) MaLT 5-14 Scorer/Profiler Version 2 €390.00 MaLT 11 (Age: 10.0 to 12.5) MaLT 5-14 Computer-adaptive Test CD-ROM €465.00 - SINGLE-USER Version 3 [2-Year Licence] www.otb.ie OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES [email protected] Page Page 8 ASSESSMENTS 8
DEST-2: Dyslexia Early Screening Test (2nd Edition) AGE RANGE: 4:6 to 6:5 DST-J: Dyslexia Screening Test - Junior AGE RANGE: 6:6 to 11:5
The Dyslexia Screening Tests provide a PRICING: - All Prices incl Vat profile of strengths and weaknesses which Early Years Kit (incl. Vat): Code: PA-1365 €299.00 can be used to guide the development of in- Score Sheets (Pad of 50): Code: PA-1402 € 89.95 school support for the pupil. New Junior Kit (incl. Vat): Code: PA-1358 €299.00 theoretical developments in dyslexia Score Sheets (Pad of 50): Code: PA-1723 € 89.95 research suggest that it should be possible to identify both slow learners and potential dyslexic children from the age of 4+, in time for greater reading support. The tests are designed for early identification of children at risk of reading failure so that they can be given extra support at school. Administration of test is individual and takes approximately 30 minutes. Each Kit includes: Examiner's Manual, Envelope 1 (containing 10-14 subtest cards and sample permission letter), Envelope 2 (score keys), Balance tester, Blindfold, beads, Cord, CD, Scoring software and 50 Score sheets in a carry case. Administration: Individual - 30 minutes. ©2004 Authors: Dr Angela Fawcett & Professor Rod Nicolson
Hodder Group Reading Tests 1-3 (2nd Edition) - HGRT-II AGE RANGE: 5 to 16+ The HGRT-II Tests assess pupils' reading comprehension at word, sentence and text levels. They are designed as wide- PRICING: range tests, and thus are especially useful in screening and TEACHER MATERIALS: monitoring mixed-ability groups where some pupils may be HGRT MANUAL (Tests 1 - 3) €53.95 much more advanced, or much slower, than the average. The HGRT Specimen Set (Tests 1 - 3) €62.95 HGRT-II tests 1 to 3 all have parallel forms A and B, for use (Set contains Manual & 1 of each form - specimen) with the following age groups: Test 1 - ages 5:0 to 9:0 (Infants HGRT Starter Kit (Tests 1 - 3) €195.00 to 3rd Class); Test 2 - ages 7:0 to 12:0 (2nd to 6th Class); (Kit contains Manual & 10 of each of 6 Test Forms) Test 3 - ages 9:5 to 16+ (5th Class - Secondary). Each test takes 30 minutes to administer to whole class or year groups: the parallel forms PUPIL TESTS: - incl Vat A and B can be used simultaneously to minimise copying, as well as to assess Test 1 (Ages: 5 to 9): Form A €25.95 progress over time. At each level, the tests include questions which assess Test 1 (Ages: 5 to 9): Form B €25.95 pupil's understanding of word meanings, culturally neutral sentence-completion Test 2 (Ages: 7 to 12): Form A €25.95 questions, and higher-level 'cloze' tasks that require pupils to both comprehend Test 2 (Ages: 7 to 12): Form B €25.95 and reflect upon the content and the context of continuous text. The tests Test 3 (Ages: 9.5 to 16+): Form A €25.95 have been standardised on over 13,000 UK pupils, giving dependable norms Test 3 (Ages: 9.5 to 16+): Form B €25.95 which express performance as standardised scores and reading ages. This revised edition establishes time limits and extended norms which make the HGRT-II SOFTWARE HGRT-II tests 2 and 3 ideal for 'access arrangement' assessments at upper (Prices include VAT): primary and secondary levels. The redesigned tests include carefully matched replacements for the original 'proverbs' items, while preserving the tests' quick Scorer/Profiler CD-Rom €275.95 and easy administration and scoring. This Manual is common to all three tests in the series. © 2007 Authors: Denis Vincent & Mary Crumpler
Hodder Oral Reading Tests AGES: 5-16 Renfrew Language Scales AGE RANGE: 3-8 These Tests provide a unique combination Catherine Renfrew's three tests have of fully equivalent standardised measures of been used for many years and provide single-word reading, sentence reading and a means of assessing children's speech reading speed in a single test battery. Up-to- and language. All three tests are date norms - given as standardised scores, suitable for use with children aged 3 percentiles and reading ages - extend from to 8 and are norm referenced to 5 years to 16+ and adult levels. The three enable teachers and therapists to complementary assessments are produce comparative results. Norms exceptionally quick and easy to give, and can are given at six-monthly intervals for be used individually or in combination. Results are recorded both the Action Picture Test and on a single record sheet to give a useful profile and overview Word Finding Vocabulary Test and of a pupil's mechanical reading skills. monthly for the Bus Story Test. © 2006 Authors: Denis Vincent & Mary Crumpler Action Picture Test Price: €70.95 (incl Vat) Manual €46.95 Bus Story Test Price: €61.50 (incl Vat) Record Sheets (Pack of 10) - incl Vat €25.95 Word Finding Vocabulary Test Price: €70.95 (incl Vat) Test Cards (Pack of 3) - incl Vat €27.95 Set Price €185.00 (incl. Vat) Specimen Set €62.50 Starter Kit €95.00
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STOP THINK DO - Social Skills Training Prices: from €9.95 STOP THINK DO is a social skills programme for use in schools with children who have emotional–social–behavioural difficulties that affect their ability to make friends. It is designed as a classroom curriculum for children to prevent such difficulties arising. Originally designed for Australian schools, it is now internationally recognised as an invaluable social skills programme and is being used by many schools and CPD groups around the world. STOP THINK DO develops a positive social culture in classrooms, particularly because teachers are modelling the same skills they teach students. The academic progress of children is also facilitated by a co-operative classroom. *A free set of posters comes with each of the Stop Think Do: Social Skills Training Manuals and the DVD Package. Author: Lindy Petersen (with Allyson Adderley, Phil Lewis & Mark LeMessurier) The full list of STOP THINK DO resources is as follows: • Stop Think Do: Social Skills Training Manual for Ages 4 – 8* [ISBN: 9780864315366 - Price: €59.95] • Stop Think Do: Social Skills Training Manual for Ages 8 – 12* [ISBN: 9780864315441 - Price: €59.95] • Stop Think Do: Social Skills Training Supplement for Ages 12 – 15* [ISBN: 9780646441481 - Price: €59.95] • STOP and THINK Learning - A Teacher’s Guide (Primary) [ISBN: 9780864311733 - Price: €29.95] • STOP and THINK Friendship DVD Package for Ages 6 – 12* [ISBN: 9780646461212 - Price: €69.50] • STOP THINK DO Set of 3 Posters (Primary) [Code: A701HG - Price: € 9.95] • Social Savvy: Help Your Child Fit in with Others (Parents' book) [ISBN: 9780864315601 - Price: €19.95]
On-line Training Available See: www.otb.ie or email: [email protected] Primary Set Price: €200
Cool Kids! & Keep Cool! Price: €20.00 Each To Behave or not to Behave! Price: €25.00 This two-book photocopiable series This comprehensive resource will provide provides teachers with practical guidance educators with the skill sets and training and strategies for helping students to required to work successfully with students understand what anger is, where it displaying behavioural challenges. It is a comes from and how to deal with it. strength-based, proactive approach Students will develop an understanding intended to provide educators with an of the difference between 'good' and understanding of the ‘ABCs of Classroom 'bad' anger, learn to pay attention to Discipline’ essential to working with the physiological and psychological students with severe emotional and ST BE processes they undergo at the point of LER behavioural challenges. A broad range of lesson plans and S EL becoming angry and learn how to calm visual supports are provided for the immediate application of themselves down. Includes the ‘ABCs of Classroom Discipline’ into classrooms and comprehensive background notes for teachers and a range schools. of easy-to-use supporting activity sheets for students. © 2011 Authors: Myka Breymann & Darci Fulton © 2003/9 Author: Paula Galey Set Price: €35 Ages: All ISBN: 9781927172001 Pages: 92 Cool Kids: Ages: 6-8+ ISBN: 9781869680763 Pages: 60 Keep Cool: Ages: 8-12+ ISBN: 9781869685720 Pages: 64 Achieving Positive Behaviour: Price: €25.00 Bully Off! Price: €20.00 Each A Practical Guide - Building a Zero-Tolerance Attitude to School Bullying Dealing with behaviour problems, students This two-book photocopiable resource with difficulties, developing policies, provides a comprehensive programme for promoting positive strategies, resolving combating bullying at school. Book A disputes - are core concerns for schools. focuses on setting up practical systems The work of Patricia Dwyer at the Centre and procedures for implementing a for Education Services (Marino Institute of school-wide approach to combating Education) addresses all of those concerns bullying. Book B focuses on step-by-step in a most effective, resourceful and practical teaching and learning activities that manner. This guide weaves together the key teachers can use in general programmes elements towards making a worthwhile response to on bullying, or in specific situations to Achieving Positive Behaviour - best practice across the support their work with students who bully or are bullied. country, the lessons of worldwide research and clear © 2007 Ages: 8-14+ Author: Paula Galey guidelines for action. Set Price: €35 © 2003 Author: Patricia Dwyer
Book A: ISBN: 9781869683641 Pages: 64 Book B: ISBN: 9781869683658 Pages: 60 Ages: All ISBN: 9781899162246 Pages: 110
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Anger Management Price: €49.95 Moving on from Anger Price: €49.95 - Using Strength-Based Solutions - Session Plans for Developing This anger management programme draws Communication Skills & Assertiveness on research about the development of Anger management involves steadily emotional and social intelligence which increasing the level of maturity a child has indicates that a well-balanced and with regard to both managing their emotionally mature individual will be emotions and being skillful enough to capable of greater academic achievement negotiate and collaborate with others in W W order to get to a win-win situation where NE since they are not psychologically involved NE with inner tensions and emotional turmoil. both parties feel satisfied enough with the To achieve emotional maturity this programme teaches: Self- outcome. This manual offers a structured programme to awareness; Self-management; Impulse control; Active achieve this. Being able to choose an assertive behaviour listening; Empathy; Ability to understand non-verbal cues; option allows children to feel good about themselves and Stress management; Conflict resolution; Mediation; find reasonable ways to deal with difficult people and difficult Optimistic outlook; Acceptance of other people. Central to situations. It also means they are more likely to be calmer the programme is how to deal with angry outbursts – known and more open to reason than stressed and tense. And it as ‘emotional hijacks’ - when the brain floods with chemicals will enable them to form deeper, more satisfying friendships and all rational thought becomes impossible. because they are able to be more honest with themselves © 2011 Author: E.A. Morris and other people. Areas covered include: Personal rights; Body language; Making requests; Expressing feelings in an Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781907370724 Pages: 76 + CD emotionally literate way. © 2011 Author: E.A. Morris
75 Positive Behaviour Activities Price: €20.00 Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781907370786 Pages: 98 + CD - Practical Strategies for Managing Classroom Behaviours Contains practical and easy to implement strategies and ideas that can be mixed and Cognitive Behavioural Training Price: €49.95 matched according to individual student - A How-to Guide for Successful Behaviour using CBT needs or classroom situations. An effective This book is for educators, counsellors teaching and learning environment depends and health professionals. It is for those on the presence of a good classroom who wish to explore the notion that management system that focuses on positive children always do better when they ST are encouraged to stretch their self- BE behaviour. It is divided into these sections: LER SEL Behaviour-specific tips; Starting and finishing awareness and independence. Using classes; Time issues; Working with individuals; Working with cognitive behavioural training (CBT), groups; Working with the whole class. It contains students are explicitly taught to acquire photocopiable student templates, certificates and a other new skills and solve problems with support material that will help to embed and sustain the organisation, planning, remembering, strategies. All the strategies in the book have been tried and perseverance, motivation, confidence tested in the classroom. Previously called: ‘Positive Behaviour Tips’. and more. With practical, easy-to-use ideas and engaging © 2012 Author: Patricia Hodgson exercises, this resource offers effective tools to support children as they learn to change their behaviour. Ages: 7-14 ISBN: 9781927172667 Pages: 60 © 2004 Author: Mark Le Messurier
Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781741013078 Pages: 330 From Your Point of View Price: €20.00 - Activities that Help to Develop Empathy This resource encourages students to think Managing Boys’ Behaviour Price: €19.95 about events from other perspectives, look in Your Classroom at people’s motivations and consider the This book is not aiming to address the consequences of actions. Each of the five larger issues that may involve whole school themes covered (Self-Esteem, Bullying, communities if not systems to review their Discrimination, Peer Pressure and Times practice in light of boys' performance but Change) contains an engaging story told focuses on the classroom practitioner and from three ‘Points of View’. Activities classroom management. With easy-to-use following the stories will encourage planning and assessment forms to help students to view the story from an all encompassing teachers improve their classroom perspective, build critical thinking, examine reasons for environment, it offers a practical approach, actions, consider consequences and encourage resilience a return to the basics of classroom management, a thinking and ‘social preparedness’. reassessment of positive classroom techniques. © 2009 Author: Naomi Roche © 2002 Author: Greg Griffiths
Ages: 9-11+ ISBN: 9781869685669 Pages: 64 Ages: 7-15 ISBN: 9781740256698 Pages: 102
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Incredible Teachers Price: €44.95 Incredible Years: Calm Down Price: €19.95 - Nurturing Children's Social, Emotional Thermometer Poster (incl. Vat) and Academic Competence This laminated Calm Down Thermometer This book presents a variety of classroom Poster can be used by teachers in the management strategies for teachers to classroom or by therapists teaching the I.Y. choose from in order to meet children’s Dinosaur program. The thermometer is a developmental milestones and to teach visual representation of how to change emotional literacy, friendship skills, self- ST emotions from “red hot mad” to “cool BE LER regulation and problem solving skills. S EL blue.” The poster has a brightly coloured Teachers are encouraged to identify their thermometer in the middle with a Velcro personal goals by completing self-reflection inventories for strip and arrow on the side. Students are each group of strategies. Circle time scripts, small group taught to move the arrow up and down to experiential activities and games are also suggested that show how they are feeling. Students who are feeling angry include ways to foster pre-reading, reading, pre-writing, learn to take deep breaths or to use another calm-down writing and cooperative learning skills. This book is the text strategy to get themselves back into the “blue zone.” for teachers using the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom
Management Program. It supersedes the title: ‘How to Ages: 3-8 Code: IY-CDTP Size: 43 X 28 Promote Children’s Social and Emotional Competence’. © 2012 Author: Dr. Carolyn Webster-Stratton Price: €19.95 Incredible Years: Ages: 3-8 Code: IY-2107 Pages: 625 Classroom Rules Cue Cards (incl. Vat) These 7 laminated cue cards can be used to teach and review classroom or group rules. Incredible Years: Classroom Rules Price: €19.95 Seven common rules are pictured: “Show me Five" Poster (incl. Vat) “hands to self,” “inside voice,” This laminated poster can be displayed in “walking feet,” “working hard,” “quiet the classroom and used in circle time to hand up,” “eyes on teacher”, and teach children each of the classroom rules “listening ears.” The cards may be and/or the “Show me five” prompt. “Show displayed as a visual signal and are me five” is a prompt for children to used for games that teach and demonstrate five learning behaviours at reinforce classroom rules (see once: eyes on teacher, hands to self, inside ‘Show me Five’ poster on this voice, listening ears, and working hard. Small page), or given to a particular rule cards can be placed on the Velcro student to prompt a specific behaviour. The cards may also fingertips of the poster as the rules are be used with students who have limited language skills, or taught. Teachers can choose which of 7 different rules are who are at the pre-reading stage. displayed on the hand at once. (see also Cue Cards )
Ages: 3-8 Code: IY-CRP Size: 43 X 28 Ages: 3-8 Code: IY-CRCC-7 Size: A4 Incredible Years: Price: €19.95 Incredible Years: Price: €19.95 Talking Meter Poster (incl. Vat) Teaching Pyramid Poster (incl. Vat) Teachers use this laminated poster to note This large colour poster details the when children talk in the classroom, to skills learned in the Teacher signal when noise level is getting too high, Classroom Management or to indicate a quiet work time. The arrow programme workshops. Group can be moved up or down to indicate the leaders outline the progress of the noise level permitted in the classroom at workshops by showing the levels that time (e.g. during unstructured time the of the pyramid, starting with the noise level may be higher than during circle foundation at the bottom. time or small group work times. (not laminated) Size: 86 X 43 cm Ages: 3-8 Code: IY-TPP Ages: 3-8 Code: IY-TMP Size: 43 X 28 cm IY Poster Special Set Price: €80 (Save: €14.80)
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Weaving Well-Being THE MORE YOU WEAVE... THE BETTER YOU FEEL!
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Managing Anxiety at School Price: €20.00 Healthy Mind - Happy Me Price: €20.00 Each This book contains a series of 18 topics We all want the best for our young people. that can be used to support students in We want them to make the most of their developing a repertoire of responses for opportunities. To help them along the way, managing feelings of anxiety and fear they need a variety of different skills. This before they get out of control. Students resource is written to support students’ will learn to understand what triggers personal and social capabilities. School is their feelings of anxiety and also learn about developing the whole child, and to how to control these feelings so that they do this, we must focus on each child’s T BES ER do not become overwhelming. They will mental health as much as their academic ELL S learn to pay attention to the physiological ability. Working through the activities in and psychological processes they undergo when they this book will help your students: experience anxiety and learn skills, including positive self-talk Connect - Interact - Develop solutions to and slow breathing, to calm themselves down. The author social problems - Bounce back from initially trained and worked as a primary school teacher W failure - Understand and regulate their NE before becoming a clinical psychologist. emotions and reflect. Order this series © 2006 Author: Frances A. Carter Ph.D today to show your students that their minds really matter. © 2017 Ages: Primary Author: Miranda Cooke Ages: 8-12 ISBN: 9781869682613 Pages: 60 Set Price: €35
Lower Primary: ISBN: 9781869683887 Pages: 58 The “I Can Do” Book Price: €20.00 Mid-Upr Primary: ISBN: 9781869683894 Pages: 60 Practical activities based on the world of the child, aimed at enhancing self Quiet Times Price: €20.00 esteem in 8-10 year olds. - A Safety Valve for Student Stress This book is aimed at enhancing the self Overloaded, stressed out students with esteem of 8-10 year olds. ‘I Can Do’ special learning needs require proactive and concentrates on the world of the child targeted support to help them to develop from the aspects of: The Home: alone and the tools necessary to manage their stress with the family; The School: relationships, levels. One such technique is taking small activities and achievements; Out in the ‘time-outs’ or ‘quiet times’. This World: the shopping centre, the library, photocopiable resource book provides a the movies; Outdoors: in the bush, at the beach or pool; broad range of self-contained and brief Body, Mind and Heart: within the individual. The book also readings that can be used during these time-out periods, includes games that are also appropriate to the development each linked to a particular topic that may be creating stress of children’s self esteem. for the student. Each reading is followed by a small series of © 2013 Authors: Dr Donna Brandes & Tim Lowson questions that encourage the student to think about the reading in the context of stress management ideas and Ages: 8-10 ISBN: 9781863976725 Pages: 56 techniques. © 2009 Author: Peter M. Clutterbuck
Just Being Me Price: €20.00 Each Ages: 10-14+ ISBN: 9781869685775 Pages: 64 Provides practical and accessible support materials for teachers in the key learning Developing a Positive Price: €20.00 Each area of mental health and well-being. Sense of Self Book A focuses on skills, values and Teaching and Learning About Personal attitudes. It aims to help students Well-Being at Middle Primary Level understand: the value of individuals and This two book photocopiable series is full their right to be as they are; respect for of great ideas and activities that teachers differences and awareness of stereotypes; can use to help students develop a the power of communication; the positive sense of self, while at the same management of anger & stress and time creating a classroom environment dealing with grief, loss and facing change with a positive and where mutual support and understanding T BES courageous spirit. Book B focuses on safety strategies arising ER are an everyday occurrence. Book A is on ELL from alcohol and other drugs, harassment and abuse, the S ‘Understanding Myself’ and Book B on stress and anger of others, risk-taking behaviours, as well as ‘Understanding My Relationships with Others’. Each activity an exploration of social justice and what it requires of us all. is supported by a teacher page containing a rationale, ideas © 2007 Ages: 10-14 Author: Sue Dawson for approaching the topic and follow-up ideas Set Price: €35 © 2012 Ages: 8-10 Author: Peter Clutterbuck Book A: ISBN: 9781869683887 Pages: 52 Set Price: €35 Book B: ISBN: 9781869683894 Pages: 52 Book A: ISBN: 9781927172513 Pages: 48 Book B: ISBN: 9781927172520 Pages: 52
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This Is My Book: Price: €21.95 Little Stars Price: €29.95 DAILY DILEMMAS A self-esteem building resource for A collection of worksheets on daily working with younger children dilemmas designed to encourage children A collection of activities and games for to think about and discuss situations that children aged 4-7 that will build emotional do not have clear-cut ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ foundations, promote confidence and answers. They encourage children to be enhance self-esteem. The activities are laid out in clusters that support the children in empathic and think about how others might feel and then find a way to deal with these EW different areas including: * Building N EW situations. The object is to debate and confidence and self-belief in being able to N explore daily dilemmas and then make up do things like getting to know themselves better * Improving their own minds about what would be right for them. The their friendship-making skills * Working on the belief that situations on the worksheets include * Happy at your School they can do a wide variety of tasks and skills and that they * Sleepovers * Show-Off * On Top of the World * Sticks & can achieve great and greater mastery in these * Increasing Stones * Dreams Can Come True * Being Left Out * Reach their experience that life is … GREAT! your Target * Good Friends. Book includes numerous photocopiable resource sheets. © 2013 Author: E A Morris © 2012 Author: E A Morris
Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781909380721 Pages: 31 + CD Ages: 4-7 ISBN: 9781909380578 Pages: 120 + CD
Assessing and Price: €49.95 Games for Building Price: €34.95 Developing Self-Esteem Self-Esteem With this resource an easy-to-use self- Comprehensive range of games focusing esteem indicator is used to explore a on three key areas of self-esteem child’s self-esteem, specifically in terms of Contains a variety of games and activities to their sense of self, belonging and personal promote self-esteem by working on three power. Its key features are that it: crucial areas – Sense of Self (knowing who * Provides a quick and informal assessment you are, what you like, what you don't like, * Offers a practical facility for reassessment what your beliefs are, what you want); Sense of Belonging (being connected to EW *Has age-related, photocopiable activities EW N designed for individuals and whole classes, N others); Sense of Personal Power with worksheets as appropriate * Includes planning support (awareness of the impact you have on what happens around for individual intervention programmes * Is an innovative you). This collection: * Is easy to use * Works in classes and resource. Its purpose is to assess and develop self-esteem at small groups * Includes games to promote brain primary-school level and to provide follow-up activities for development * Builds self-esteem in children who have intervention. Includes teacher guidance and is suitable for lower self-esteem * Maintains self-esteem for children who group and/or individual work. have sound self-esteem * Can be used as part of many other © 2014 Author: E A Morris programmes as a preventative measure. © 2013 Author: E A Morris Ages: 5-11 ISBN: 9781909380479 Pages: 106 + CD Ages: 7-11 ISBN: 9781907370168 Pages: 106 + CD
Positive & Powerful Price: €25.00 - A Personal Development Programme Building Resilience Price: €30.00 Positive and Powerful is a structured but Developing Skills to Positively Meet the flexible resource which focuses on enabling Challenges of Life students to set goals, think positively, be Offers a proactive, preventative approach reflective and deal effectively with every-day within an educational paradigm that is based problems. The book provides teachers with on the premise that resilience can be taught a range of fun, student-centred strategies. and that factors can be altered to facilitate resiliency among at-risk students. W Positive and Powerful contains both teacher ST NE BE Fundamentally it serves to implement the LER support pages and easy-to-read, well- S EL illustrated student pages. The teacher pages provide clear strategies needed to reduce risks and objectives and guidelines for over twenty teaching sessions. strengthen protective factors. It provides a unified set of The resource can be used to fit in with existing personal practical learning opportunities that seek to help adolescents development programmes or can be used as a complete develop and enhance protective mechanisms and to offset programme in its own right. risk factors. It provides background information, © 2016 Author: Janine Fletcher implementation guidelines and targeted student activities in relation to eleven core resiliency competencies. Ages: 7-12+ ISBN: 9780908326181 Pages: 78 © 2015 Author: Paula Galey
Ages: 10-14+ ISBN: 9781927172506 Pages: 88
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Enrich Me! Price: €20.00 Teaching Gifted Kids in Price: €43.95 - Independent Projects for Gifted and Talented Students Today’s Classroom (3rd Ed.) This fantastic resource is specifically - Strategies and Techniques every Teacher can Use designed to cater for the needs of the Fully revised and updated this is the gifted and talented students in your class. definitive guide to meeting the learning The 24 projects provide opportunities for needs of gifted students in the mixed- in-depth learning of a topic relating to abilities classroom, seamlessly and broader issues, themes, or problems and effectively with minimal preparation time. encourage abstract and higher order Included are proven, practical, classroom thinking skills. The topics covered cater for -tested strategies and step-by-step a variety of learning styles and assist in the instructions on how to use them. development of research skills and methods. Each project Includes information on: Using contains an assessment rubric that details specific criteria to technology for accelerated learning; Managing cluster ensure feedback is meaningful and relevant to the student. grouping; Increasing curriculum rigour; Improving May also be used with students with specific strengths or assessments; Boosting critical and creative thinking skills; interests who enjoy projects to complete in their own time. Addressing gifted kids with special needs. © 2013 © 2007 Authors: R. & S. Green Authors: Susan Winebrenner, M.S., & Dina Brulles, Ph.D.
Ages: 7-12+ ISBN: 9781869683726 Pages: 56 Ages: All Code: FS-2395 Pages: 256 + CD
Creativity Box Price: €20.00 Excellent Extenders Price: €19.95 - Extension Activities for Gifted Learners - Extension Activities for your Students Creativity Box is a collection of fun, This diverse collection of extension challenging activities designed to stimulate activities offer you and your students a imagination and creativity in both range of topics to explore. Ideal for hypothetical and more practical individual use, these puzzle pages will have situations. Students of all ability levels will your students researching everything from enjoy many of the activities included, and Jack Dyer to Phar Lap as they try to high achievers in particular will find plenty complete wordsearches, fill in the blanks, to extend them. With no “correct” untangle word tangles, choose from multiple answers to the activities, students have choice and solve many more word the opportunity to work with an problems. Chapters include: Vocabulary Building Blocks; emphasis on enjoyment, and at the same time develop their Science Building Blocks; Project Starters; General Language logical, creative, imaginative, artistic, musical and personal Related Activities; General Mathematics Related Activities; skills. Teachers will find numerous ways to use this versatile General Social Science Related Activities. resource effectively. © 1989 Author: Gunter Schymkiw © 2009 Author: Michael Gifford Ages: 9-12+ ISBN: 9781862992030 Pages: 82 Ages: 10-14 ISBN: 9781869686161 Pages: 64
Gifted Students Price: €19.95 Teaching Complex Thinking Price: €26.95 in the School Context - Analytical - Critical - Creative - Caring The purpose of this book is to explain the - An Introductory Guide for Educators notion of complex thinking and to provide This book is designed to help you better a range of structures and strategies that understand the specific learning needs of will evoke and encourage students to be students who demonstrate abilities well better thinkers. Sample activities which will beyond those of their peers. It aims to assist teachers in their own planning and provide important information for teachers programming have been included. These and leaders with limited knowledge or examples will provide ready made lesson experience with gifted students. It ideas while other examples may provide canvasses changing views about what it stimulus for teachers as they work with their own content in means to be gifted to better understand the rationale for their own learning context. The author Michael Pohl holds a classroom practices and explores a range of observable Masters Degree in Gifted Education and runs workshops for behaviours and characteristics of gifted individuals and ways classroom practitioners in the teaching of thinking within the teachers can come to anunderstanding of what giftedness field of gifted education. means today. This will assist in the construction, application © 2001 Author: Michael Pohl and articulation of school policy. © 2012 Author: Michael Pohl Ages: 9-15 ISBN: 9781740253543 Pages: 78 Ages: All ISBN: 9781743300152 Pages: 102
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Thinking Creatively Price: €20.00 Each In Full Bloom Price: €24.95 - A Course in Creative and Applied Thinking Skills - A Thinking Approach to Teaching Literature Educators such as Edward de Bono maintain In Full Bloom gives teachers the tools to that creative thinking is a skill that can be help students become thoughtful, strategic taught and developed. The activities and independent readers. It outlines a within this book provide children with literacy program based on Bloom’s six the opportunity to learn and practise levels of cognitive thinking and contains creative thinking skills in interesting interactive literacy tasks to capture and stimulating situations. Through the students’ interest. Designed to engage even
EST activities in the book children develop B R the reluctant reader, this flexible resource LLE the skills of fluency, flexibility, SE explores story structure through children’s originality, elaboration, curiosity, literature and encourages students to use critical thinking complexity, risk taking and skills when interacting with a wide range of texts. Features: imagination. Flexible – tasks can be used when the teacher chooses; Fun! © 2011 Author: David Stephenson (for students and teachers); Includes assessment suggestions Set Price: €55 and checklists to record activities students have completed. Book 1: Ages: 10-12 ISBN: 9781863977043 Pages: 44 © 2003 Author: Tina McDougall Book 2: Ages: 8-10 ISBN: 9781863977050 Pages: 44 Book 3: Ages: 6-8 ISBN: 9781863977067 Pages: 44 Ages: 9-15 ISBN: 9781740255691 Pages: 100
A to Z Thinking Warm-Ups Price: €29.95 Thinking Themes Price: €20.00 Each This wonderful book and CD fast and easy-to-use These two photocopiable books provide alphabet activities that will engage and motivate flexible, theme-based activities that support students of all levels. The activities can the development of thinking skills. In easily be extended to develop creative and particular, students are encouraged to: critical thinking skills and incorporate engage in a variety of analytical, creative multiple intelligences. They can be used and critical thinking skills; develop individually or in pairs, groups or as a research skills to become more whole class to encourage collaborative and independent learners and begin to form cooperative learning. The resource consists and value their own opinions. The of two sections: Alphabet Lists [theme- activities have been designed using the based activities, developed from Tony structured opportunities that Bloom's Ryan’s ‘Thinking Keys’, for which students must list an item Taxonomy of thinking levels provides. relating to that theme for each letter of the alphabet] & Assessment sheets for feedback, self- Alphabet Quizzes [lists of vocabulary questions in which assessment and tracking are included. Ages: 9-11+ each answer begins with a particular letter of the alphabet]. © 2006 Authors: Cathie Currie & Sally Robertson © 2005 Author: Steve Wayne Set Price: €35
Book A: ISBN: 9781869682620 Pages: 56 Ages: 7-14 ISBN: 9781741013511 Pages: 88 Book B: ISBN: 9781869682637 Pages: 56
Work it Out Price: €20.00 Each Thinking Start-Ups Price: €24.95 - Activities to Stimulate Creative Thinking - Independent Study Cards The ability for students to think clearly and This book contains more than one reason logically is an important goal in hundred activity cards, printed two to a education. These two books are packed page. Each card presents a short mini- with activities, puzzles and problems to lesson dealing with a thinking skill or develop students’ abilities to think, concept such as: Analysing; Brainstorming; organise, classify, analyse and synthesise Evaluating; Hypothesising; Organising and information. Students will develop skills in: Translating. Every lesson begins with a prediction; understanding change; making brief definition then the quick 'Try this....' comparisons; stating points of view; exercise allows students to explore the making decisions and choices; skill or concept. A follow-up 'Extra project' brainstorming; problem solving; co- challenges students to apply the knowledge they’ve acquired. operative work and much more. Activities, The cards can be used in three ways: as an independent puzzles and problems can be used with individuals, small thinking centre, for large group instruction and/or for a groups, or as whole class activities. thought-provoking home exercise. © 2007 Ages: 9-11+ Author: Peter Clutterbuck © 2003 Author: Murray Suid Set Price: €35
Book A: ISBN: 9781869684648 Pages: 64 Ages: 9-12+ ISBN: 9781740256018 Pages: 96 Book B: ISBN: 9781869684655 Pages: 64
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Improving Thinking Price: €26.95 The Inquiry Journey Price: €25.00 in the Classroom (2nd Ed.) This resource focuses on the role of The rationale behind Improving Thinking in the Classroom, thinking and inquiry skills, and aims to Second Edition, is to provide teachers with useful and promote more meaningful student-centred practical strategies that will enable them to provide all their learning. The thematic-based activities are children with the most engaging, exciting and challenging designed to encourage students to question learning environment possible. and think deeply and are suitable for Topics include: students to work independently, in pairs, or •Building depth and rigour using Bloom's in groups on their inquiries. The resource is Taxonomy structured as a thematic journey visiting four •Engaging students with Multiple themes: Rocky Shore, Rainforest, Castle and Space. Learning Intelligences outcomes are stated at the beginning of each activity and •Integrating graphic organisers and visual tools for assessment at the end of each activity. Teachers tools in the classroom will be equipped with a range of tools and strategies to •Transferring the knowledge to the real encourage students to question and think critically. world © 2015 Author: Hayley Dennis-Wolf © 2007 Author: Ralph Pirozzo Ages: 9-12+ ISBN: 9781927172933 Pages: 84 Ages: 9-14+ ISBN: 9781741015102 Pages: 106 Quizzles & More Quizzles Price: €9.95 Each How can you have fun and exercise your Creative Frameworks Price: €20.00 Each brain at the same time? Solving puzzles – - Topics for Thinking, Writing and Problem Solving that’s how! Quizzles are designed to This series focuses on creative thinking, provide the stimulation required by the problem solving and creative writing. Both brain to think better. They challenge and resource books take a range of popular extend the way you think, in a way that is topics and provide photocopiable activities both relaxing and enjoyable. While you which can be used to augment topic work work through the puzzles you are actually or provide starting points for independent training your brain to work quicker and work in each area. Each topic featured better. Each handbook contains over 200 consists of three student activity pictorial puzzles (a.k.a. Dingbats) presented in a quiz format. frameworks: Thoughts in Action (designed The puzzles will challenge the mind and seriously stretch the to get pupils thinking); Creative Thinking thinking capabilities of your students and your colleagues! (problem solving and alternative approaches to the topic); Ages: All Author: Michael Pohl Creative Writing (innovative and different ways of writing Set Price: €17.50 about the topic) Topics are supported by a teacher page of Quizzles: ISBN: 9781864019841 Pages: 52 ideas and ways to use the activity sheets, discussion More Quizzles: ISBN: 9781741014303 Pages: 48 suggestions, possible solutions and follow-up work. © 2009 Author: Ron Shaw Set Price: €35 Learning to Think Price: €26.95 Each Book A: Ages: 10-13+ ISBN: 9781869685621 Pages: 52 Thinking to Learn Book B: Ages: 10-13+ ISBN: 9781869685638 Pages: 48 & Still Learning to Think Thinking to Learn Activities for Developing Price: €19.95 These two book provide a practical Thinking Skills approach for teachers at all levels of schooling as they plan and implement - Creative and Critical Thinking learning activities with a thinking focus. This resource provides instruction and They describe processes that can be suggestions for the explicit teaching of thinking skills to all students. It provides a used to infuse thinking into everyday learning through the application and balanced approach to creative and critical explicit teaching of various models and thinking, developing both divergent and ST BE LER strategies. These strategies will see convergent thinking skills as part of the SEL students engaging in a wide range of thinking process. The book is divided into thinking tasks, whether they are working within defined two parts each with four sections. Part A: Productive Thinking [Fluency; Flexibility; Elaboration; subjects or on units that cut across traditional curriculum boundaries. While students are learning to think they are Originality] and Part B: Productive Planning [Evaluation; also thinking to learn. A great resource that incorporates Planning; Forecasting; Decision making]. Each section can be Bloom's Taxonomy and the theory of Multiple Intelligences. completed in three to four 30-minute sessions. Ages: 7-15 Author: Michael Pohl © 2005 Authors: Bess Wellner and Jan Yoder Set Price: €45
Learning to Think (2000) 9781740250481 Pages: 98 Ages: 9-14+ ISBN: 9781741016314 Pages: 70 Still Learning (2006) 9781741700220 Pages: 96
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Primary The English Series (Primary) Full Set Price: €100 Price: €20.00 Each This engaging, age-appropriate, modern, Australian-derived English Series is a “must-have” for every teacher. There is no better way to develop students’ English skills than through this series of seven beautifully illustrated resources. © 2016 Authors: Yolanda Cool, Brenda Gurr, Lindsay Marsh & Lisa Craig Age Suitability: Primary
INFANTS BOOK: The activities in this book revolve around: four poems, two short imaginative texts, an informative text, a traditional tale from Nigeria, an Aesop's fable and an Australian Dreaming style story. Students will show their understanding through: listening, beginning reading and writing, labelling, matching, drawing, sequencing, highlighting, discussing, role playing, ticking and crossing, creating, circling, copying, cutting and pasting, cloze activities, playing games, identifying and drawing on their prior knowledge. Each page has been typeset to deliberately appeal to this age group and the illustrations add meaning and purpose. Pages: 60 Author: Yolanda Cool Age Suitability: 5-6+ ISBN: 9781863979610
1st CLASS BOOK: The activities in this book revolve around several different text types: folk tales, procedures, recounts, persuasive texts, information texts, poems and Australian Dreaming stories. Students will be asked to compare text types, adapt text types to create their own, think about specific language devices used to construct different texts and voice their opinions of texts. Cleverly illustrated to secure the attention of this age group, this book is sure to be a valuable resource for 1st Class teachers. Pages: 48 Author: Brenda Gurr Age Suitability: 6-7+ ISBN: 9781863979627
2nd CLASS BOOK: The activities in this book revolve around folk tales, poems and Australian Dreaming stories. Students will be asked to compare texts, make connections, discuss language devices used to construct the texts, voice their opinions of, and preferences for texts and begin to analyse. Beautifully illustrated to engage children of this age group, students and teachers will enjoy working their way through the fiction texts and activities. Pages: 60 Author: Lindsay Marsh Age Suitability: 7-8+ ISBN: 9781863979634
3rd CLASS BOOK: The activities in this book revolve around a creation style story, two different versions of a fairy tale, a poem and an Australian Dreaming story. Students will be asked to compare texts, make connections, recognise and discuss language devices, develop and voice opinions of, and preferences for texts and begin to analyse. Cleverly illustrated to secure the attention of this age group, this book is sure to be a valuable resource for any teacher of 3rd Class. Pages: 56 Author: Lindsay Marsh Age Suitability: 8-9+ ISBN: 9781863979641
4th CLASS BOOK: This level is broken up in to three sections. Section One explores the structural features of fiction and non- fiction texts. Section Two looks at language features used to construct texts in some detail, and the final section’s activities revolve around a Korean folk tale. Detailed answers are provided at the back of the book to make life easy for the busy 4th Class teacher. Pages: 60 Author: Lisa Craig Age Suitability: 9-10+ ISBN: 9781863979658
5th CLASS BOOK: This level is broken up in to three sections. Section One explores the structural features of non-fiction texts. Section Two looks at language features used in narratives and reports, and the final section asks the students to analyse two texts in some detail and models how to create their own texts. Detailed answers are provided at the back of the book to make life easy for the busy 5th Class teacher. Pages: 60 Author: Lisa Craig Age Suitability: 10-11+ ISBN: 9781863979665
6th CLASS BOOK: In Section One of this book, students are asked to make connections between a Greek myth and a Native American myth. In Section Two, students will note the differences between two playscripts and a theatre review in terms of structure, character and text features. Section Three develops students’ ability to analyse poetry and discuss poetic language, and the final section focuses on the use of subjective and objective language in a newspaper report - an eyewitness account. Brilliantly illustrated, this book will develop your students into critical readers, independent thinkers, reflective writers and thoughtful speakers. Pages: 56 Author: Brenda Gurr Age Suitability: 11-12+ ISBN: 9781863979672
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The Newell Literacy Programme Price: €240.00 Developed over 20 years by an experienced Irish teacher and workshop facilitator, the Newell Literacy Programme (NLP) is a comprehensive multi-sensory, phonetic, sequential and success- orientated programme to help improve child and adult literacy skills in reading, writing and spelling. It can be used in primary schools with infants to sixth class but is also very suitable for secondary school and adult literacy to support pupils with reading difficulties. There are no graphics, childish or otherwise, in the programme allowing it to be used with all ages and across a wide range of abilities. It is sequential as the learner moves, step by step from simple well learned material to that which is more complex as the pupil masters the necessary language skills. It is linguistic as words and sentences carry meaning. The language is simple to suit pupils with a restricted code of language. It is systematic as materials are organised and taught in a way that is logical and fits the nature of our language. It is cumulative as each step of the way is based on those already learned. It 100% Irish is cognitive as pupils with poor memory skills can think their way through the language problems and understand the reasons about what they are learning. It can be used with individuals, small groups or whole class settings. Books are fully photocopiable and can be purchased separately at a cost of €35 each.
The Full Programme consists of: NLP Books 1 to 7, Teacher DVD and a set of flash cards.
© 2004 Author: Anne Newell Age Suitability: 5 to adult ISBN: 9780954850401
The Programme Price: €119.50 (incl. Vat) The Spell Write Right Programme is a powerful, games-based programme to effortlessly teach students with a reading age of 10+, how to understand the differences between confusing pairs of words, particularly students who have literacy difficulties or dyslexic tendencies. The programme, which was developed with the Dyslexia Association of Ireland, will equip students with clever methods, mental strategies, essential skills, problem-solving techniques and an abundance of confidence to work out the differences between common, everyday, confusing words. This structured and integrated programme is extremely 100% Irish adaptable and flexible and is an ideal resource for use with students in senior primary, post primary, adult literacy, resource and learning support and indeed anyone who has spelling difficulties or dyslexic tendencies. For those learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) this programme is ideally suited to their needs. Through fun and games they learn, easily, how to disentangle these mysterious, complex duos. The Full Programme consists of: Teachers' Resource Book A, Teachers' Resource Book B, 16 full-colour specially designed educational A2 Visual Word Cards (Posters), 8 A3 Size Double-sided Game Boards (Bingo) with 16 different and engaging games & 100 Plastic Colour Counters.
© 2008 Author: Eilish O’Mahoney Age: 10 to adult ISBN: 9780954850418
Starting Points Series Price: €29.95 Each How to Teach without Price: €29.95 Each - Activities and Games to Teach Basic Language Skills Going Crazy Series This series provides a variety of bulletin This popular series provides activities for boards, activities, hands-on projects and students aged 9 to 13+ and provides worksheets to help students become activities that are alternatives to the competent in basic language skills. The traditional vocabulary and spelling learning Spelling book contains step-by-step processes of writing definitions and motivating activities which help students sentences. Some of the activities become competent spellers. The incorporate games, speeches, riddles, puns Vocabulary book contains high-interest and puzzles. Other lessons involve using themed units which foster good high-interest or unusual themes and letting communication skills. The Grammar the students make choices for themselves. book helps students learn about parts of Several of the activities encourage speech and punctuation with fun, skill- students to stretch their imagination and building activities. reach beyond the common ordinary everyday word. © 2003/04 Age: 7-9+ Author: Cheryl L. Callighan © 2003 Age: 9-13+ Author: Cheryl L. Callighan Set Price: €80 Set Price: €55 Spelling: ISBN: 9781740258692 Pages: 128 Spelling: ISBN: 9781741010060 Pages: 128 Vocabulary: ISBN: 9781740259033 Pages: 128 Vocabulary: ISBN: 9781740259040 Pages: 128 Grammar: ISBN: 9781741011555 Pages: 128
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What Every Teacher Price: €20.00 Each What Every Teacher Price: €20.00 Each Should Know About Spelling Toolkit Should Know About Grammar Toolkit This two-book toolkit is a comprehensive This two-book toolkit is an in-depth resource that will provide teachers with a resource containing hundreds of exercises range of strategies for teaching spelling. designed to foster an appreciation of The Toolkit includes a variety of spelling grammar in students. Answers for the wide challenges and knowledge which will variety of exercises are provided, as are assist students to master spelling and concept guides, assessment sheet foster in them an appreciation and templates, and plenty of ideas for further enjoyment of language. Sections include: grammar teaching. Wide-ranging, easy to Book A: Morphological Knowledge, The use and packed with activities. Look of Words, The Sound of Words; Book A: Understanding: Nouns; Verbs; Book B: The Patterns of Letters, Spelling Prepositions; Pronouns; Adverbs Games and Activities, Etymological Knowledge. Answers Book B: Understanding Conjunctions; provided along with assessment and profiling activities Sentences; Clauses; Phrases; Adjectives. © 2009 Ages: 7-12+ Author: Peter Clutterbuck © 2011 Ages: 7-12+ Author: Peter Clutterbuck Set Price: €35 Set Price: €35 Book A: ISBN: 9781869686147 Pages: 72 Book A: ISBN: 9781869686628 Pages: 60 Book B: ISBN: 9781869686178 Pages: 68 Book B: ISBN: 9781869686635 Pages: 52
Spell Well Price: €20.00 Each Grammar Made Easy Price: €20.00 These two photocopiable resource books Grammar Made Easy provides you with all from experienced educational writer Peter the definitions and examples you need to be Clutterbuck will enable teachers to identify your own grammar expert. Whether you spelling difficulties experienced by individual need to check your own work, a colleague’s students, and then act as a toolkit to guide or answer a student’s tricky grammar teachers in the relevant steps needed questions, this book will become an essential to assist each learner. The books part of your classroom resources. It contains include information for teachers on everything from definitions of commonplace how to develop specific spelling parts of speech, to information on synonyms, error profiles, and how to test and antonyms and punctuation. Find out exactly how to use the analyse spelling needs. A interrogative adjective and how it differs from a comprehensive selection of proof demonstrative one. Learn the difference between an reading activities is provided, as are infinitive and one that is split. Grammar rules and exceptions templates for proof reading awards. are easily laid out and simple to understand. You’ll never Previously titled: The Spelling Toolkit worry about the nuances of correct grammar again! © 2012 Author: Peter Clutterbuck Set Price: €35 © 2007 Author: Maura O’Connor
Book A: Ages: 6-8+ ISBN: 9781927172674 Pages: 56 Ages: 9-11+ ISBN: 9781869684389 Pages: 52 Book B: Ages: 7-9+ ISBN: 9781927172681 Pages: 52
40 Reading Intervention Strategies Price: €34.95 Price: €22.95 Struggling students need a different kind of Reading Success instruction, more time and ample amounts - A Reading Intervention for Students with ADHD of guided practice to help them become This easy-to-implement programme confident readers. The interventions in this teaches students to consciously apply book are designed for educators to use strategies to improve their reading skills. with individuals or small groups of students The strategies are easily transferred to any who simply cannot keep up with the pace reading context and help students become of instruction. Features: Ways to teach independent readers who find reading fun more vocabulary in less time, resulting in and enjoyable. It includes: a brief greater understanding and retention; Sample lessons with introduction to ADHD; an analysis of the step-by-step instructions and teaching formats that include effects of ADHD on reading; a detailed modelling, ways to build in student practice and suggestions explanation of the reading intervention; lesson plans to for engaging students; Strategies for thinking aloud to implement the reading intervention; a list of frequently asked scaffold challenging comprehension skills such as inferencing, questions. The intervention is suitable for a wide range of summarising and monitoring; Year-level notations to help ages and reading abilities and has been specifically designed determine which strategies work best at specific year levels. to meet the needs of ADHD students and their teachers. © 2010 Author: Elaine McEwan-Adkins (© 2004) Author: Kathy Baker
Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781742394749 Pages: 198 Ages: All ISBN: 9781741013023 Pages: 78
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Cut and Paste Price: €20.00 Each Working with High Price: €20.00 Each Set Price: €75 Phonics Frequency Words Set Price: €75 The Cut and Paste Phonics Series is a four- The Working with High Frequency Words book series which focuses on teaching Series is a four-book series which focuses early primary school students to read and on teaching early primary school students write with confidence. Written by an early to read and write commonly used words primary teacher, the activities in each with confidence. Written by a primary book focus on encouraging the teacher, each activity page is visually- students to understand the appealing to engage the interests of relationship between letters and young learners and tasks are varied to sounds. The pictorial clues prevent the students from losing focus. together with the cut and paste Books 1 & 2 are targeted at children aspect of the book makes the who are in their first few years of activities fun and engaging for schooling. Books 3 & 4 are targeted at young children. children aged 6-7 years but can also be used to challenge gifted early years Book 1 (Single Sounds) focuses students. Each book in this series contains on teaching pre-school and pre- worksheets which: primary students to begin reading • Focus on high frequency words that and writing. Book 2 (Blends) students will be reading and writing in focuses on teaching 6-8 year olds their early years of schooling to read and write with greater • Includes a set of flash cards that can confidence. Book 3 (Long Vowel be used to complement each list of Sounds) focuses on exposing 6-8 high frequency words year old students to phoneme/ • Includes Look, Say, Cover, Write grapheme relationships, pages for revision encouraging the students to • Follows a similar structure so that students can complete recognise the five long vowel activities independently sounds, and understand that one • Includes two additional pages of varied activities to provide sound can be spelt a number of different ways. Book 4 a challenge (More Sounds) focuses on encouraging the lower primary The activities in the series can be used as: Part of a daily students to recognise that the sounds that they hear in spelling programme; Additional support activities to older words can be broken into parts, written in a variety of ways students; Revision or assessment; Part of the class and sound the same at the beginning, middle or end. homework programme. © 2013 Ages: 4-8 Author: Debra Hawthorne © 2014 Ages: 4-7 Author: Debra Hawthorne
Book 1 - Single Sounds: ISBN: 9781863978675 Pages: 60 Book 1: ISBN: 9781863978903 Pages: 56 Book 2 - Blends: ISBN: 9781863978682 Pages: 68 Book 2: ISBN: 9781863978910 Pages: 56 Book 3 - Long Vowels: ISBN: 9781863978699 Pages: 52 Book 3: ISBN: 9781863978927 Pages: 56 Book 4 - More Sounds: ISBN: 9781863978705 Pages: 56 Book 4: ISBN: 9781863978934 Pages: 56
Sight Word Activities Price: €15.00 Each Phonic Fun Price: €20.00 Each Activities to help early learners recognise Activities for early readers, to introduce, consolidate, and use high frequency sight words reinforce and revise phonic sounds The sight word worksheets found in this This series is designed to introduce, book can be effectively used in conjunction consolidate and revise phonic sounds with other classroom activities to reinforce with early readers. Puzzles, children’s sight word knowledge, e.g. comprehension, matching picture clues, modelled writing, oral reading, story telling unjumbling words and many other and so on. The worksheets are designed for language activities are included to provide early learners and those requiring revision students with a comprehensive phonics of skills. The minimal writing requirements program. The books become are reinforced by being modelled and progressively more difficult and include repeated on a page several times. Young test pages and games to re-inforce the children enjoy the activities and the presentation encourages sounds covered. eager participation in the learning process. © 2011 Ages: 6-9 Author: Judy Gabrovec © 2012 Ages: 4-6 Authors: Kyanne Howatt & Toni Davis Set Price: €55 Set Price: €25 Book 1: ISBN: 9781875262949 Pages: 56
Book 1: ISBN: 9781863972154 Pages: 36 Book 2: ISBN: 9781875262956 Pages: 56 Book 2: ISBN: 9781863972161 Pages: 36 Book 3: ISBN: 9781863972994 Pages: 56
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Working with Words Price: €20.00 Each Essential Phonics Price: €20.00 Each Activities to help 5-8 year olds to recognize & use high This three-book series is designed to bring frequency sight words. students at risk up to speed with their The activities in this series are designed to literacy and phonic skills. Book 1 provide children with interesting activities focuses on consonants, while books 2 to consolidate their learning of sight and 3 focus on vowel sounds. The words. The worksheets can be books contain work and review sheets, effectively used in conjunction with and can be used as a remedial tool classroom activities that reinforce with individual students, with groups to children’s word knowledge. The complement an existing literacy worksheets are designed for programme or with older students beginning readers as well as those who need extra help with basic reading requiring revision of skills. and spelling skills. A valuable resource for © 2010 Ages: 5-8 busy teachers, parents and tutors. Authors: Kyanne Kachel & Toni McRae ©2009 Age: 8+ Author: Milanda Reynolds Set Price: €55
Set Price: €55 Consonants: ISBN: 9781863976329 Pages: 68 Book 1: ISBN: 9781863974110 Pages: 40 Vowels: ISBN: 9781863976305 Pages: 52 Book 2: ISBN: 9781863974127 Pages: 40 More Vowels: ISBN: 9781863976312 Pages: 44 Book 3: ISBN: 9781863974134 Pages: 36
Sound Linkage (3rd Edition) Price: €63.95 Phonological Awareness Cards Price: €69.95 - An Integrated Programme for (Price includes Vat) overcoming Reading Difficulties
This is a complete Phonological The updated edition of this successful Awareness programme in a box! resource has been developed to support Teaches seven skill areas with 210 children with reading delays and dyslexia. It cards. Each card has three pictures contains a phonological training on the front and a hierarchy of programme, an explanation of how this ST BE EST LER stimulus items on the back. B R programme can be embedded within a SEL LLE Outcomes: Develop phonological SE broader reading intervention, a awareness; Improve literacy and decoding skills; The cards standardised test of phonological awareness and a are organised into seven phonological awareness skill areas: methodology to grade children’s reading books. This third Rhyming; Syllable Identification; Syllable and Sound Blending edition has been revised throughout to include the latest Initial Alliteration; Final Alliteration; Phoneme Isolation; developments in the field. These resources have been used Sound Deletion and Substitution. Use the cards: For drills; with a wide range of children and found to be suitable for With Board games; In small groups; In conjunction with use with any reading-delayed children, irrespective of classroom reading activities; To supplement literacy and cognitive ability and age. © 2014 spelling. Components: 210 X double-sided, coated, picture/ Authors: Peter J. Hatcher, Fiona J. Duff & Charles Hulme stimuli Cards (10 X 15cm) plus Instruction Cards. © 2004 Ages: All Code: WLY-10087 Pages: 200 Ages: 4-9+ Code: PE-35015 Cards: 210 Essential Sight Vocabulary Price: €20.00 Each Language Steps Price: €54.95 This series is filled with progressive high- A language resource aimed at developing interest activities to assist teachers in comprehension and expression in spoken developing student sight vocabulary language. Focusing on early language skills skills. Three types of words have been from a 1 to 4 word level, it provides a selected for inclusion: 1. Words that photocopiable programme for speech & students are exposed to as part of their language therapists, assistants and teachers daily classroom activity, 2. Words that to develop the number of information students recognise immediately and are carrying words in an utterance. Vocabulary, exposed to in written and oral basic concepts and grammar have been communication, 3. Words that occur kept to a minimum. Seven sections each consist of six mainly in written material but are session plans with associated homework activities. The important for developing fluent reading activities can be used for individual or group therapy. A skills. Book A focusses on Basic Words; Book B: Everyday photocopiable score sheet is also provided which can form Words; Book C: Words for Reading Competency. part of a child's treatment notes or IEP. Age: 7-11+ © 2006 Author: Peter Clutterbuck © 2000 Author: Amanda Armstrong Set Price: €55 Book A: ISBN: 9781869683733 Pages: 64 Ages: 2-4+ Code: STS-4297 Pages: 151 Book B: ISBN: 9781869683740 Pages: 68 Book C: ISBN: 9781869683757 Pages: 68
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The Word Wasp Price: €31.95 Toe by Toe: Price: €31.95 The Word Wasp has been designed in A Highly Structured Multi-Sensory Reading Manual for order that ordinary people can give Teachers and Parents anyone with literacy problems, includ- Over 25 years of fieldwork went ing those labelled dyslexic, the chance into the development of the Toe by Pack of 6 to read and spell alongside their liter- Toe (tiny steps) system and it is this
€175 ate peers. Anyone wanting to give their research which makes the method child a head start can also use this manual. It is a one-to-one so easy-to-use and can be used by manual that has been trialled extensively with both adults Pack of 6 professionals and non-professionals €175 and children from the age of 8 to 54. It starts by introducing alike. The unique syllable division the basic sounds and then progresses slowly through the employed by Toe by Toe is very easy to use though it is not language adding the various elements from the basic sounds the syllable division generally used for the teaching of read- to the Latinised suffixes: from lock to loquacious. Those ing. Once the sound of a phoneme has been taught using students who finish this text will have their spelling ages and the 'polynons' (nonsense words), these rules can then be as a consequence, their reading ages, advanced dramatically. applied to any multi-syllabic word and students find a whole © 2000 Authors: Harry Cowling & Marie Cowling new world of reading opening before their eyes. © 1993 Authors: Keda Cowling & Harry Cowling Age: 8+ Code: WW-1438 Pages: 298 Age: 7+ Code: TBT-6403 Pages: 290
Also Available from Toe by Toe Publications: Hornet Literacy Primer Price: €19.95 Stareway to Spelling (An Aid to Spelling) €19.95 (Word Wasp) Stride Ahead (Gateway to Comprehension) €19.95 The Hornet is a literacy primer. It deals with the fundamental structures and Fold-A-Book: Price: €20.00 conventions which operate in English. It was developed with students whose - Phoneme-Grapheme Association Activities Pack of 6 literacy problems were exacerbated by Fold-A-Book allows young students to €105 their inability to process regular vowel create and illustrate their own phoneme- sounds. It is a one-to-one teaching manual that can be used grapheme mini-books to aid in their spelling on the school desk or kitchen table. It can be used with stu- and vocabulary learning. Each photocopiable dents from the age of 5 to 75. Its main function is to de- page can be folded into a small booklet for velop a linguistic framework for all students; allowing them students to compile their own ‘library’ of to understand that the English language moves from left to books of the sounds they are learning. The right and that order and structure rule the language. It is not booklets are planned for use with children the mystery that whole word systems make it appear. who are at the stage of making a connection © 2005 Authors: Harry Cowling & Marie Cowling with the written letters of our alphabet and words familiar to them. The words have been carefully chosen – familiar Age: 5+ Code: WW-1421 Pages: 162 animals and objects, body parts and numbers. Relevant and fun for students just learning letters and their sounds, Fold-A -Book is an ideal supplement to your phonics. Time for a Rhyme Price: €25.00 © 2009 Author: Carol Duffy Time For A Rhyme is a splendid multi- purpose presentation of nursery rhymes. Ages: 4-7+ ISBN: 9781869686208 Pages: 52 The diverse range of activities included tackle both language and maths skills as well The Junior Reading Toolkit Price: €25.00 as providing opportunities for drama, arts The Junior Reading Toolkit will support and crafts, and physical activities. With over your literacy work by providing a variety a hundred learning activities the book can of creative and meaningful reading-related be used in a huge variety of ways to inspire activities, games and templates for in-class and inform your teaching - just open and or homework. The activities in this book begin. Skills targeted include phonetic awareness, are skills-based and designed to reinforce understanding of text, punctuation and vocabulary, problem in-class reading development work. Each solving, simple sums, measurement, basic number skills, and activity has been designed to provide many, many more. Children learn through play, fun, rhythm reinforcement for emergent, early and and rhyme and what better way to teach them than by using fluent readers. Many activities are hands- nursery rhymes? This resource is aimed at early childhood on and assist with fine motor skills development like cutting, teachers, junior primary school teachers and relief teachers. pasting, folding, colouring. © 2010 Author: Yoneka Dayal
© 2007 Author: Rebecca Green Ages: Early Years ISBN: 9781869686215 Pages: 88
Ages: 5-7+ ISBN: 9781869683245 Pages: 82
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Oral Language Strategies Price: €20.00 Talk It Up! Price: €20.00 Oral language skills are important pre- Discussion Points for Upper Primary requisites to the development of written Students language skills. This book aims at providing Talk It Up! provides students with speaking teachers with a diversity of strategies for opportunities by presenting stimulating oral language activities with multiple and thought-provoking springboards for examples of each strategy. Each section of discussion. The book provides different this book contains a set of similar activities oral language activities including scenario studies, discussion prompts, debate topics ST designed to develop and reinforce the BE LER and role plays. Discussions are ideal S EL specified oral language strategy and are preceded by Teachers’ Notes which within a weekly oral language programme provide an explanation of possible approaches that can be or as stand-alone lessons. Through the range of discussion used. This approach allows ample opportunity to promote, topics in the book students develop the skills of speaking, practise and consolidate oral language skills as presented in listening and creative thinking, as well as an understanding of the “First Steps” approach to oral language. objectivity, perspective and consolidation of their own © 2008 Author: Lyn Catchpole personal values and opinions. © 2008 Author: Sally Young
Ages: 8-10 ISBN: 9781863971096 Pages: 56 Ages: 10-12+ ISBN: 9781863977418 Pages: 52
Awesome Auditory Activities Price: €25.00 Read and Respond Price: €20.00 This book is composed of over twenty - Activities that Guide Independent Reading detailed, varied and easy-to-use exercises Read and Respond contains a wide range of designed to improve auditory memory engaging activities that support independent skills. Many students lack essential listening and reciprocal reading. The activities can be and memory skills – a real problem, as photocopied, laminated, and made available accurate listening is essential for effective for readers during library time or reading in communication. The activities in this book the classroom. Activities help readers to aim to increase these skills through tasks look more closely at texts and encourage like sequencing, following verbal them to respond to what they are reading in instructions, memorising lists, regrouping in thought, and a variety of creative and personalised ways. more. Activities are set at one of three increasing difficulty This resource supports the reading of texts both for levels and each includes a teacher’s page with helpful information and enjoyment and will help learners to develop instructions and ideas, as well as a photocopiable student’s a love of reading, build up "reading mileage" as well as page. A chart is included that allows students to track their fluency, and grow in confidence as readers. Great for improving auditory skills. Many of the exercises can be linked extension work! The book includes a student objective and simply into existing curricular study areas. assessment chart, reciprocal reading card and a reading log. © 2009 Author: Carol Duffy © 2013 Author: Selma Owbridge
Ages: 10+ ISBN: 9781869685768 Pages: 76 Ages: 9-12+ ISBN: 9781927172742 Pages: 60
Finding Your Feet Price: €20.00 Each Teaching Speaking Price: €20.00 with Fiction & Poetry And Listening This series contains lots of bright ideas and - Fables And Traditional Stories worksheets to support students in their This photocopiable resource book uses the reading, understanding and enjoyment context of fables and traditional stories from of poetry, novels and stories. The many cultures to support the teaching of Fiction book is divided into 8 sections speaking and listening skills. In the Fables (Reading Skills, Authors and Illustrators, unit, students focus on speaking skills Setting, Character, Plots and Events, (expression, volume and speed). Fables Genre, Film Versions and Book include: The Fox and the Lion; The Hare Reviewing) each focusing on a feature of and the Tortoise; The North Wind and the reading or fiction. The Poetry book Sun; The Lion and the Hare. In the Traditional Stories unit, supports students in their reading, students focus on listening skills (to recall and respond to understanding and enjoyment of poems. It is divided into 5 information). Stories include: Rata's Canoe; The Turtle's sections (Poems, Rhythm, Rhyme, Figurative Language, and Shell; King Midas; The Hen and the Hawk. Templates are View Points), each focusing on a feature of poetry. provided for sequencing activities. Evaluation sheets are also © 2009 Ages: 10-12+ Author: Rob Cottrell provided, as are teacher monitoring sheets. Set Price: €35 © 2007 Authors: Trish Noble & Judith McKendry Fiction: ISBN: 9781869685980 Pages: 64 Poetry: ISBN: 9781869685997 Pages: 56 Ages: 7-9+ ISBN: 9781869683221 Pages: 52
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Reluctant Readers Series Price: €25.00 Each Active Comprehension Price: €20.00 This 2-book, high-interest series caters for - Hands-On Reading and Interpretation Activities students who have left the junior primary Active Comprehension is a collection of but are still struggling with reading. This comprehension activities that encourages a resource aims to capture their interest hands-on approach to engaging with texts. with a range of vibrant, relevant reading As the name implies, the activities get work units. Each book is comprised of students doing; drawing, cutting, pasting, eight guided reading units presented in a manipulating and physically organising their variety of structures. Each unit has a response to texts. Skills include predicting, T ST detailed step-by-step lesson plan along BES summarising, evaluating, inferring, making BE ER LER ELL S EL with a learning intention, a text for the S connections, finding information, and much students to read (or for teacher to share) more. Ideal for visual and kinaesthetic learners, dyslexic and a variety of follow up activities designed to improve students, ESOL students, reluctant readers and writers and literacy skills. Text types include: Recount; Newspaper students with special learning needs. Contains 64 Article; Recipe; Non-fiction; Poem; Comic and Diary. photocopiable pages. Suitable for upper primary students. © 2009 Author: Annette Meyer © 2009 Author: Sarah Nightingale Set Price: €45
Engaging: Ages: 7+ ISBN: 9781869686086 Pages: 72 Ages: 8-12+ ISBN: 9781869686185 Pages: 64 Supporting: Ages: 7+ ISBN: 9781869686222 Pages: 72 English A to Z Price: €20.00 Each HELP for Vocabulary Price: €49.95 - Language Worksheets to Support Skill-Building Students will build vocabulary as they These two books provide teachers with self work with hundreds of words in this -contained language worksheets that can be popular title and use them in a variety of used in class or for homework to support contexts. Written in the best-selling language practice and reinforcement. format of the HELP series, these The contents are organised using the 26 vocabulary activities have: Expansive, letters of the alphabet and cover over timeless content; Appeal to a broad age- 120 English language topics. Examples range; Goal-driven activities; A gradual include Abbreviation, Acronyms, increase in complexity within and Adjectives, Adverbs, Antonyms, between activities; Application to a wide range of Compound Words, Contractions, developmental and acquired language disorders. Students Homophones, Idioms, Metaphors, develop word flexibility and learn strategies that help them Nouns, Similes, Synonyms, Prepositions, learn new vocabulary efficiently. The activities cover four Verbs and much more. Worksheets are skills areas: Developing Basic Vocabulary; Defining Words; clear, well set out, fun, engaging and easy to use. Applying Vocabulary Skills; Curriculum Vocabulary. © 2007 Ages: 8-12 Author: Peter Clutterbuck © 1999 Author: Andrea M. Lazzari Set Price: €35 Book A: ISBN: 9781869683689 Pages: 68 Ages: 8-Adult Code: PE-31613 Pages: 180 Book B: ISBN: 9781869683696 Pages: 64
Catch them Price: €49.95 Thinking & Writing Sing Your Way to Price: €20.00 This dynamic resource helps teachers Reading and Writing implement an effective factual thinking and This book and CD of songs and activities writing programme into primary, middle enhance the teaching of reading and writing. and secondary schools. It demonstrates Contains 9 units, each consisting of: Song; seven different models of factual writing: Instructions on how to use the song; Chart; Narratives, Procedures, Descriptions, Energiser activities; and the music. Song Reports, Explanations, Persuasive titles include: A for Apple; The Tree House; arguments and Discussions or Arguments. Consonant Sound Song; Quiet Now; CR For each model, there are descriptions and CH CH Charlie; Up and Down Houses; explanations, practice activities and step-by-step instructions Vowel Name Song; Word Family Song; TH to help facilitate that particular type of factual writing. It Song; The Short Vowels. Music has a powerful effect on features draft writing frames that provide a guide to the influencing language development as well as increasing structure and purpose for each writing model, rubrics for concentration, memory, visual and listening skills and effectively assessing thinking and writing and ready-to-use physical coordination. The combination of audio, visual and blacklines. Provide a powerful link between thinking kinaesthetic learning techniques here will add an effective strategies and specific types of factual writing. and fun point of difference to your literacy programme. © 1998 Author: David Whitehead © 2009 Author: Betty Chamberlain
Ages: 9-14+ ISBN: 9781864018202 Pages: 332 Ages: 3-5+ ISBN: 9781869685652 Pages: 38 + CD
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Reading Zone Price: €20.00 Reading Activities for Books Price: €20.00 The book contains reading and or Stories comprehension sheets on ten thematic Activities for use in conjunction with novels, picture groups : Champions, Children, Fairytales, books, non- fiction reference materials and magazines Nursery Rhymes, Magic, Mythology, This book provides a comprehensive Fishing, Space, Nations and Rodents. programme of work for reinforcing Themes contains 5 activity sheets and reading skills and is applicable to class answers. The five activities are: analysing lessons, reading groups, individual work, stories to determine required library session tasks or homework. The information; identifying differences activities cover concepts such as: between two similar stories; locating formulating questions from a text; typos in crossword clues and correcting them to proceed; comparison of book genre; investigation word searches; and spot the difference. This book is a into character; exploration into the valuable classroom resource and can be used as a resource effects of time and setting on a book; and for early finishers, as homework activities, or as a quick examination of the important features of non-fiction texts; resource for relief teachers of upper primary classrooms. among other concepts. © 2008 Author: Edward Connor © 2007 Author: Frances Croft
Ages: 10+ ISBN: 9781863975995 Pages: 64 Ages: 10-12+ ISBN: 9781741706680 Pages: 56
Getting Started in Reading: €30.00 Moving on with Reading €30.00 – Essential Reading Skills for all Levels Essential Reading Skills for all Levels Using active learning methods ‘Getting Moving on with Reading is the second book Started in Reading’ focuses on teaching early in the Essential Reading Skills series. reading skills and uses 20 basic emergent Written by teacher Ruth Mitchell, this brand words from Levels 1-3, PM Readers. A new release focuses on reading and brilliant programme for students who have comprehension, and introduces the most difficulty in beginning the reading process, frequently used words from Levels 3-14 in who are slow to progress, who have short PM Readers. This resource promotes active attention spans, and who are learning learning methods, giving students a sound English as a second language. Students base for early reading or learning English. needing this programme are those who: Make no progress Students needing this programme are those who: Have in reading after 3-6 months of school; Have a learning learnt the first 20 sight words but continue to need intensive disability; Have poor attention and/or memories; Have teaching; Have a learning disability; Have poor attention and/ special needs; Have a Non-English Speaking Background; Are or memory; Have special needs; Have a non-English speaking refugees with no educational background. background; Are refugees with no educational background. © 2015 Author: Ruth Mitchell © 2015 Author: Ruth Mitchell
Ages: 5-8+ ISBN: 9781927172179 Pages: 104 Ages: 5-8+ ISBN: 9780908326129 Pages: 148
Teaching through Storytelling Price: €20.00 Building Bridges of Understanding €30.00 This photocopiable resource is a must have This book is a whole school approach to for teachers of Early Learners! By the teaching of comprehension devised by embracing the oral tradition, this resource Dr. Ann Courtney of the University of shows teachers how to tell as opposed to Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Martin Gleeson, read stories. It contains rhymes, songs, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and stories and suggestions for teachers, to try nine schools in the Munster area. Drawing with children to support development in on current research regarding effective speaking and listening, develop spoken comprehension instruction its primary language competence, develop visual focus is the teaching of comprehension, images in the mind, help them learn about living through with the ultimate aim of enabling children to become self- drama and encourage development in reading. Children can regulated strategic readers. To this end eight key be encouraged to tell their own stories if they are given the comprehension strategies are identified, namely, prediction, confidence to recognise narrative structure and conventions. visualisation, making connections, questioning, clarifying, It must be a positive experience and you as the care giver determining importance, inferring and synthesising. Each can give that to them with this book. strategy is explicitly modelled through a think aloud process (© 2008) Author: Bertha Tobias using high quality fiction and non-fiction picture books. © 2007 Author: Mary Immaculate College CDU Ages: 3-5+ ISBN: 9781869685195 Pages: 64 Ages: All Code: MI-BBOU Pages: 113 + 3 CDs
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Text Types Price: €20.00 Each The Text Type Series is a four-book series which is designed to help students understand and appreciate the idea that texts differ from one another in terms of their purpose, structural features, language features and the medium in which they appear. The series introduces students to a range of text types and in this way enables them to become confident in identifying a text as a particular type and qualifies them to form expectations about its content, form and objectives. The series also functions to help students begin to write different types of texts confidently and incorporate the different features of each text type accurately. The solutions for all the activities are provided at the back of each book. This series is highly recommended for any teacher teaching English in upper primary or lower secondary school. © 2009 Ages: 10+ Set Price: €75 Author: June Keir
Book 1 - Imaginative Narratives ISBN: 9781863977661 Pages: 52 Book 2 - Imaginative Poetry ISBN: 9781863977678 Pages: 56 Book 3 - Informative Texts ISBN: 9781863977685 Pages: 60 Book 4 - Argumentative Texts ISBN: 9781863977692 Pages: 56
Writer’s Workshop Price: €20.00 Recipes for Writing Price: €20.00 How to implement an effective writing programme in - Reports, Instructions and Explanations the classroom. Based on 20 years of successful writing This book is a comprehensive, step-by- teaching, this book demonstrates ways to step guide for primary school teachers create simple formulas that become the to set up and implement an innovative ‘recipes’ for writing a particular genre, for and effective writing program in the example, the recipe for writing explanations. classroom. The book differs from Each time students write an explanation traditional writing models as it sees they refer back to the appropriate recipe, writing as a cyclical rather than a linear the same as in a cookery book. The process, allowing students to choose component parts of the ‘recipe’ become the ‘ingredients’. where they want to start and continue Each ‘recipe’ is developed with the students following a in the writing process. This book is structured process. It is then displayed in the classroom as a written by an experienced teacher who practises Writer’s prompt for independent writing. These great little Workshop with his own students. It will make a valuable frameworks will scaffold juniors into experiencing success resource for any primary school teacher. and confidence in their writing. © 2013 Author: David Holmsen © 2015 Author: Louise Eglesfield
Ages: 8-12+ ISBN: 9781863978736 Pages: 64 Ages: Lower Primary ISBN: 9781927172926 Pages: 56
Everyday English Price: €20.00 Each Writing Frameworks Price: €20.00 Each This progressive series provides practical - Helping Students get to Grips with Writing activities in living language and This two book resource series assists in the communication studies enabling students to teaching of transactional text types to explore communication in practical ways students. The books provide prewriting using everyday situations. Section 1 in each strategies, guides, and model exemplars book introduces students to the cognitive across seven writing genres. and social skills required for purposeful and Book A looks at recounting valuable communications. Section 2 (timelines, recounting the news / an provides activities that require students to event), describing (an event / an reflect on everyday situations and then object), procedure (flow charts, communicate ideas, feelings and sequencing), and reporting information using skills covered in Section (characteristics grids, 1.Book A is suitable for reading ages 5-7; brainstorming). Book B reading ages 7-9; Book C reading Book B looks at explaining (using a ages 9-11+. sketchboard), arguing (creative © 2007 Author: Peter Clutterbuck problem-solving) discussing and assessment. Set Price: €55 © 2007 Ages: 9-11+ Author: David Whitehead Book A: ISBN: 9781869683191 Pages: 56 Set Price: €35 Book B: ISBN: 9781869683207 Pages: 56 Book A: ISBN: 9781869684143 Pages: 60 Book C: ISBN: 9781869683214 Pages: 56 Book B: ISBN: 9781869684150 Pages: 56
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The Easy English Series for ESL and ESD Students Price: €20.00 Each
The series consists of eight beautifully laid out books, all of which have been carefully constructed to increase the proficiency of ESL (English as a Second Language) and ESD (English as a Second Dialect) students' use of English. English proficiency is necessary for these students' successful participation and achievement in school life and beyond. This series immerses students in a language programme which is accessible and relevant to their lives and experiences regardless of their cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Long-awaited, the books are a much needed professional teaching resource. © 2009 Pages: 52 Approx. Set Price: €140 Ages: All Author: Margaret Warner
Book 1: Easy Words ISBN: 9781863977586 Book 5: Easy Grammar ISBN: 9781863977623 Book 2: Easy Read and Write ISBN: 9781863977593 Book 6: Easy Text Types ISBN: 9781863977630 Book 3: More Easy Read & Write ISBN: 9781863977609 Book 7: More Easy Text Types ISBN: 9781863977647 Book 4: Easy Punctuation ISBN: 9781863977616 Book 8: Easy Editing & Proofreading ISBN: 9781863977654
Word Puzzles for Price: €20.00 Introducing English for Price: €20.00 Speakers of Other Languages Speakers of Other Languages This book of EAL focused word puzzles Contains both oral and written activities provides excellent language focused that are designed to provide natural learning activities to supplement the work you experiences for students to develop an ever already do with speakers of other expanding and rich vocabulary of English languages. The crosswords and word words. The structure of this book has been searches provide new speakers of English geared to provide the same learning with opportunities to practise and reinforce processes used when acquiring a first the new words and phrases they come language. Students are shown that the across every day. Words from common letters of the alphabet stand for the sounds usage and contexts are presented in the form of themed of spoken language and that a spoken word can be broken puzzles. Themes include: days and months; numbers; body up so the separate sounds of the word can be distinctly parts; words to describe people; colours; feelings; sports; heard. In a simple, user-friendly way this book takes students food; music; sayings and cliches; and much more. Answers from basic oral activities to basic sounds and words and are provided. They are suitable for individuals and groups from there on to more complex word understanding. and can be used for first language students needing support. © 2008 Author: Peter Clutterbuck © 2005 Author: Peter Giddens Ages: 7-15+ ISBN: 9781869685072 Pages: 64 Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781869681333 Pages: 64
Reading Dialogues Price: €20.00 Each Speak Easy Price: €20.00 Oral activities for new speakers of English Engaging Spoken-Language Activities for This two-book resource is designed to New Learners of English support the oral skills of students who This is a collection of activities that help to are from non-English speaking promote oral language in older learners who backgrounds. Each book contains a series are very new to English. Students are taken of dialogues or short plays which are through games, structured conversations intended to be read aloud in small groups and engaging language activities that they can and then discussed. The dialogues are practice with each other in school and at tailored to different language levels in home. The activities are ordered from both books. Pre-reading activities prepare easiest to more difficult. The reading level has been students for the vocabulary ahead. Post-reading activities deliberately kept simple, with most text being within the first check comprehension and practise the vocabulary in other 1000 words vocabulary level. Some material is deliberately language mediums. Templates are provided for self- repeated in different activities as it is generally considered evaluation and teacher evaluation. that new information needs to be repeated at least seven © 1998 Authors: Susan Battye & Helen McKesser times before it becomes known to EAL learners. Set Price: €35 © 2015 Author: Ruth Mitchell Book A: Ages: 10-13+ ISBN: 9781877220210 Pages: 56 Book B: Ages: 10-13+ ISBN: 9781877220227 Pages: 48 Ages: 9-15+ ISBN: 9780994113610 Pages: 85
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Cut And Paste Maths Price: €20.00 Each The Money Book Price: €20.00 Activities for 6-8 Year Olds This three-book series has been specifically Maths Activities based on Euro coins written to help children develop numeracy This book has been written specifically for skills. The activities cover: numbers, place 6 to 8 year old students studying value, fractions, money, patterns, Mathematics. Using Euro coins, students measurement, shape, position, data will develop their ability to: add, subtract, and chance. The delightful illustrations multiply, divide and solve practical as well as the cut and paste aspect of everyday problems. They will also begin to the book means that the students have recognise all Irish coins and understand fun while learning. This book is an their values. To demonstrate their essential classroom resource. learning, students will be asked to: cut and paste, round up and down, match, draw, write and study © 2013 Author: Debra Hawthorne data. Visually appealing to engage the interests of young
Set Price: €55 minds, this book is both practical and useful. Answers are provided at the back of the book. Book 1: Ages: 3-5 ISBN: 9781863978866 Pages: 60 © 2015 Author: Tricia Unwin Book 2: Ages: 6-7 ISBN: 9781863978873 Pages: 60 Book 3: Ages: 7-8 ISBN: 9781863978880 Pages: 60 Ages: 6-8 ISBN: 9781863970471 Pages: 48
Number and Algebra Price: €20.00 What to do Price: €15.95 Each This book provides students with the when you Can’t….. (5-Book) Series (2nd Ed.) opportunity to apply their understanding of This series of maths books by internationally the relationship between numbers and recognised author Steve Chinn practise their pre-algebra skills in a fun but has been written for use by practical way. Students are asked to play parents, teachers or students. It the role of the teacher, by marking contains clear explanations of completed sums. Section one is entitled how to build key mathematical ‘Correct Me If I’m Wrong’ and contains skills. Each book builds on activities which ask students to use number what the student does know combinations, patterns and complementary processes. to teaching what is not known. Section two is called ‘From Here To There’ and includes The series uses effective activities on addition and subtraction; using times tables learning methods often knowledge in conjunction with addition and subtraction; involving multi-sensory ideas. identifying number combinations and relationships; becoming Set Price Students are encouraged to use speaking,
familiar and using combinations up to 20 using the four € 75 listening, writing and seeing to build number processes. Answers provided. knowledge of these core mathematical © 2012 Author: Trish Goodfield skills. The set contains one copy each of ‘What to do when you can't add and subtract’; ‘What to do when you can't Ages: 6-8 ISBN: 9781863979054 Pages: 68 do the times tables’; ‘What to do when you can't multiply and divide’; ‘What to do when you can't tell the Problem Solving: Price: €17.95 time’; ‘What to do when you can't do fractions, decimals and percentages’. Steve Chinn offers fresh ideas to learners
Reasoning & Strategies who struggle with maths from his experience as a teacher of This innovative resource provides a variety dyslexic students. of activities which cater for a range of © 2009 Ages: All Author: Steve Chinn problem solving skills appropriate for children aged 5 to 8. It can also be used for What do Do when you Can’t…... older children who need consolidation of ..Add & Subtract: Code: EP-0946 Pages: 149 their skills and strategies in problem ..Learn Times Tables: Code: EP-0953 Pages: 125 solving. Students are encouraged to use any ..Multiply & Divide: Code: EP-0960 Pages: 100 ST BE manipulative materials in the classroom to LER ..Do Fractions, Decimals S EL aid in solving problems. Students draw & Percentages: Code: EP-0977 Pages: 106 pictures and use mathematical notation to represent their ..Tell The Time: Code: EP-0984 Pages: 75 ideas. Modelling and representing mathematical ideas is very powerful in allowing students to develop clear See also: understandings and concepts. Dyscalculia & Dyslexia Section © 2001 Authors: Marigold Draper & Jenny Kotros Pages 56 & 57 Ages: 5-7+ ISBN: 9781740255349 Pages: 84 MaLT Assessment Page 7
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Number Strategies Series Price: €20.00 Each Creative Maths Problems Price: €20.00 Each The activities in the series contain a blend of This two-book series will give your activities ranging from the developmental students purposeful learning exercises that and investigative to application style relate to real life mathematics. It takes problems. Most activities contain a final common everyday problems and gives extension task where students can further them a maths twist. It provides both the extend their understanding, quiz their student and the teacher with a range of peers, research a new idea or develop exercises that demonstrate the every their mathematical creativity. The day usability of mathematics. Each emphasis is on providing students with Challenge contains: Real life application; ample opportunity to explain how they Web page link for further information know what they know and to practise on the topic; Mathematical problem to explaining their thought processes. Each solve; Detailed information on the Set Price: €55 section is preceded by extensive teacher problem for teachers. notes and guidance on how to teach a new strategy and most The series is packed full of creative Set Price: €35 activities contain a challenge at the bottom of the page thinking activities, with plenty of designed to engage student interest and appreciation for opportunities for children to solve problems in small groups Mathematics as well as exposing students to the idea that or independently. If you want your students to ZING about Mathematics can be a creative and investigative pursuit. their mathematics, if you want them to value the importance © 2011 50-60 Pages per book Author: Mirella Trimboli of the subject, this book will help provide the activities you need to do so. Number: ISBN: 9781863978279 Ages: 8-10 © 2008 Ages: 9-11+ Author: Nicolla Hansen Algebra: ISBN: 9781863978286 Ages: 10-12 Number Book A: ISBN: 9781869683252 Pages: 60 and Algebra: ISBN: 9781863978293 Ages: 11-13 Book B: ISBN: 9781869683269 Pages: 56
Thinking Allowed Price: €24.95 Literacy in Maths Price: €20.00 -Thinking Tools for the Mathematics Classroom This book includes strategies that can be This brilliant resource shows how thinking used to develop literacy skills in the fields of can become part of the mathematics Algebra and Number. Comprised of curriculum. It gives practical suggestions for versatile vocabulary reminder and definition applying thinking tools to classroom sheets, a large maths literacy worksheet organisation, teaching and assessment with section and a range of reinforcement information on tools and theories such as: activities, it can be used for: Revision for Bloom’s Taxonomy; Gardner’s Multiple assessment; Homework tasks; Support for Intelligences; Ryan’s Thinker’s Keys; De ESOL students and much more. Easy to use Bono’s Six Thinking Hats and more. and packed with clear explanations and versatile activities © 2003 Author: Suzanne Gunningham © 2011 Author: Naomi Jonas
Ages: 10-14 ISBN: 9781740259644 Pages: 118 Ages: All Primary ISBN: 9781869686321 Pages: 80
Quiz Quest Price: €20.00 Each What Time is it? Price: €20.00 - Maths Quizzes for Revision and Reinforcement This resource consists of a series of This series is designed for students who reproducible worksheets that teach time experience difficulties in maths. The concepts and time measurement through ‘mixed ability’ questions in each quiz realistic problem-solving activities. ensure that most students will get some Organised, progressive tasks, presented in a correct. Content of quizzes includes: step-to-step sequence of difficulty, help Number skills; Fractions; Decimals; students to master the basic concepts of Percentages; Ratio and proportion; Time; time-telling using digital and analogue Geometry; Measurement; Probability; clocks. Tasks move through the essential Algebra and Statistics. Quizzes can be skills required to learn the analogue system and on to used as ‘warm ups’, as targeted activities understanding common time terms, estimating time and for particular students, to engage pairs or small groups, for scheduling activities. What Time Is It? provides balanced early finishers, for homework, or for pre-testing and post- material to master both analogue and digital clock systems testing of various competencies. Answers provided. confidently. The book will prove an invaluable aid to your © 2006 Author: Maureen Thompson teaching of this crucial life skill. Set Price: €55
© 2010 Author: Johana Meyer Book 1: Ages: 7-9+ ISBN: 9781869682217 Pages: 64
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Maths Together (2nd Ed.) Price: €49.95 Each Written by Florence Gavin, Maths Together is a series of 6 Folders from Maths Together Maths Together Maths Together Junior Infants to 6th Class level. It is a comprehensive resource for work Florence Gavin Florence Gavin Florence Gavin in mathematics at each primary level. It contains a bank of ideas, examples, photocopiable worksheets and tests, covering all the key & concept and skill areas of current curriculum requirements. It has been designed for whole class teaching, group or individual work at each level. Answers to all problems and tests are included at end of the manual. It is
Mulberry Mulberry Mulberry Publications Publications Publications in a large, clear, A4 format, with over 250 illustrated pages per folder. © 2002 Author: Florence Gavin Set Price: €285
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Make Sure Maths Prices from : €6.25 Each Number Facts Price: €6.45 Each This scheme of 8 student workbooks is The Number Facts series provides a designed to reinforce classroom learning way to complete mastery of the times and build confidence in maths. Essential tables - addition, subtraction, ingredients for success in mathematics multiplication and division. They provide learning are understanding, accuracy and ample drill and practice for the child. speed. Children need drill in numerical © 2003 Author: Florence Gavin calculations to develop accuracy and speed. Assess these aspects of the Addition & Subtraction Code: MP-NF-AS Pages: 45 child's learning as you work through the Multiplication Code: MP-NF-M Pages: 45 book. The assessment pages provide an Division Code: MP-NF-D Pages: 45 opportunity to reflect on the child's Set Price: €18.00 progress and to identify the strengths and weaknesses the child may have. 100% Irish Build on those strengths and work on Maths Zone Price: €9.00 Each the weaknesses and the child will gain Written by Florence Gavin, the proficiency in a subject which will be used throughout his / Maths Zone series consists of 8 her life. Each book has 38 Pages. textbooks spanning from Junior Infants to low Fifth Class level © 2007 Set Price: €50 Author: Florence Gavin (Maths Zone 8). The books Junior Infants Code: MP-MSM-JI € 6.25 should be worked through in Senior Infants Code: MP-MSM-SI € 6.25 sequence beginning at the First Class Code: MP-MSM-1 € 7.00 appropriate level for the child. A Second Class Code: MP-MSM-2 € 7.00 pupil may complete more than Third Class Code: MP-MSM-3 € 7.00 100% Irish one book a year. The aim of this Fourth Class Code: MP-MSM-4 € 7.00 series is to give the pupils the language and hands-on Fifth Class Code: MP-MSM-5 € 7.00 experience through which they can interpret, analyse, Sixth Class Code: MP-MSM-6 € 7.00 describe, make predictions, estimate and solve the common mathematical problems of everyday living. The emphasis is on clear structured steps and consolidation of learning. The Dictionary of Primary Maths Price: €6.25 book numbers do not correspond to class level. They were This dictionary explains all the mathematical written for the pupil learning maths with the help of the terms that are likely to be encountered at Resource or Learning Support Teacher. primary level. While a rigorous approach to © 2003 Author: Florence Gavin mathematical definitions is essential the Set Price: €65 emphasis here is on clarity and understanding Book 1: Code: MP-MZ-1 Pages: 99 and meanings are presented in a way that is Book 2: Code: MP-MZ-2 Pages: 99 interesting and stimulating as well as being Book 3: Code: MP-MZ-3 Pages: 99 accurate. 100% Irish. Book 4: Code: MP-MZ-4 Pages: 99 © 2010 Author: Florence Gavin Book 5: Code: MP-MZ-5 Pages: 99
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Maths Rescue Series Price: €20.00 Each - Activities for all students, including those with Specific Learning Difficulties, working at UPPER primary levels Created for classroom teachers, the focus of this series is on the reinforcement of "the basics" in maths, as well as providing activities aimed at developing understanding of mathematics concepts. Students with Specific Learning Difficulties experience a range of problems with their academic learning. These problems include word ST BE recognition and comprehension; coping with pages that are too LER SEL cluttered and with too many differing requirements; being required to sequence, recall and apply strategies in abstract situations; being required to process information while working to meet deadlines; and having trouble with personal organisation with their schoolwork. Whilst the books in this series are designed for students with learning difficulties, they can be used as a simple and straightforward introduction to concepts or a reinforcement of mathematical strategies for the whole class. The books follow a basic format, with each activity usually containing a choice of two worksheets to cater for a range of ability levels. Age: 9-11+ © 2015 Author: Sandy Tasker Book 1: Number: Written Calculations ISBN: 9781863975643 Pages: 60 Book 2: Measurement, Chance and Data ISBN: 9781863975650 Set Price: €55 Pages: 52 Book 3: Number: Applications ISBN: 9781863975667 Pages: 48
Everyday Maths Price: €20.00 Each Real Life Maths Price: €20.00 Each - Mathematics problems Exploring Mathematical Concepts in set in a real world context. Practical Everyday Situations The activities in these books are designed This series is designed to present to present real life problems to provide students with "real life" contexts that children with situations in which everyday require an understanding of a range of maths comprehension skills are required. mathematical processes. Reluctant The tasks provide a foundation for the maths students will benefit from this development of problem solving skills and book as all activities are designed to strategies - students are required to provide direct meaning rather than just manipulate facts presented in order to being presented as a set of sums and solve the problem. Also included is a list number problems. The problems are of photocopiable brainteasers that explore designed to consolidate comprehension the idea of lateral thinking. skills as well as mathematical processes © 2015 Author: Jane Bourke and problem solving strategies. Set Price: €55 © 2015 Author: David J. Cohen Ages: 10+ Book 1: Ages: 8-11 ISBN: 9781863971676 Pages: 40 Set Price: €35
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Extension Maths Price: €20.00 Each Maths Reinforcers Price: €25.00 Each This series is designed to provide extension This popular series is designed for students and enrichment for early finishing or who need extra learning support. The advanced primary-aged children - to many activities will help to build skills extend their skills in maths. Each book and understanding and are presented contains a wide variety of extension in a flexible and easy-to-use format. activities that will provide both The worksheets can be used as quick stimulating and challenging for young ‘warm-ups’, as targeted activities for mathematicians. Book 1 concentrates on particular students, to engage groups, Number, Space, Measurement and for homework, or for pre- and post- Chance/Data. Book 2 concentrates on testing of various competencies. providing a variety of number related Answers are provided. The skills skills which will greatly assist young covered in each book are as follows: Book A: Number children in the development and extension of their Skills; Book B: Fractions, Decimals & Percentages; Book C: numeracy abilities. Book 3 concentrates on providing a Ratio, Proportion, Mass, Time, Plane Shapes, Length, Area & variety of important problem solving skills. Volume; Book D: Algebra, Statistics & Probability. © 2015 Author: David Stephenson © 2011 Ages: 9-14+ Author: Richard Free Set Price: €55 Set Price: €80 Book 1: Ages: 5-7 ISBN: 9781863975674 Pages: 52 Book A: ISBN: 9781869686574 Pages: 72 Book 2: Ages: 6-8 ISBN: 9781863975681 Pages: 44 Book B: ISBN: 9781869686581 Pages: 84 Book 3: Ages: 7-9 ISBN: 9781863975698 Pages: 40 Book C: ISBN: 9781869686598 Pages: 88 Book D: ISBN: 9781869686604 Pages: 76
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Teaching Number in the Price: €32.50 The Four Operations Price: €20.00 Classroom with 4-8 year olds (2nd Ed. - 2014) A Maths resource focussing on the essential Part of the best-selling series, this book maths skills of addition, subtraction, brings the principles and practice of the multiplication and division. Each operation acclaimed Mathematics Recovery Programme is tackled in depth with numerous mental to whole-class teaching. Central to the text is and practical approaches included for the concept of an inquiry-based approach to students learning or struggling with basic classroom instruction, and topics covered maths. Approaches include: Number Lines; range from beginning number and early Algorithms; Base Ten; Using Fingers; counting strategies to multi-digit addition and Shopkeeper’s Method; Number Expanders; subtraction right through to multiplication and division. Grids; Operation Patterns ..and many more. Including the Now printed in full colour. Includes Online Digital content. most simple approaches as well as tips, tricks and shortcuts © 2014 Authors: Robert J Wright, Garry Stanger, for more advanced learners, the resource is designed to get Ann K Stafford & James Martland students thinking mathematically and is suitable for a wide range of different ability levels and for whole class, small Ages: 4-8 Code: SG-2694 Pages: 256 groups or individual work. © 2008 Author: Johana Meyer
Teaching Number (2nd Ed.) Price: €34.95 Ages: All Primary ISBN: 9781869685409 Pages: 80 - Advancing Children's Skills and Strategies Helps teachers identify where their students are in terms of number skills and sets out a The Ultimate Times Tables Book Price: €25.00 strategy for developing their knowledge. The This photocopiable book provides over 70 authors show how to advance children's pages of innovative activities and ideas for learning across five stages of early teaching and learning the times tables. The arithmetical learning: Emergent; Perceptual; book acts as a 'one-stop-shop' of effective Figurative; Initial number; Facile number. The hands-on activities, memory games, simple original book in the acclaimed Maths Recovery Programme. tricks, fun quizzes and teacher ideas. All the © 2006 Authors: Robert J Wright, Garry Stanger, activities have been successfully trialled by Ann K Stafford & James Martland the author with a wide range of age groups. Also included in the book are a range of Ages: 4-8 Code: SG-1855 Pages: 264 additional activities that show students how the times tables can be applied to other areas of maths - for example Developing Number Knowledge Price: €32.50 division, prime numbers and factors. The book can be used - Assessment, Teaching & Intervention with 7 to 11 Year-olds with students right through the school, from those who are Following the great success of the earlier just getting to grips with times tables, to older students who Mathematics Recovery books, this fourth are having difficulty learning them. book in the series equips teachers with © 2004 Author: Rob Cottrell detailed pedagogical knowledge and resources for teaching number to 7-11-year Ages: 8-11 ISBN: 9781877282393 Pages: 84 olds. Using programmes of research, curriculum development and teacher development, the book offers a coherent, Maths Start-Ups Price: €21.95 up-to-date approach emphasising computational fluency and - Independent Maths Activity Cards the progressive development of mathematical sophistication. Maths Start-Ups is designed to help © 2012 Authors: Robert J Wright, students practice math skills while gaining David Ellemor-Collins & Pamela D. Tabor knowledge of the world they live in. This is accomplished by providing basic maths Ages: 7-11 Code: SG-0611 Pages: 298 (+ CD) problems that relate to fun and interesting facts from real life. The cards in each Early Numeracy (2nd Ed.) Price: €34.95 subject area (addition, subtraction and so - Assessment for Teaching and Intervention on) are numbered. In general, the level of This updated edition includes developments challenge rises as the numbers get larger. The maths subject and refinements brought about by widespread areas encompassed by the cards include: Addition; international application of the assessment Subtraction; Multiplication; Division; Geometry. The answers tools in the Maths Recovery Programme. The are provided in the resource section, along with a student book will help practitioners to identify and activity log. You can help students keep track of their provide detailed analyses of all children but progress by having them enter a card number into the check especially those who are able and those who list after they have successfully completed the activity. underachieve in early numeracy. © 2006 © 2003 Author: Scott McMorrow Authors: Robert J Wright, Ann K Stafford & James Martland Ages: 8-12+ ISBN: 9781741010077 Pages: 88 Ages: 4-8 Code: SG-0200 Pages: 224
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Solving Maths Problems Price: €20.00 Each Brain Benders Price: €20.00 Each Each book in this three-book series contains - Challenging Maths Problems for Primary Students a series of open-ended engaging Brain Benders is a three-book series. Each Maths problems which revolve book contains photocopiable mathematical around fun, engaging and problems. Some of the problems are creatively written stories. As more challenging than others, thus these stories are of situations in the books cater for a range of which the students are likely to abilities for middle and upper find themselves in, the problems primary classes. Each problem are placed in real life everyday appears next to an answer page contexts. Support and extension which not only provides the ST BE LER questions are provided to help and challenge problem's solution but clearly S EL students of different abilities. explains the methods that can be © 2016 Author: Anita Green Pages: 60+ used to arrive at the solution. In this way, Set Price: €55 the book is designed to not only test a Lower: ISBN: 9781863979696 Ages: 6-8 wide range of methods to solve problems Middle: ISBN: 9781863979702 Ages: 8-10 but to equip students with effective problem solving Upper: ISBN: 9781863979719 Ages: 10-12 techniques and strategies to help strengthen their mathematical skills. Primary Maths Problems Price: €20.00 Each © 2009 Authors: Barry Brocas & Brenda Bicknell The Primary Maths Problems series is a Set Price: €55 comprehensive teacher resource Book 1: Ages: 8-10 ISBN: 9781863977791 Pages: 56 containing a variety of Book 2: Ages: 9-11 ISBN: 9781863977807 Pages: 56 reproducible mathematical Book 3: Ages: 10-13 ISBN: 9781863977814 Pages: 52 problem task cards – some with one solution, some with a number Open-Ended Maths Tasks Price: €32.95 of solutions and some open ended. This book focuses on the use of open-ended The problems are related to questions in the maths classroom. Open-ended practical everyday mathematical questions promote effective problem- situations, with each activity solving skills and can be easily incorporated designed to challenge students to use their with thinking tools such as Bloom's knowledge and problem solving skills. Taxonomy, Multiple Intelligences, Habits of ©2011 Author: Clare Way Pages: 68 Mind, Creative and Critical Thinking and Set Price: €55 other organisational skills. These tried and Book 1: ISBN: 9781863976671 Ages: 6-8 tested reproducible task cards can be used Book 2: ISBN: 9781863976688 Ages: 8-10 ST BE throughout the primary maths classroom. Book 3: ISBN: 9781863976695 Ages: 10-12 LER SEL The topics, covering measurement and number, address curriculum content for each of the levels Stretch, Bend Boggle Price: €24.95 covered from junior to upper primary. This book is a bumper collection of logic © 2006 Authors: Kate Emry, Lyn Lewis & Clare Morfett and mathematical problems to develop thinking skills and encourage brain- Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781741702316 Pages: 164 + CD stretching and lateral thinking. Set in a handy week-by-week format, these Open-Ended Maths Tasks: Price: €29.95 challenging and fun activities can be used as - Space, Chance & Data homework, extensions or class work. Ideal This exceptional resource book will help to extend advanced upper primary and primary-school educators use short, lower-secondary students or to help middle innovative tasks based around the main secondary students develop their problem-solving skills. learning theories: Creative and Critical Allow Stretch, Bend Boggle to engage your students. Thinking, Multiple Intelligences, Graphic © 2004 Author: Brian Stokes Organisers, Habits of Mind, Bloom’s
Taxonomy and Ryan’s Thinker’s Keys. Ages: 11-17 ISBN: 9781741012446 Pages: 158 Incorporating a substantive set of task cards covering Space, Chance & Data, this See also: book facilitates better thinking skills and comprehension in Dyscalculia & Dyslexia Section the primary school, incorporating different levels for junior, Pages 56 & 57 middle and upper primary classes and special instruction for classrooms with mixed-ability and multi-aged students. MaLT Assessment © 2008 Authors: Kate Emry, Lyn Lewis & Clare Morfett Page 7 Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781741708165 Pages: 168
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The Irish Maths Series Price: €20.00 Each
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Say goodbye to boring maths lessons with this jam-packed resource of open-ended and real life maths problems. Designed for all ability levels, you can guarantee that no student will be left behind or left unchallenged. Students will enjoy sharing their strategies to discover that there are actually many different methods that can be used to arrive at the same answer. Incorporating all areas of maths, this book will be loved by teachers and students alike.
© 2017 Pages: c.60 per book Ages: Primary Authors: Yolanda Cool, Anita Green, Lisa Craig, Brenda Gurr Level & Codes Irish Maths Series - What each book covers: Infant Classes Book Number and Place Value - Patterns and Algebra - Using Units of Measurement - Shape - Location and ISBN: 9781863979894 Transformation - Statistics & Probability First Class Book Number and Algebra - Fractions, Decimals & Money - Patterns and Algebra - Shapes and Units of ISBN: 9781863979900 Measurement - Location and Transformation - Chance and Data Second Class Book Number and Algebra - Fractions, Decimals and Money - Patterns and Algebra - Shapes and Units of ISBN: 9781863979917 Measurement - Location and Transformation - Chance and Data
Third Class Book Number and Algebra - Measurement and Geometry - Statistics and Probability ISBN: 9781863979924
Fourth Class Book Number and Algebra - Measurement and Geometry - Statistics and Probability ISBN: 9781863979931
Fifth Class Book Number and Algebra - Measurement and Geometry - Statistics and Probability ISBN: 9781863979948
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Dúcheisteanna Mata Praghas: €20.00 Maths Problem Solving Price: €20.00 Is féidir fótachóipeanna a dhéanamh den dá Techniques leabhar iontacha seo a fhorbróidh scileanna Eight problem solving strategies réitigh fadhbanna agus foghlaim and practice activities for 9 -12 chomhoibríoch daltaí sa tomhas, san year olds uimhreas, sa chéimseata, san ailgéabar Teaching problem solving has agus sa staitistic. Leabhar A, díríonn an always been an intriguingly complex leabhar seo ar réiteach comhoibríoch task. This book will assist educators fadhbanna sa Tomhas agus sa in the instruction of 8 specific Chéimseata. Leabhar B, díríonn an techniques. Each tried and tested leabhar seo ar réiteach comhoibríoch approach has 100 non-graded fadhbanna san Uimhreas, san Ailgéabar examples to work through. agus sa Staitistic. Tá réimse straitéisí in Dúcheisteanna a T BES Techniques developed include: chabhróidh le daltaí bheith níos éifeachtaí i ngrúpaí mar ER ELL Making a diagram; Guess and check réiteoirí fadhbanna. Oibríonn na daltaí i ngrúpaí ceathrair le S with 2 or 3 variables; Using a table bheith in ann plé agus réiteach a dhéanamh ar a lán de na or chart; Compiling an organised list; Looking for a pattern; fadhbanna atá san áis. Chun na ceisteanna a fhreagairt is gá Kinaesthetic/real objects approach; Logical reasoning; and do dhaltaí tuiscint a bheith acu ar choincheapa matamaiticiúla Working backwards - building up information. agus teanga mhatamaiticiúil agus cabhraíonn na ceisteanna © 2012 Author: David Stephenson leo cur chuige cruthaitheach a fhorbairt agus a dtuiscintí á
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Whistle Along Prices from: €4.95 Whistle a While Prices from: €4.95 Whistle Along is a staff notation (B.A.G.) Whistle a While is the tutor for those who approach to teaching the tin whistle. It prefer to teach tin whistle using the ‘doh re presents folk, Irish, children’s favourites and me’ (tonic solfa) approach. The content is classical pieces, most of them well known, similar to Whistle Along but it has the tonic which makes for easy progress. Song words solfa notes (d, r, m etc) written over the are also included where possible. A Whistle staff notation. Song words are included Along DVD (Price: €19.95) and Whistle where possible. A Whistle A While DVD Along Audio CD (Price: €14.95) are also (Price: €19.95) and Whistle A While Audio available. For more details please visit: CD (Price: €14.95) are also available. For www.otb.ie/Whistle-Along more details please visit www.otb.ie/Whistle-Along © 2005 Author: Julie Ryng © 2005 Author: Julie Ryng
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Strum Along 1 Prices from: €4.95 Strum Along 2 Prices from: €4.95 Strum Along 1 is a comprehensive guitar Strum Along 2 is a follow up to Strum Along tutor which will assist teachers to be able 1. This book presents songs in the keys of to teach themselves the guitar. The teacher A, E, C, G, A minor and E minor. Utilising may then go on to give guitar classes. All well known folk songs, it presents a variety songs are in the key of D. It uses the of strumming and finger picking styles which vocabulary of the school music curriculum are taught in detail in Strum Along 1. A (Ireland). There is a new song to be learned Strum Along 1 Audio CD (Price: €14.95) in each lesson. A Strum Along 1 Audio CD are also available. For more details please (Price: €14.95) are also available. For more visit: details please visit: www.otb.ie/Whistle-Along www.otb.ie/Whistle-Along © 2011 Authors: Julie Ryng and Nina Garvey © 2011 Authors: Julie Ryng and Nina Garvey Ages: All ISBN: 9781906926359 Pages: 24 Ages: All ISBN: 9781906926335 Pages: 24 Songs & Games for all Children Price: €20.00 Fundamentally Music Price: €20.00 Each This photocopiable book contains songs, This series simplifies the teaching of the rhymes and games for children. Each song essential characteristics, elements and and rhyme is linked to ideas for making overall effect of music. Book A visual aids and simple games. These ideas (Performing) introduces the students to promote an understanding of beat and all of the elements and characteristics of rhythm as an introduction to music skills. In music that they will need to improve some instances, the song or rhyme is linked their musical performances and to making displays. This encourages children experiences. Book B (Inventing & to talk and make meaningful links between Composing) revises basic elements and oral and written language as part of music education. provides an introduction to more formal © 2006 Author: Janet Evans aspects of learning to read music. © 2005 Ages: 7-12+ Author: Frances McNeill Ages: Lower Primary ISBN: 9781869682149 Pages: 56 Set Price: €35 Book A: ISBN: 9781869682019 Pages: 50 See also - Page 26: Book B: ISBN: 9781869682026 Pages: 48 Sing Your Way to Reading and Writing (Book & CD)
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Perfect Plays Price: €20.00 Each Primary School Plays Price: €20.00 Each For Primary Students Plays which accommodate This two-book series contains six delightful one to three classes Set Price: €35 plays (3 in each book) for children to Each book in the Primary School Plays perform in front of large audiences. series consists of four fabulous plays Production notes accompany each play which can be modified to accommodate to help teachers make decisions about one to three classes. Ranging in length costumes, props and stage sets. The from 15 to 45 minutes, the plays can be plays incorporate popular songs and staged at assemblies, or other school humour and have been cleverly written events, such as speech and concert nights. to teach children important values and The plays have been written so that each to allow for maximum participation. character is on the stage for more or less The books give children the opportunity to develop a love the same amount of time. This allows every student to feel and understanding of performance and develop the skills included and to shine. Costumes, props and scenery can be needed to participate in a school production. adjusted to suit any school budget. Fun, entertaining and © 2009 Author: Diana Bickford Ages: 4-8 engaging, this book will be a valuable resource in any school. © 2013 Author: Margaret McDonald Ages: 7-12 Set Price: €35 Book 1: ISBN: 9781863977722 Pages: 56 Book 2: ISBN: 9781863977784 Pages: 44 Book 1: ISBN: 9781863978712 Pages: 60 Book 2: ISBN: 9781863978729 Pages: 60 Introducing Drama Price: €20.00 Each - Drama Units for Junior and Middle Primary Telling Tales Price: €25.00 Each This two-book series provides first steps into - Practical Drama Activities based on drama for primary school students. It includes Stories from around the World units designed to integrate drama into the This progressive series focuses on curriculum and inclusively allow students to traditional fables, myths and legends from participate in drama activities, develop around the world. It is packed with literacy in drama and broaden their under- practical ideas which will develop drama standing of drama and its role in society. literacy, provoke discussions related to Activities undertaken will increase students’ human values and promote competency in ability to express themselves, develop higher EST students and teachers alike. The strategies ST B R BE order thinking skills, increase their LLE ER SE and themes offered make the integration ELL awareness of dramatic structures and S of drama into other Arts, English and conventions. Units are based around 4 key areas: • Creating Dramatic Space • Using Dramatic Structures • Social Science curricula highly manageable. Activities from Working in Role • Responding to Drama and are based around Book A include; Finn McCool & The Giants Causeway; many familiar and entertaining themes and scenarios. Activities from Book B include; The Ungrateful Tiger. © 2008 Ages: 10+ Author: Susan Battye © 2009 Set Price: €35 Author: Karen Fletcher
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The Drama Ideas Bank Price: €20.00 Step by Step Educational Drama Price: €29.95 This easy-to-use photocopiable resource This full-colour practical resource book is book provides teachers who are non- unique in that every drama activity has specialists with an accessible introduction been carefully planned to be relevant to to using improvisation and mime with the Irish primary curriculum and each one students. The hundreds of one-off ideas in has been road-tested in specific Irish this easy-to-use resource book will help contexts. It contains a section for each of students to develop confidence and basic the four curriculum class groupings making skills in drama and movement. Activities it suitable for the entire primary school. include: Building Dialogues; Quick The sessions are described in easy to Improvisations; Improvisations with Individuals, Pairs and follow instructions, which can be easily managed within the Groups; Building Characters and Situations; Movement and classroom. It aims to animate the primary school drama Mime. The pages are designed to be photocopied onto card, curriculum by using educational drama methods as outlined laminated and cut into cards and strips so that they can be in the curriculum guidelines. The drama sessions outlined are used again and again. This book is also a valuable resource carefully structured to encourage an enjoyable, accessible for teachers who are running school drama clubs. and manageable approach to drama. © 2008 Author: Mary Brooks © 2006 Authors: Joanna Parkes & Sarah Fitzgibbon
Ages: 10-14 ISBN: 9781869684877 Pages: 48 Ages: 5-12 ISBN: 9780954095321 Pages: 96
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Teaching Primary Art Price: €20.00 Finding Your Way Price: €20.00 Each Ideas, activities and templates for the with Visual Arts primary art teacher This two-book series supports students to Written by a practising primary school art develop skills in art, create art works to specialist, this book provides step-by-step express themselves and talk about their art projects for students. All of the art and the art of others. Each art focus projects have been tried and tested in the section contains: Teacher introduction; art classroom and so are both useful and Materials list; Classroom management; user-friendly. Teaching Primary Art is easy to Learning outcomes. Book A topics include follow as it contains clear instructions, lists Drawing, Print making and Painting. Book of necessary materials and coloured illustrations of students’ B topics include Construction, Fabric and work who have completed the same projects. Lessons are Fibres, Modelling and Sculpting. The books linked to the broad focus areas of: Art Ideas, Art Skills and support planning and implementing art Art Responses. These broad learning areas mean that sessions at all primary levels and will help students to build projects can be easily linked to most art curriculums. This confidence in working a range of art mediums. book is a must-have for any primary school teacher. © 2008 Ages: 9-11+ Author: June Milne © 2012 Author: Chani Crow Set Price: €35 Book A: ISBN: 9781869684426 Pages: 56 Ages: 6-12 ISBN: 9781863978408 Pages: 56 Book B: ISBN: 9781869684433 Pages: 56
A Book for All Seasons Price: €20.00 Rainbow of Colour Price: €15.00 Early Learning Activities that last the whole year round This theme-based resource provides easy This photocopiable resource book to pick up and use activities. All the provides early childhood educators with activities are well suited to classroom broad themes based around times of the practice and will slot into a literacy year. Children will develop skills in programme or as part of independent literacy, numeracy, visual arts, music, learning times. The photocopiables within, drama, cultural skills, social skills and guide children to write poems, develop physical development. There are seven ideas and work independently. Use the topic areas with a display and activity page activity pages: to contribute to each, plus six learning To bring art based topics into your literacy times; For skills belonging to each topic. These are highlighted in a independent learners; To introduce a writing method or learning areas cross-reference chart. genre; For small group times. © 2005 Author: Rebecca Green © 2006 Author: Sherry McCourt
Ages: 3-6 ISBN: 9781869681791 Pages: 56 Ages: 4-8+ ISBN: 9781869683368 Pages: 40
Christmas Art & Activity Photocopiable Books Price: €20.00 Each (Set Price: €70.00)
Christmas Themes for the Early Years Published: 2012 Pages: 48 ISBN: 9781863972673 - Christmas Related Activities for 4-8 year olds Christmas Craft Published: 2010 Pages: 56 ISBN: 9781875268269 - Christmas Activity Ideas for 4-8 year olds Christmas for Juniors Published: 2011 Pages: 64 ISBN: 9781875268924 - Language Activities, Art/Craft Ideas and Christmas Recipes for 5-8 year olds Christmas Around the World Published: 2012 Pages: 56 ISBN: 9781863972680 - Christmas Activities and Research for 8-12 year olds www.otb.ie OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES [email protected] Page Page 40 SESE: SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION 40
That’s Disgusting! Price: €20.00 Forensic Science Price: €20.00 Science lessons that your kids won't Practical science activities designed forget to capture students’ imagination and Sweat, warts, hairballs, halitosis, vomit, promote analytical thinking earwax and blood. These are just some This book contains a range of simple, of the gruesome but important fun, hands-on activities requiring simple educational topics covered in That's science materials that are readily Disgusting. Each topic is delivered in a available in most homes and schools. clear and humorous way and is designed Tasks cater for both group work and to make students enjoy and remember independent learners. Sections focus on science lessons for years to come. Full to examining lip prints, fingerprints, teeth the brim with foul facts, grotesque gossip and practical prints, blood drops, DNA, handwriting, identikit pictures, lie activities to get your students involved in science, this is a detectors, mystery substances, shoe prints and much more. teacher resource that you shouldn't be without. The book's humorous approach makes it a popular resource © 2015 Author: Fiona Rayns for any classroom. Where relevant, teachers' notes, extension ideas and useful websites have been included. Ages: 9-13 ISBN: 9781863977739 Pages: 60 © 2015 Author: Fiona Rayns
Junior Scientists Price: €20.00 Each Ages: 10-13+ ISBN: 9781863976121 Pages: 60 When teaching science it is important to recognise that science is interconnected. Body Science Series Price: €20.00 Each To answer one question in biology, we Children love to learn about the workings must use chemistry. To understand why of their own body. Body Science delivers in chemistry, we can use biology and so this learning through simple explanations forth. This book helps students to make and related activities that allow links between the four sciences by students to discover the complexities examining all four areas within one book. of the human body. Book 1 focuses on Young children are naturally curious the working body covering topics such about the world around them. This series as body systems, sense organs, basic provides them with opportunities to genetics and the growth and explore the world around them by: development of humans from Experimenting with materials, Asking conception to old age. Book 2 focuses questions, Recording observations, Investigating and on dealing with diseases, the role of the reflecting and Devising new ideas/theories about how the immune system and brain structure and world works. Each activity page is paired with teacher’s page. function. This series is intended for upper primary levels and © 2012 Ages: 6-9+ Author: Yolanda Cool beyond. Set Price: €35 Set Price: €55 © 2015 Ages: 10+ Author: Sally Young Book 1 (age 6-7): ISBN: 9781863978316 Pages: 68 Book 2 (age 7-8): ISBN: 9781863978323 Pages: 60 Book 1: ISBN: 9781863977395 Pages: 56 Book 3 (age 8-9): ISBN: 9781863978330 Pages: 60 Book 2: ISBN: 9781863977401 Pages: 48
SESE Interactive Price: €99.95 My Multicultural Classroom Price: €20.00 Learning through Fun (incl. Vat) Learning About and Understanding Our SESE Interactive was designed by a team of Multicultural Society teachers and designers led by Irish ICT Our world is diverse. With the steady specialist Seaghan Moriarty. SESE Interac- stream of immigrants, our classrooms can tive has been produced in line with the begin to develop a microclimate of different strands and strand units of the revised cultures and beliefs. Misunderstandings of S.E.S.E. curriculum for third and fourth these different cultures can bring classrs (with supplementary games and intolerance, isolation and communication activities for fifth and sixth classes). It breakdowns. This book is organised into comes with an unlimited site licence, lively and informal activity sessions that draw students’ which means that the CD-Rom can be attention to the many things that make us culturally different installed on every PC in your school without limits. and the things that unite us. It will help students to develop a The CD-Rom will only need to be used once. © 2008 deeper understanding of cultural diversity and help to promote and build a supportive and inclusive environment in Author/Designers: Seaghan Moriarty & Jamie Casey your classroom. Age Suitability: 8 - 10+ © 2008 Author: Peter Clutterbuck
Code: SESEI 100% Irish Ages: 9-14 ISBN: 9781869684808 Pages: 56
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Independent Science Challenges €24.95 Inquiry Science €17.95 This excellent resource is a collection of Inquiry Science is designed to engage stand-alone, long-term, in-depth, open- children in investigation and discovery ended science research projects designed through hands on, student-centred to challenge and extend students. It activities. These easily resourced learning incorporates a high-level, thinking skills centre tasks provide opportunities for approach to over 40 interesting and children to verbalise their observations and sometimes controversial topics such as: make inferences. Each lesson includes Global Warming; Cloning; Nuclear Power; background information on the topic and Weapons of Mass Destruction; Tsunamis; suggestions to help children to focus on an Evolution; GM food and much more. These challenges are experiment and to record and think about the discoveries. great learning experiences because they can be differentiated Topics include light, electricity, force, weather and water. to suit your students using multiple intelligences and learning © 2007 Authors: Jenny Kotros & Marigold Draper styles. © 2006 Author: Charlotte Samiec Ages: Primary ISBN: 9781741019056 Pages: 52 Ages: 7-15 ISBN: 9781741016178 Pages: 110 Eco World Savers Series Price: €20.00 Each Climate Change Price: €20.00 Each The series aims to create awareness of contemporary - Cool Ideas for a Hot Planet issues so students will better This two-book photocopiable resource understand the possible series provides comprehensive consequences and challenges that information, activities and scientific lie ahead for human society. By investigations covering all major issues providing an extensive range of associated with climate change and global facts across a wide range of warming. Global warming and its current environmental topics, the cross- and predicted future impacts on the curricular series provides a planet, represents one of the greatest broad knowledge base of global challenges facing mankind. These books environmental issues, as well as cover a broad range of topics on global warming - Book A supplying photocopiable student worksheet tasks in addition contains 23 activities in 4 sections including: Weather & to hundreds of suggested learning activities in language, Climate; The Atmosphere; In the Greenhouse and Oceans. maths, science, social studies, research skills and more. Book B contains 23 activities in 5 sections including: Carbon Diverse, broad, and relevant, the Eco World Savers series is Cycle; Climate in Ages Past; Biological Effects of Climate an ideal entry point to study of these increasingly important Change; Geographical and Social Effects of Climate Change issues. 48 Pages per Book © 2011 Ages: 11+ and "Emission Impossible". Authors: Liz Foxwell, Les Roy, C. Moorcroft & M. Watson © 2009 Ages: 11-14+ Author: Veronica Armstrong
Set Price: €35 Set Price: Recycling: €75 ISBN: 9781869686680 Book A: ISBN: 9781869685676 Pages: 60 Global Warming: ISBN: 9781869686659 Book B: ISBN: 9781869685683 Pages: 52 Sustainable Development: ISBN: 9781869686673 World Energy Issues: ISBN: 9781869686697 Reducing Your Carbon Footprint: ISBN: 9781869686666 Integrating Thinking in Price: €31.95 Eco World Savers Set (5 Books): CODE: UF719 (€75) Ancient & Medieval History This book includes an overview of Howard Acting Locally, Price: €20.00 Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences Thinking Globally plus activities, a clear explanation of Bloom's Taxonomy of thinking skills plus activities, The resources provides teachers with calendars to enhance the educational material about “saving the environment” in process on a daily basis and explanations of a practical way, suitable for the students to cooperative learning classrooms plus actually use. It provides specific things that activities. These high-interest activities are students can do and changes they can make fresh, original and of relevance to which require only a minimum amount of contemporary students. Subject areas studied include: time and effort, but, set within a background Ancient China; Medieval History; General History; Ancient of facts and ideas, can be very beneficial in Africa; Religion; Ancient Rome; Ancient Civilisations; to the environment and also to their Archaeology; Society; Asia; Culture; Chronology; education. In the school curriculum, these practical actions Governments; Study of History and Mesopotamia. can be tied into subject areas such as the social sciences, © 2007 Authors: Imogene Forte & Sandra Schurr science, maths, geography and environmental studies. © 2009 Author: John Brundall Ages: 9+ ISBN: 9781741018806 Pages: 122 Ages: 9-14+ ISBN: 9781869686079 Pages: 84
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Healthy Bodies, Happy Kids Series Price: €20.00 Each - Practical strategies aimed at reducing the risk of obesity in children Strategies to attack one of the most critical emerging health concerns of our time have been addressed in this series. These theme-based, age-appropriate books include sections on: Healthy diet; Body systems; Exercise and leisure for fitness; Self-esteem for a positive body image and Media analysis involving recognition of food marketing techniques, among others. This series aims to: Reduce the risk of child obesity and poor nutrition; Provide opportunities and motivation for physical activity; Foster a positive body image and Raise awareness of media influences on children. Also included is an easy-to-use resource book that gives teachers and parents insights into issues related to childhood obesity; with age-appropriate activity books for use in the classroom or at home.
© 2015 Set Price: €70 Ages: Primary+ Author: Sandy Tasker
Book 1 - Junior Primary ISBN: 9781863975322 Pages: 36 Book 2 - Middle Primary ISBN: 9781863975339 Pages: 52 Book 3 - Upper Primary ISBN: 9781863975346 Pages: 52 Book 4 - Resource Book ISBN: 9781863975353 Pages: 40
Life Fit Series Price: €20.00 Each - Activities to foster an active lifestyle This series of books is aimed at promoting healthy patterns of activity that encourage children to take an active and responsible outlook on their well being. In a time when the number of overweight children is on the increase and health problems are becoming more prevalent, the introduction of regular, enjoyable and varied forms of exercise is of paramount importance. The use of this book will assist teachers in doing this through the utilisation of the following curriculum components that are contained in the book: Warm-ups/Stretches Aerobics; Fun Runs; Obstacle Courses; Parachute Games; Relays; Aerobics; Partner Activities; Vigorous Games; Circuits. © 2015 Ages: Primary+ Authors: Paul Larkin and Tony Abbotts
Book 1: 5-8 Year olds ISBN: 9781863973458 Pages: 52 Book 2: 9-10 Year olds ISBN: 9781863973465 Set Price: €55 Pages: 52 Book 3: 11-13 Year olds ISBN: 9781863973472 Pages: 52
The Essential PE Handbook Price: €20.00 Focus on Fitness Price: €20.00 - A Step-by-Step Guide to Teaching Team Sports - A Guide to Fitness Games and Designed to help teachers take Activities for Young Children successful team sports regardless of This photocopiable book is packed with prior knowledge or skill level. There ideas for fitness games and activities. are 28 ready-to-use lesson plans Over forty games with supporting that cover 9 major team sports: activities are included, divided into the Soccer, Basketball, Badminton, following sections: Large ball games; Touch Rugby, Volleyball, Netball, Small ball games; Athletics games; Hockey, Softball and Frisbee. There Skipping games; Hoop games; Dance are also separate lesson plans on games; Gymnastics games; Co-operative general large ball and small ball skills. games; Classroom games and Quick Each lesson plan includes a games with no equipment. Also included are planning ideas comprehensive description of the for writing short and long-term plans; safe stretching and lesson, including skills, drills and warm-ups; fitness circuit activity cards; swimming activities activities, explained in both written and diagram form, plus and fitness theory activities. The games and activities are fun instructions on games that reinforce the skills learnt in the for young children. They are simple, as well as challenging for lesson. The level of detail provided makes the book ideal for those who are more confident in P.E. All activities utilise the non-specialist, or for relieving teachers. sports equipment generally available in most schools. © 2003 Author: Nick Batcheler © 2008 Authors: Rebecca & Simon Green
Ages: 9-13 ISBN: 9781877260018 Pages: 48 Ages: 5-10+ ISBN: 9781869684846 Pages: 60
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P.E. Activities Price: €20.00 Teaching Skills for Ball Games Price: €20.00 - Fun Team Activities suitable for Primary Years This book is designed to help students PE Activities provides teachers with 170 learn and perfect the techniques needed physical activities and games which can be to play a whole range of popular taught to all year levels in primary school. Australian summer and winter sports. This book is clearly divided into sections Written by Linda Smith, who began her so that you can easily locate activities for teacher training under the expertise of the year level that you are teaching. the All Blacks' fitness coach Jim Blair, this Games which require equipment are book clearly outlines what is needed for separated from those which don't require each lesson, how the children should be any equipment. Each page can be divided and positioned and what they photocopied and taken outside or into the should be focusing on to become proficient at the various sports hall to make life simple. These activities are fun, easy ball skills. All lessons are easy to follow, curriculum-linked to set up and curriculum linked. and are easily adjusted to suit a range of age groups and abilities. It makes the perfect teaching tool for anyone © 2009 Author: Michael Barton teaching PE in primary schools. © 2009 Author: Linda Smith Ages: 6-13 ISBN: 9781863977746 Pages: 64 Ages: 4-12 ISBN: 9781863977715 Pages: 56
Physical Education Games Price: €20.00 Each Physical Education Price: €25.00 This 3-book series has been designed with - A Teachers’ Guide the aim of improving student fitness, using a This book is a collection of the author’s PE wide range of fun team games and (NZ Curriculum level 4/5) lesson plans and activities. Each book contains over 40 activities. It includes a large range of games that can be used with either a different physical activities and skills from whole class or smaller groups. Also most types of games such as net-based included are comprehensive sets of skill games, invasion games, gymnastics, drills that develop ball handling athletics, batting and fielding games. It also techniques. The activities aim to: includes suggested marking schedules for Promote team skills; Develop most units and suggests ways you can leadership skills; Increase heart rate; include differentiation to your lesson plans. Develop muscle tone; Improve hand- Teachers of all levels of experience will benefit from this eye and foot-eye coordination; Provide book. This book also offers suggested lesson plans and opportunities for social interaction; activities to do with your class or classes in the gym, when Reduce the risk of childhood obesity. Activities contain the weather forces your lesson indoors. notes on equipment and space needed, time allocated, skills © 2015 Author: Chris Bright covered, a diagram and instructions for the activity. © 2006 Authors: Tony & Tim Abbotts Set Price: €55 Ages: 9-12 ISBN: 9780994113603 Pages: 110 Book 1 (age 5-8): ISBN: 9781863972901 Pages: 60 Book 2 (age 9-11): ISBN: 9781863972918 Pages: 60 Essentially Fit Price: €20.00 Each Book 3 (age 10-18): ISBN: 9781863976718 Pages: 64 This two-book photocopiable series which provides comprehensive ideas and directions for daily fitness activities that Think Fit Price: €20.00 can be used throughout the primary Provides a complete learning module on school. The series contains step-by-step fitness for PE students. The information and plans for fitness lessons that also develop investigation activity sheets are based on up small ball skills, large ball skills, oval ball -to-date scientific concepts/methodology skills, athletic skills and team skills. presented in an accessible and easy-to- Fitness lessons contain information on follow way. Students work through who the lesson is suitable for, equipment structured activities as they investigate their requirements, comprehensive ‘how to’ own fitness levels and then design and notes in writing and diagram form, teaching points and complete a training programme that is suggested modifications and extension ideas. relevant to their own sport or leisure pursuit. Contains sections on energy sources, fitness components, heart rate & © 2007 Set Price: €35 Author: Simon Green fitness, measuring fitness and exercise & training. Book A: Ages: 7-11+ ISBN: 9781869683764 Pages: 56 Previously titled: Think Fit Toolkit A & B Book B: Ages: 7-11+ ISBN: 9781869683771 Pages: 48 © 2007 Author: Alan Walmsley
Ages: 11-15 ISBN: 9781869684136 Pages: 64
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Successfully Managing ADHD Price: €32.50 Teaching Students Price: €30.00 - A Handbook for SENCOs and Teachers with ADHD Teachers are constantly searching for This comprehensive photocopiable book practical guidance on how to manage provides support materials for teachers learners who find it difficult to concentrate working with students who have ADHD. It and stay on task for any length of time, takes an inclusive approach and is based on sometimes presenting challenging the belief that all students are equal behaviour in the classroom and disrupting members of the school community and that learning for other students. Fintan O’Regan schools have a responsibility to enhance the provides a user-friendly resource for busy learning opportunities of all students, teachers, showing them how to offer practical and effective including those with special educational strategies and models of good practice to practitioners, and needs. The book is divided into ten sections that support signposting further sources of information. A highly user- work in the areas of attention and learning; organisation; friendly resource. impulsive behaviour and social behaviour. Each section is © 2014 Author: Fintan O’Regan prefaced by comprehensive teacher notes, practical ideas, tips and implementation steps and a broad range of useful Ages: All Code: TF-7708 Pages: 90 templates that teachers can tailor to their own needs. © 2008 Author: Paula Galey The ADHD Toolkit Price: €41.50 With sections covering the background to Ages: Primary+ ISBN: 9781869684778 Pages: 98 ADHD, the school setting and the wider context of home life, this complete Helping Kids and Teens Price: €24.95 resource ensures excellent practice for With ADHD in School working with students with ADHD. It - A Workbook for Classroom Support and Managing Transitions provides: Examples of successful tried-and- This fun and interactive workbook is aimed tested strategies; Activities to use with at actively engaging young people with children; Checklists; Information on ADHD and supporting them as they referral pathways; Advice on working with negotiate the pitfalls of growing-up and the parents; Case studies to facilitate discussion. Every class transition to secondary or high school. teacher, SENCO and teaching assistant in a primary or Using tried-and-tested strategies and top secondary school will find this an invaluable and supportive tips, this fully-photocopiable workbook will guide. help adults to work collaboratively with © 2010 Author: Linda Wheeler young people to learn, test strategies, set
goals and develop comprehensive support plans around Ages: All Code: SG-0184 Pages: 160 individual needs. © 2009 Authors: Joanne Steer & Kate Horstmann The ALERT Program Manual Price: €54.95 ‘How does your Engine Run?’ Ages: 11-13+ Code: JK-6630 Pages: 208 The ALERT Program offers a practical approach to support self- Reading Success Price: €22.95 regulation for all ages and all types - A Reading Intervention for Students with ADHD of challenges, including autism and This easy-to-implement programme ADHD. It supports children, teaches students to consciously apply teachers, parents and therapists in strategies to improve their reading skills. choosing appropriate strategies to The strategies are easily transferred to any change or maintain states of reading context and help students become alertness. Students learn what they independent readers who find reading fun can do before a spelling test or and enjoyable. It includes: a brief homework time to attain an optimal state of alertness for introduction to ADHD; an analysis of the their tasks. Teachers learn what they can do after lunch, effects of ADHD on reading; a detailed when their adult nervous systems are in a low alert state and explanation of the reading intervention; lesson plans to their students are in a high alert state. Parents learn what implement the reading intervention; a list of frequently asked they can do to help their child's nervous system change from questions. The intervention is suitable for a wide range of a high alert state to a more appropriate low state at bedtime. ages and reading abilities and has been specifically designed Also available: Introduction Booklet; Test Drive; Take Five; to meet the needs of ADHD students and their teachers. Double CD - Songs for Self-Regulation; Keeping on Track - (© 2004) Author: Kathy Baker Companion Game - Prices on application.
© 1994 Ages: 8-12+ Ages: All ISBN: 9781741013023 Pages: 78 Authors: Mary Sue Williams & Sherry Shellenberger
Ages: 8-12+ Code: TW-0410 Pages: 144
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Autism in the Early Years Price: €31.50 Autistic Spectrum Disorders Price: €37.50 - A Practical Guide (2nd Edition) - Practical Strategies for Teachers and other Professionals This fully revised edition will be invaluable Increasingly, teachers are expected to to parents and professionals dealing with identify problem areas and help children young children with ASD. The authors with ASD to change or manage their provide an insight into the nature and edu- behaviour appropriately. This book offers cational implications of autism, particularly off-the-shelf support to teachers and in very young children. In a clear and sensi- includes: Helpful categorisation of problem tive style the authors: Outline the charac- areas; Solutions that allow teachers to help teristics of autism as they present them- children promptly and effectively; Advice selves; Consider the nature of autism and the issues sur- on setting IEP targets; Photocopiable rounding assessment and diagnosis; Offer practical strategies resources. The text is aimed at Teachers and Teacher for effective intervention both at home and school; Suggest Assistants working at primary school level, Speech & ways to promote learning, social development, communica- Language Therapists and Psychologists. tion and appropriate behaviour; Explore possibilities for © 2005 Author: Northumberland LEA enhancing access to the early years curriculum. © 2009 Authors: Val Cumine, Julia Dunlop & Gill Stevenson Ages: 5-11 Code: TF-1558 Pages: 136
Ages: Early Years Code: TF-3735 Pages: 110 Autism… Price: €41.50 What Does It Mean to Me? (2nd Edition) Asperger Syndrome Price: €29.95 - A Workbook about Self- - A Practical Guide for Teachers (2nd Edition) awareness and Life Lessons for kids This revised edition is a clear and concise with Autism or Asperger's guide to effective classroom practice. It is Each chapter in this popular book is designed for teachers and assistants divided in two parts: the first part the supporting children with Asperger Workbook, is for the child to complete, by Syndrome (AS) in mainstream schools and writing or highlighting "What is True for other non-specialist settings. With Me" in lists of simple statements. The examples of innovative strategies and second part "For Parents and Teachers" contains helpful tips/ approaches to facilitate progress in information to guide the child through the exercises. The learning. This new edition seeks to inform book provides insight into the child's mind, and makes him/ professionals meeting a child with AS for the first time and her more self aware, learning what autism means in relation equip them with effective educational and behavioural to crucial areas of his/her life: friendships, fears, abilities, and intervention strategies. © 2010 much more. This new edition to a favourite resource Authors: Val Cumine, Julia Leach and Gill Stevenson includes expanded chapters plus a new chapter on happiness. © 2014 Author: Catherine Faherty Ages: All Code: TF-3711 Pages: 112 Ages: All Code: FH-74919 Pages: 350 Price: €22.50 Ten Things Every Child 100 Ideas for Supporting Price: €18.95 with Autism Wishes You Knew Pupils on the Autistic Spectrum This book has won the Bronze medal in This useful, resourceful and practical guide Psychology in the ForeWord Book of the Year provides those working with autistic children Awards, 2013, winner of an iParenting Media one hundred ideas of how to support and de- Award and Honorable Mention in the 2005 velop their learning. Ideas range from develop- ForeWord Book of the Year Awards. Framed ing pupils understanding and communication with both humour and compassion, the book skills to ensuring they are comfortable within describes ten characteristics that help their learning environment. illuminate - not define - children with autism. Chapters include: This updated edition delves into expanded thought and • Enhancing Understanding deeper discussion of communication issues, social processing • skills, and the critical roles adult perspectives play in guiding Enabling Communication • the child with autism to a meaningful, self-sufficient, Developing Social Skills • productive life. A bonus section includes ten more essential, Creating the Right Environment thought-provoking "things" to share with young people on • Teaching Coping Strategies the spectrum as they cross the threshold of adulthood, and • Tackling the curriculum an appendix of more than seventy questions suitable for • Encouraging Flexibility group discussion or self-reflection. • Summary of key points © 2012 Author: Ellen Notbohm © 2007 Author: Francine Brower
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Tasks Galore (Yellow) Price: €54.95 Tasks Galore (Red): Price: €54.95 The first in a delightful series, Tasks For the Real World Galore Book 1 features over 250 Prepare your older students, full-colour photos of highly adolescents and adults for organised, multi-modal tasks. independence in the home, school, Designed for teachers, therapists community or workplace. The and parents, it will guide you in Introduction Section describes a creating fun and meaningful tasks process for developing and teaching and help your student to feel successful. functional goals. Colourful photo © 2003 Authors: L Eckenrode, P Fennell & K Hearsey pages present task ideas in: Domestic Skills; Vocational Skills; Independent Living Skills; Job Sites & School Transition Ideas. Ages: Primary Code: TG-6131 Pages: 60 © 2004 Authors: L Eckenrode, P Fennell & K Hearsey
Tasks Galore (Grey): Price: €89.95 Ages: All Code: TG-6018 Pages: 63 Literature-Based Thematic Units - Includes: Boardbook: I’m Hungry, I’m Hungry, What Shall I Do? Tasks Galore (Green): Let’s Play Price: €72.95 This latest Tasks Galore addition integrates instruction This new addition utilises play as the across core curriculum areas by utilising programme for learning. There is multisensory learning. Using the storybook more and more evidence that direct as a guide for creating literature- teaching of play skills can increase based thematic units, the authors young children’s symbolic have designed hands-on activities for understanding and thus have an use with young learners and impact on their imitation, language students with special needs. and social skills. Beautiful colour photographs of children at Strategies employed encourage play depict tasks that the authors have implemented responsiveness to literature while successfully to enhance their students’ toy play, flexibility and enhancing vocabulary and language. social interactions. © 2013 Authors: Laurie Eckenrode & Pat Fennell © 2009 Authors: Eckenrode, Fennell, Hearsey & Reynolds
Ages: Early Years Code: TG-6124 Pages: 160 Ages: Primary Code: TG-6087 Pages: 136 + Boardbook Accessing the Curriculum Price: €36.50 Special Offer: All 4 Tasks Galore: €250.00 for Pupils with Autism Using the TEACCH Programme to Help Inclusion Assessing and Developing Price: €28.95 This book explains ways to open up the Communication and Thinking Skills in People curriculum to pupils who have autistic with Autism & Communication Difficulties spectrum disorders. The particular difficulties experienced by pupils are This photocopiable resource offers a discussed in direct relation to specific flexible framework for the assessment and areas of the curriculum, including: core measurement of the communication skills and foundation subjects, SPHE & of children with ASDs. Packed with Citizenship and broader aspects such as practical assessment and planning sheets, it break times and assemblies. © 2003 enables teachers, educators and other Authors: Gary Mesibov, Marie Howley, Signe Naftel professionals to observe and record how Ages: All Code: TF-6795 Pages: 144 children use and understand language, and to follow their progress over time. © 2005 Author: Kate Silver Teaching Activities Price: €110.00 Ages: All Code: JK-0352 Pages: 80 for Autistic Children - Assessment and Treatment for Autistic and Let’s Get Started! Price: €39.95 Developmentally Disabled Children - Vol. III Visually Structured Tasks from the TEACCH Early This is a collection of more than 250 Childhood Demonstration Programme teaching activities. Each activity states the Let's Get Started contains photos and goal, immediate objective, materials and text describing a process for procedures for teaching. It is broken up in introducing young children with ASD to the following seven sections: Basic to learning a developmentally Concepts; Transition into Treatment; appropriate curriculum. Structured Early Learning Concepts; Expressive Teaching is used to utilise the learning Language; Strategies for Visual Learners; Programmatic strengths of young children with ASD. Considerations; Organisational and Legal Issues. © 1983 © 2015 Author: Susan Boswell Authors: Eric Schopler, Margaret D. Lansing & Leslie Waters Ages: 3 to 7+ Code: LGS-4 Pages: 62 Ages: Primary Code: PE-8006 Pages: 216 www.otb.ie OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES [email protected] Page Page 48 AUTISM, SOCIAL SKILLS & COMMUNICATION 48
Autism Inclusion Toolkit Price: €41.50 Off We Go Readers €7.99 Each Manual of ASD Training Materials and Facilitator Notes These colourful books prepare children for a particular This complete training package can be event, like going to the dentist or going shopping. The books delivered during staff meetings and on explain ‘what comes next’ on an outing and therefore help INSET days, to ensure autism-friendly children to get through the task or situation more easily and practice throughout the school. This toolkit ultimately reduce stress for themselves and those around demonstrates the value of using self- them. Ideal for use as social stories for children with ASD. evaluation tools to improve services and There are six readers in each set. Full Seta also available (12). includes: CD Rom with PowerPoint slides; Ages: 3-10+ 14 Pages/Book Author: Avril Webster Guidance on how best to deliver INSET; Activities and case studies to facilitate Set-1: €45.00 discussion; Advice on useful resources, literature and web (Code: OWG1) sites. Teachers, SENCOs and management in primary and secondary schools will find this an essential training resource. Set-2: €45.00 © 2008 Authors: Maggie Bowen & Lynn Plimley (Code: OWG2)
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EST B R Full Set: €85.00 LLE SE (Code: OWG3) My Book Full of Feelings Price: €36.50 How to Control and React Set 1: © 2007 Set 2: © 2009 to the Size of your Emotions... Going to the Doctor Going on a Plane This highly engaging interactive Going to the Dentist Going to Buy Clothes workbook for Parents, Professionals & Going to the Hairdresser Going to a Birthday Party Children is an ideal way to help teach Going Swimming Going to the Cinema children with ASD to identify, assess the Going to the Restaurant Going to the Optician intensity of and respond appropriately to Going to the Supermarket Going to Buy Shoes their emotions. By using a dry-wipe marker, unique situations and solutions Price: €7.99 Each Price: €7.99 Each can be added and changed with the wipe of a paper towel, as the child masters a skill and grows. Also included is a Communication Pad for tracking and sharing information Velcro: Price: €69.95 between home and school - an important component of (2 X 25 Metre Rolls - Hook & Loop) (incl. Vat) effective programming. In the construction of ‘Schedule © 2006 Authors: Amy V. Jaffe & Luci Gardner Boards’ for students with communication disorders Velcro is Ages: 5+ Code: AAPC-2833 Pages: 60 a regularly used accessory. In this set you get one 25 metre roll of VELCRO SPECIAL Velcro Loop (soft) and one 25 me- Picture This Pro CD Price: €119.95 (incl. Vat) tre roll of Velcro Hook (hard) - white, 20mm wide. Velcro Picture This... Pro, with over 5,000 can be used for may other functions in the classroom. photos, contains a powerful formatting program which allows you to print any Ages: All Code: VEL-25W-H&L Type: Velcro size card, a phonetic and word search engine, plus many other features. Any Laminating Pouches: Prices from: €29.99 of add-on photo collection CDs can be (100 Pouches per Pack) (incl. Vat) used alone or combined with Picture Laminating pouches are also very useful This... Pro. It contains an easy-to-use program that allows when constructing ‘Schedule Boards’ for you to format photos into various size flash cards with or students with communication disorders. without text. You can also create lotto boards with different These 250 g/m high quality pouches will coloured borders. In addition, you can easily add your own add longevity to all your cards, flashcards, words or sentences so that the cards will be tailored to photos, certificates, in fact just about your student's needs. It contains over 5,000 high-resolution anything that is handled regularly. Lami- photos shot against a plain background. The photos are nating pouches can be used for many sorted into categories including: actions, animals, bathroom, other functions in the school or classroom. bedroom, body, buildings, chores, clothing, colours, NB: Thermal Laminating Machine required. electronics, emotions, food, furniture, health, holidays, household, kitchen, music, nature, opposites, people, places, Size: A4 Code: OD-3385555 Price: €29.99 prepositions, rooms, school, sequences, shapes, sports, time, Size: A3 Code: OD-3385897 Price: €60.00 tools, toys, travel & vehicles. SPECIAL OFFER: BUY 3 - GET A 4TH BOX FREE Ages: 3+ Code: PTPRO Type: Software Cheapest Box Free - All Prices include Vat
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My Social Stories Book Price: €16.50 The New Social Story Book Price: €41.50 Taking the form of short narratives, the - 15th Anniversary Edition (2015) stories in this book take children step by step Since the early 90s, Carol Gray’s world- through basic activities such as brushing your famous Social Stories have helped teeth, taking a bath and getting used to new thousands of children with autism clothes. It also helps children to understand spectrum disorders. This 15th Anniversary different experiences such as going to school, Edition of her best-selling book offers shopping and visiting the doctor. These ready-to-use stories that parents and stories are written for pre-schoolers aged educators have depended on for years, T BES from two to six and the book is a useful primer for all young ER and new sections added are: How to most ELL children - but most especially those on the autism spectrum. S effectively use and apply the stories; How © 2001 Author: Carol Gray to improve the lives of younger children; Social Stories for teens and adults with autism. Developed through years of Ages: 2-6+ Code: JK-9509 Pages: 144 experience, these strategically written stories explain social situations in ways children and adults with autism understand, while teaching social skills needed for them to Writing & Developing Price: €46.50 be successful at home, school, work, and in the community. Social Stories - 2nd Edition (2016) © 2015 Author: Carol Gray - Practical Interventions in Autism This practical resource provides an Ages: All Code: FH-5166 Pages: 480 + CD introduction to the theory and practice of writing social stories. In addition, there are examples of successful stories to use as Early Intervention Games Price: €17.50 guides, as well as information and - Fun, Joyful Ways to Develop Social and Motor Skills in Children photocopiable resources for delivering with Autism Spectrum or Sensory Processing Disorders training on the use of social stories. Based Barbara Sher, an expert O.T. and on detailed work carried out in homes, teacher, has written a handy resource schools and pre-schools, this book offers practical support filled with games to play with young chil- to anyone meeting the needs of a child or young adult with dren who have Autistic Spectrum Disor- an autistic spectrum disorder, and with staff supporting der (ASD) or other sensory processing adults with autism. This 2nd edition has been thoroughly disorders (SPD). The games are designed revised and updated throughout. to help children feel comfortable in social © 2016 Author: Caroline Smith situations and teach other basic lessons including beginning and end, spatial rela- Ages: 3-16 Code: SM-0186 Pages: 120 tionships, hand-eye coordination, and more. Games can also be used in regular classrooms to encourage inclusion. © 2009 Author: Barbara Sher Teaching Children with Price: €24.95 Autism to Mind-Read - The WORKBOOK Age: 4-8+ Code: WLY-91266 Pages: 252 This workbook expands upon the authors Teaching Children with Autism to Personal Hygiene? Price: €16.50 Mind-Read: A Practical Guide to - What's that got to do with Me? present the most effective approaches, This handbook is a curriculum developed for strategies, and practical guidelines to help students with ASD, learning and developmental alleviate social and communication disabilities, designed to help them understand problems in individuals with ASD. It how others perceive their appearance and the answers the need for more training of social implications of neglecting personal professionals in early interventions for hygiene. Simple factual information with children assessed with ASD. Written by a team of experts in humorous cartoons emphasise how others view someone the field, it covers issues such as how to interpret facial with poor hygiene. Several social stories and worksheets are expressions; how to recognise feelings of anger, sadness, provided that help students set up a daily schedule to allow fear and happiness; how to perceive how feelings are time for completing necessary hygiene tasks. affected by what happens and what is expected to happen; © 2004 Author: Pat Crissey how to see things from another person’s perspective; and how to understand another person’s knowledge and beliefs. Ages: 6+ Code: JK-0796 Pages: 96 © 2015 Authors: Patricia Howlin, Simon Baron-Cohen & Julie Hadwin
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Feelings & Emotions Cards Price: €29.95 Personal & Emotional Skills Price: €38.95 50 Double-Sided Cards (incl. Vat) Board Games (Set of 6 Board Games) (incl. Vat) This set of 50 durable A5 colour These six competitive and fun cards have a photographic image on games develop children’s social one side and activities for enquiry in awareness in a vibrant, class, group/talk-partner discussion or enjoyable format teaching circle time on the other. Story essentials for learning and life. starters on the reverse encourage Instructions are printed on the thinking and development on social and emotional aspects of game boards so will never be learning. Themes cover a diverse range of emotions such as lost. Games: Getting On; Good fear, confusion, jealousy, excitement and sadness. Use the to be Me; Changes; Keeping Calm; Going for Goals and Say cards to discuss how other people feel; explore body NO to Bullying. Contains 6 cardboard game boards language & facial expressions; promote inclusion; stimulus (30x42cm), 20 counters and a dice. for writing stories, poems etc.. Ideal for classroom use and for Emotional Literacy support. Ages: 6-15 Code: SK-9170 Ages: 6-15 © 2013 Code: SK-9156 Social Skills Price: €37.50 (incl. Vat) Social Skills Games Price: €74.95 (incl. Vat) Board Games (Set of 6 Board Games) Motivate your students to develop and This enjoyable set models good improve their social skills with this social skills and behaviour. The enjoyable game. To play, you ask social six games are: Morals; Manners; skills related questions (found in the Empathy; Friendship; Showing activity booklet) and students answer emotions; and Managing what they would do in these situations. emotions. Each game supports Like bingo, players cover their "picture the development of social and cue" game board spaces with colourful emotional skills. Contains 6 foam tokens as they play. First player to cardboard game boards (30x42cm), 20 counters and a dice. get three in a row wins! Contains 12 © 2009 Creator: Smart Kids double-sided colour-coded game playing surfaces (24 games), Activity booklet & foam squares. (Part of Ask & Answer series) Ages: 6-15 Code: SK-1341 © 2006 Creators: Keri Spielvogle & Melanee Callough Time to Talk Game Price: €59.95 (incl. Vat) Ages: 4-9+ Code: SD-2478 This game teaches and reinforces essential Time to Talk Book Price: €28.95 language and social skills - A Programme to Develop Oral and Social Interaction Skills through the fun of a Written by the author of the best-selling board game involving Socially Speaking, Time to Talk is designed to Ginger Bear, her family teach and develop oral language and social and friends. It encourages interaction skills with younger children. Skills social interactions by taught include: Eye contact; Turn taking; providing children with opportunities to improve their Sharing; Greetings; Awareness of feelings; receptive and expressive language, listening skills, self-esteem Giving/following instructions; Listening; and awareness of their own and others’ feelings. Attention and Play. © 2004 Author: Alison Schroeder © 2001 Author: Alison Schroeder Ages: 4-8+ Code: LD-1738 Ages: 4-8+ Code: LD-3092 Pages: 217 Socially Speaking Game Price: €44.95 (incl. Vat) This fun board game aims to Socially Speaking Book Price: €27.50 encourage and reinforce - A Pragmatic Social Skills Programme for Primary Schools effective social interactions as Socially Speaking is a unique, year-long, well as improving self-esteem, structured social skills programme divided listening skills, receptive and into three units as follows: Lets communicate; expressive language and Lets be friends; Lets practice. As pupils problem solving. It focuses on progress self-esteem, listening skills and social interaction in three key expressive language abilities will improve. areas: Home; School; Wider community. Children are given Contains teachers notes, illustrated the opportunity to practice vital skills such as turn-taking, worksheets & assessment/evaluation forms. asking questions and conveying emotions. © 1998 Author: Alison Schroeder © 2004 Author: Alison Schroeder
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Early Social Scenes for School Price: €19.95 Social Skills Training Price: €56.50 These 60, amusing (but true-to-life), In this comprehensive book, the author reproducible school social scenes will translates years of experience working help children learn how to respond with students with Asperger Syndrome appropriately in different social situations. and social-communication difficulties. After Each scene has a short caption that brief introductory chapters on skills to describes typical school situations. Five target, instructional strategies, behaviour follow-up questions and three extension management, promoting generalisation,
EST B R activities give students the opportunity to etc., as well as a special chapter by Brenda LLE SE EST discuss and understand behavioural B R Smith Myles on relevant characteristics of LLE expectations at school. SE autism spectrum disorders, the reader is © 2004 Author: Susan Rose Simms presented with the essence of this must-have resource: 70 of the skills that most commonly cause difficulty for Ages: 5-7+ Code: SD-4618 Pages: 64 individuals with ASD and social communication problems. © 2003 Author: Jed E. Baker, Ph.D Social Scenes for Home, Price: €19.95 School and Community Ages: All Code: AAPC-2208 Pages: 235 The 60 reproducible pragmatic scenes in this book focus on how children should Social Skills Picture Book Price: €46.95 and should not behave in places such as: The Social Skills Picture Book School; The store; The Cinema; On the demonstrates through pictures phone; Doctor's office and many more! nearly 30 social skills, such as Each scene has a short caption that conversation, play, emotion describes everyday situations. Five follow- management and empathy. ST BE LER up questions and three additional activities "Children of all ages learn more S EL give students the opportunity to discuss effectively when pictures are and understand behavioural expectations in many used to supplement verbal environments. descriptions and instructions," the renowned author © 2004 Author: Susan Rose Simms contends. "It's particularly effective, or most helpful, when people build their own picture books, because they can see Ages: 5-9 Code: SD-4793 Pages: 64 themselves in the book." Most children need and usually want social skills to make friends and often, their level of Social Scenes for Daily Price: €19.95 happiness and productivity is dependant on these Living Skills and Feelings fundamentals. The two books attempt to teach these critical social skills by visually showing children what to do. Use this book to help your students © 2001 Author: Jed Baker, Ph.D. understand and use daily living skills as
well as understand and plan for common Ages: Primary Code: FH-7910 Pages: 197 situations involving specific feelings. These 60, reproducible scenes increase expressive language skills and problem- 101 Games for Social Skills Price: €23.95 solving abilities through discussions to This invaluable Jenny Mosley book is packed
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EST B R Concentration Skills. The second consolidates Ages: 5-9 Code: SD-6582 Pages: 64 LLE SE the 5 skill areas and provides opportunities Comic Strip Conversations Price: €12.50 for children to apply them in different social contexts. All - Illustrated Interactions that Teach activities have been tried, tested and thoroughly enjoyed! Conversation Skills to Students with Autism They are suitable for schools, youth groups, young adults Carol Gray combines stick-figures with groups, health departments and social services. “conversation symbols" to illustrate what © 2003 Author: Jenny Mosley & Helen Sonnet people say and think during conversations. Children can draw their own “comic strips" Ages: All Code: LD-3702 Pages: 144 to show what they are thinking and feeling about events or people. These deceptively Other Titles Available in this Series: simple “comic strips" can reveal as well as convey quite a lot 101 Games for Self-Esteem: LD-3511 €23.95 of substantive information. 101 Games for Better Behaviour: LD-4013 €23.95 © 1994 Author: Carol Gray 101 Activities to Help….. …..Children get on Together: LD-4709 €23.95 Ages: 5-9+ Code: FH-7224 Pages: 43 www.otb.ie OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES [email protected] Page Page 52 AUTISM, SOCIAL SKILLS & COMMUNICATION 52
Social Skills Activities for Price: €33.95 Life Skills Activities for Price: €33.95 Special Children (2nd. Ed.) Special Children (2nd. Ed.) This popular title provides over 160 ready-to This book offers teachers and parents a -use lessons, complete with reproducible unique collection of over 150 ready-to-use worksheets, to help children become aware activities complete with student worksheets, of acceptable social behaviour and develop discussion questions and evaluation proficiency in acquiring basic social skills suggestions to help exceptional students inside and outside the classroom. The book acquire the basic skills needed to achieve is organised around three core areas crucial independence and success in everyday life. to social development in the primary grades: Each of the book's activities focuses on Accepting rules and authority at School; Relating to peers; specific skills within the context of real-life situations and Developing positive social skills. Each lesson places a specific includes complete teacher instructions for effective use, skill within the context of real-life situations, giving teachers from objective and introduction through optional extension a means to guide students to think about why the social skill activities and methods to assess student learning. The book is important. The hands-on activity that accompanies each includes numerous reproducible parent letters which can be lesson helps students to work through, think about, discuss sent home to help parents reinforce these lessons while and practice the skill. children are away from school. © 2009 Author: Darlene Mannix © 2009 Author: Darlene Mannix
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Survival Guide for Kids with Price: €18.95 Basic Skills Checklists Price: €23.95 Autism Spectrum Disorders (and their Parents!) An easy-to-use, informal assessment tool that brings method to the madness of class- Meant to be read with a parent, this book room assessment. It focuses on pre- addresses questions (“What is ASD?” academic, readiness, and academic skills “Why me?”) and provides strategies for expected from learners in the early elemen- communicating, making and keeping tary years. Simple, customisable charts make ST friends, and succeeding in school. Body BE LER it easy to record children’s progress in skill and brain basics highlight symptom SEL areas such as basic concepts, reading/ management, exercise, diet, hygiene, language, maths, fine motor, and independence. This flexible relaxation, sleep, and toileting. Emphasis tool is great for one-on-one or group assessment! These is placed on helping kids handle intense checklists will help educators: Identify current skills and emotions and behaviours and get support from family and problem areas; Develop appropriate, realistic learning objec- their team of helpers when needed. It includes stories from tives; Create individualised programs; Monitor and measure real kids, fact boxes, helpful checklists, and resources. progress over time; Keep clear records for the IEP team and © 2012 Authors: Elizabeth Verdick & Elizabeth Reeve future teachers; Assess over 40 different skills!
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Learning to Become Price: €58.95 Socially Talented Children Retracking Price: €34.95 This invaluable resource uses exciting A Photocopiable Resource Pack aimed graphics, games and activities to engage and at Promoting Student Effectiveness stimulate children in the learning process. It This book is designed to promote student deals with a wide range of issues that affect effectiveness and support students who children today including: Introducing me; I have been experiencing difficulties at feel good about me; Getting to know my school, which may have led to their exclusion. It sets out to guide students on a body; Feelings; Anger; Ways to help me ST BE LER journey in three distinct stages: A: manage my behaviour; Calm & chilled; S EL Communication; Friendship; Concentration; Awareness raising of the factors and Classroom behaviour; Mind your manners; Sort it out. These experiences, which may have contributed to their current worksheets are an excellent tool for generating discussion, situation; B: Understanding of their emotions and behaviour promoting positive role modelling and developing greater in a variety of settings; C: Skills training aimed at tackling insight and understanding. Includes a FREE CD Rom from areas of difficulty which have been identified in the two which whole book can be printed in colour. previous sections. Written by an experienced educational © 2008 Author: Karen Palmer-Roach & Rebecca Childs psychologist, the book contains over 60 different activities. © 1996 Author: Jenny Bates Ages: 5-11+ Code: SM-6751 Pages: 254 + CD Ages: 10-14 ISBN: 9781855225480 Pages: 110
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Talking in Pictures Price: €30.00 Social Skills Learning Price: €37.50 Counselling Techniques for Children and Activities to develop social skills in a Adolescents who find it Difficult to Talk practical and fun way This resource provides practical and visual Give children of all ages and abilities the counselling techniques for children and opportunity to build up a toolbox of social adolescents across the age range and is skills for life with these session plans based particularly helpful for those with Social around tried-and-tested activities. This will Difficulties, Language Problems, Autism enable them to have the best opportunity W to understand who they are and their EW Spectrum Disorders, as well as those who NE N are reluctant to talk. It can be used with impact on the world, as well as identifying individual students or adapted for use with groups, and how the world impacts on them as an individual. It gives includes ideas for: Exploring Feelings, Dealing with Anxiety, room for reflection and practical skills for working on tricky Teasing, Bullying, Friendships and Anger Management. situations that are not always taught in the home or school School Counsellors, Psychologists, Teachers, Social environment. Detailed instructions give staff guidance on Workers and Speech and Language Therapists will find the how to deliver the sessions effectively. ideas very useful and easy to use. © 2016 Author: Naomi Samuel © 2016 Author: Beverley Thirkell (PhD) Ages: 9-14 ISBN: 9781909380912 Pages: 88 Ages: 5-16 ISBN: 9780908326198 Pages: 76 50 Best Games for Price: €12.50 The Communication Toolkit Price: €43.95 Speech & Language Development - Assessing & Developing Social Communication Skills This handy pocketbook is full of fun and easy-to- in Children & Adolescents use games and activities to help develop This book is packed with practical, user- language skills in children. The tried-and-tested friendly resources for use with young games and activities focus on: Listening skills; people who have social and Sound production; Sentence formation; communication difficulties. The accessible Understanding concepts and much more. worksheets cover subjects such as: Self- © 2008 Author: Maria Monschein concept & self-esteem; Body language & facial expressions; Awareness of self and Ages: 5-16 Code: HH-1133 Pages: 64 ST BE LER others; Relationship skills; S EL Conversational & listening skills; Feeling Developing Price: €49.95 Each safe and staying in control. Contains guidance and notes for Communication Skills Series professionals as well as photocopiable worksheets. A varied Written by two experienced speech and and appealing resource that SLTs, teachers, psychologists language therapists, who have worked and behaviour support workers will find invaluable. extensively alongside teachers, this © 2009 Author: Belinda Medhurst series of classroom resources provides activities that are both teacher and Ages: 8-16+ Code: HH-1263 Pages: 206 child friendly. Each book contains a collection of graded games and Communication & Price: €37.50 activities designed to foster the Language Activities speaking, listening and understanding - Running Groups for School-Aged Children skills of children. Each activity has a A comprehensive and structured resource clear aim, simple instructions and for anyone working with children with requires minimal equipment. All speech, language & communication needs. activities may be carried out by teachers, Provides background information, fun classroom assistants or volunteers. They activities and games, and all the basics, incorporate user-friendly opportunities for assessment, needed to run effective communication target setting and evaluation and include photocopiable groups in mainstream, SEN settings or material to support the activities. Most activities can be used home. Over 150 activities address: as an effective part of a speech and language programme. Attention & listening; Understanding & memory; Expressive Authors: Catherine Delamain & Jill Spring Set Price: €135 language; Vocabulary, concepts & word-finding, Problem solving & reasoning; Sequencing & narrative; Phonological Developing Baseline Communication Skills ©1999 awareness; Social communication. Includes: Setting up your Ages: 4-5+ Code: SM-4818 Pages: 304 group; Strategies for getting started; Planning your session; (incl. CD) How to identify areas of communication difficulty; Tips for Speaking, Listening & Understanding © 2003 supporting those with difficulties in groups & class settings. Ages: 5-7+ Code: SM-4337 Pages: 312 © 2013 Editor: Sarah Nash Understanding & Using Spoken Language © 2004 Ages: 4-11+ Code: HH-1522 Pages: 304 Ages: 7-9+ Code: SM-5150 Pages: 312 www.otb.ie OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES [email protected] Page Page 54 AUTISM, SOCIAL SKILLS & COMMUNICATION 54
Talkabout for Children Price: €49.95 Each Feelings Artbook Price: €46.50 This hugely popular practical photocopiable - Promoting Emotional Literacy through Drawing series provides professionals with a This powerful resource includes 48 framework for the development of a range of activities that explore emotional issues social skills. Practical, user-friendly and well through drawing. These activities and laid out, this comprehensive series is an worksheets use drawing as the basis for essential resource for teachers, therapists exploring emotional issues. It is organised or those engaged in running social skills in three sections: Self-esteem; Emotions; groups. Ideal for students with Autism. Empathy. For each activity the instructions These resources are popular with teachers, include a clearly stated aim, a suggested therapists and children; children in particular ST outline of how to conduct the activity and BE LER love the new Talkabout characters that help S EL two optional follow-on ideas. Flexibility is central to the them understand the concepts. These are a design: the activities can stand alone or be incorporated into must-have for anyone working with young an emotional literacy programme. The finished drawings can children, or children with special needs be displayed or kept by children as a visual reminder of their surrounding self awareness or self esteem. learning. Includes CD Rom contains the book in colour. Now all 2nd Editions. © 2008 Author: Ruby Radburn Talkabout for Children - Series Book 1: Self Awareness and Self Esteem Ages: 5-11+ Code: SM-6744 Pages: 100 + CD Book 2: Developing Social Skills Book 3: Developing Friendship Skills Price: €24.95 Ages: Primary Author: Alex Kelly Exploring Feelings for Set Price: €135 Young Children with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger's Disorder Book 1: Code: TF-6525 Pages: 218 - The STAMP Treatment Manual Book 2: Code: TF-6577 Pages: 274 The Stress and Anger Management Book 3: Code: TF-6576 Pages: 216 Program (STAMP) uses a cognitive behavioural approach to encourage Also available in the Talkabout Series: children who suffer from mood Talkabout DVD €47.95 (incl. Vat) difficulties to explore and control their Talkabout Game €73.95 (incl. Vat) emotions. This practical manual outlines a Talkabout Assessment CD €32.50 (incl. Vat) dynamic and effective 9-session Talkabout Laminated Posters - Set of 16 €79.95 (incl. Vat) programme designed specifically for Talkabout Cards: Group Cohesion €39.95 (incl. Vat) young children with high-functioning Talkabout Cards: Self Awareness €39.95 (incl. Vat) autism or Asperger's. © 2016 Talkabout Cards: Who am I? €41.50 (incl. Vat) Authors: Angela Scarpa, Anthony Wells and Tony Attwood Talkabout Book (2nd Edition) €49.95 Talkabout Relationships €49.95 Ages: 4-8 Code: JK-5920 Pages: 162 Talkabout for Teenagers €49.95 Talkabout for Adults €49.95 Exploring Feelings Price: €23.50 Each This two-book programme was designed Language for Thinking - Colour Price: €57.50 as a treatment for an anxiety disorder or anger management problem in children - A Structured Approach for Young Children with Asperger’s syndrome . The world Verbal reasoning is particularly difficult for renowned author has designed the children who are recognised as having programme so that it may be used by a delayed language skills, specific language qualified psychologist, teacher, speech impairment, ASD, pragmatic language pathologist, occupational therapist or a impairment or moderate learning difficulties. parent and does not necessitate having Children with less obvious oral language training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. difficulties may begin to struggle when they T BES Each book contains 6 separate sessions. ER start to read. Now in full colour, this ELL © 2002 Author: Tony Attwood Ages 8-13+ S photocopiable resource provides a clear
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Including Every Child Price: €20.00 Identifying Special Needs: Price: €37.50 Integrating Children with Special Education Needs in - Checklists for Profiling Individual Differences the first two years of School - Second Edition This popular resource is divided into eight This is the revised 2nd edition of the hugely sections: The Image of the Child - Positive popular 'Identifying Children with Special Beginnings - Working with Families - Working Needs'. Drawing from her experience as an educational psychologist and special with other Professionals - Working with the EW Curriculum - Developing an Individual education teacher, author Glynis Hannell N n itio Education Plan - Recording The Process - End offers guidelines to help teachers quickly ed recognise and categorise the specific Of The Journey. Each section is packed with ST BE LER characteristics of developmental disorders, advice, tips, templates and other useful information. The S EL focus in on early years but the philosophy and practices can autism spectrum disorders, emotional- be adapted and used at any level in your school. behavioural disorders, specific learning disorders, sensory © 2012 Author: Joanne Hayselden impairments and other forms of special need. This user- Previously titled: Supporting Special Children friendly manual will assist teachers in recognising special Ages: 3-10 ISBN: 9781927172261 Pages: 56 needs and identifying each student’s unique profile of positive attributes and difficulties. It will enable teachers and What Principals need to Know Price: €18.95 other educational professionals to ensure that all their about Differentiated Instruction students receive the support they need to succeed. © 2014 Author: Glynis Hannell Principals are instrumental in the teacher's
understanding of a differentiated classroom. Ages: All Code: TF-20233 Pages: 218 This valuable resource gives administrators the knowledge needed to enable teachers to implement and sustain differentiation. Think Big Start Small Price: €23.95 Learn information and strategies to jump- - How to Differentiate Instruction in a start, guide and coach teachers as they Brain-Friendly Classroom respond to the needs of diverse students, This easy-to-comprehend guide pares including those with special needs. down the vast field of neuroscience and © 2012 Author: Gayle Gregory provides educators with the brain basics
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Dyscalculia Assessment (2nd Ed.) Price: €49.95 100 Ideas for Price: €18.95 The Dyscalculia Assessment is a tool for Primary Teachers: Dyslexia investigating pupils' numeracy abilities. It is Making your lessons fun, engaging and effective designed to inform a personalised teaching for all learners, including those with dyslexia, programme for individuals or small groups can be challenging and you can soon run out of of pupils who have difficulties with num- ideas. This handbook offers 100 practical, ready- bers. The bestselling first edition was the to-use activities to help all primary teachers winner of the ERA Best Special Educational with their everyday lesson planning. The tried- Needs Resource 2011. This fully revised and-tested activities cover all the key areas of and updated second edition features a the primary curriculum, including maths, spelling and brand new design, making the step-by-step assessment even creative writing, plus a wide range of ideas for teachers on easier to navigate and use, whether by SENCOs or those differentiation, memory strategies and planning for learning. with no specific special needs training, the suggested script © 2016 Author: Gavin Reid & Shannon Green for each stage of the investigation that runs alongside the photocopiable assessment sheets, make this book an ex- Age: All Code: BL-9368 Pages: 128 tremely user-friendly, accessible teaching and learning re- source. Alpha to Omega Pack Price: €59.95 © 2013 Authors: Jane Emerson & Patricia Babtie Alpha to Omega is a successful, internationally- used phonics-based course which has been com- Age: All Code: BL-3716 Pages: 208 pletely revised (6th Edition) and updated by Dys- lexia Action - The pack contains a Teacher’s Dyslexia, Dyscalculia Price: €36.50 Book and a Student's Book. Dyslexia Action are and Mathematics using these books as core texts on their teacher training courses so you can be confident that it can be used - A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition to develop literacy skills of students with dyslexia. This is an essential resource for educators NB: Student Books available separately @ €22.95 Each. who help dyslexic and dyscalculic children © 2006 Authors: Beve Hornsby, Frula Shear & Julie Pool with their understanding of mathematics. Written in an accessible style with helpful Age: 10+ Code: PRS-5929 Extent: 2 Handbooks illustrations, this practical book reveals helpful ways in which to tackle both simple Dyslexia and Inclusion: Price: €36.50 and complex concepts with students of all Classroom approaches for Assessment, Teaching & Learning ages. It encourages flexible methods and Now fully updated, Dyslexia and Inclusion gives teachers the confidence to discuss alternative solutions aims to equip all teachers with the neces- with their pupils and help them achieve success. It is an ideal sary knowledge of dyslexia in order to for handbook for parent-teacher programmes and is suitable for it to be effectively understood and dealt in-service training. Previously titled: Maths for the Dyslexic. with in the classroom. The book is based © 2012 Author: Anne Henderson around Reid’s five signposts for successful inclusion, which are: Acknowledging Differ- Age: All Code: TF-3111 Pages: 160 ences - Recognising Strengths - Under- standing what is meant by Inclusion - Plan- Dyscalculia Toolkit (3rd Edition) Price: €44.95 ning for Practice - Ensuring that the task outcomes are at- - Supporting Learning Difficulties in Maths tainable. In identifying the key issues of inclusive practice, With over 200 activities and 40 games this the book details current research whilst also providing sup- book is designed to support learners who port to meet the practical needs of the classroom teacher. have difficulty with maths and numbers. © 2012 Author: Gavin Reid Provides a clear explanation of dyscalculia, and presents the resources in a straightfor- Ages: All Code: TF-0758 Pages:128 ward fashion. New to this edition: Addi- tional activities, games and printable re- Dyslexia Pocketbook (2nd Edition) Price: €12.50 sources; Table indicating which difficulties This pocketbook is a practical guide are supported by which activities; Material that caters for a to helping dyslexic students overcome wider range of abilities and ages. This book and accompany- their learning barriers and unlock ing CD meet the needs of specialist and non-specialist their potential. It provides an outline teachers who are working with learners with difficulties in of what dyslexia is; ways to recognise maths in mainstream settings. It is equally useful as a re- 'at risk' signs; information about source for parents wanting to support their child's learning. learning profiles of dyslexic students; © 2017 Author: Ronit Bird suggested solutions; how to improve the performance of dyslexic students and pointers to further resources. Age: 7 - 14 Code: SG-7426 Pages: 224 © 2014 Author: Julie Bennett (includes Companion Website) Age: All Code: PB-0647 Pages: 128
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AcceleRead AcceleWrite Price: €89.95 Dyscalculia: Price: €36.50 CD-Rom with cards (incl. Vat) Action Plans for Successful Learning in Mathematics (2nd. Ed.) - Teaching guide on how to use speech Based on expert observations of children technology to improve literacy skills. who experience difficulties with maths this Provides full instructions on how to use almost book gives a comprehensive overview of any computer to improve reading and writing dyscalculia, providing a wealth of informa- skills. This is achieved through structured tion and useful guidance for any practitio- phonics exercises. This detailed electronic ner. With a wide range of appropriate and manual explains how reading and writing can be proven intervention strategies it guides improved dramatically using computer text-to- readers through the cognitive processes speech software plus a clear explanation of the theory be- that underpin success in mathematics and hind the approach. The comprehensive package also includes gives fascinating insights into why individual students struggle perforated, colour-coded flash cards, photocopiable record with maths. Readers are taken step-by-step through each sheets, along with blank flash cards for you to print off with aspect of the maths curriculum and each section includes: your own sentences. Requires a computer that has a sound Examples which illustrate why particular maths difficulties card and a talking word processor or text-to-speech pro- occur; Practical ‘action plans’ which help teachers optimise gram. The following are suitable: Clicker; Textease; Texthelp children’s progress in mathematics. Read & Write; Penfriend; Write:Outloud Solo; © 2012 Author: Glynis Hannell NB: This is not a software programme. It is an e-Book & cards. Creators: Vivienne Clifford & Martin Miles Age: All Code: TF-6013 Pages: 136
Age: All Code: IAN-0679 Extent: CD & Cards Removing Dyslexia as Price: €29.95 a Barrier to Achievement (3rd Ed.) The Little Book of Dyslexia Price: €13.95 This toolkit is full of practical guidance, A handbook full of practical ideas that can empowering ideas and challenging asser- be used by students with dyslexia and by tions about inclusion. It presents many teachers teaching children with dyslexia. strategies for meeting diverse learning The hardback progresses through the vari- needs and methods for overcoming barri- ous challenges that are faced at different ers to learning. These are clearly rooted in age ranges, starting with the youngest, in- practice and based on a wealth of relevant cluding some of the early signs that may be experience that the author has deftly seen with dyslexia, moving up through pri- woven into the narrative. The book takes a mary and secondary school and finally onto thought-provoking and detailed look at the potential to cre- university and being a student teacher. ate dyslexia-friendly learning environments. © 2013 Author: Joe Beech © 2012 Author: Neil MacKay
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Ace Spelling Dictionary Price: €16.50 Short-Term Memory Price: €44.95 (4th Edition - 2011) (Pack of 5: €80.00) It is clear that pupils with spelling difficulties Difficulties in Children - A Practical Resource often experience problems with the whole Written by a practising speech & language curriculum and lose confidence with writing. therapist, this practical resource provides a This unique book breaks through these prob- structured yet flexible approach to lems. Using the 2-page index spread, pupils addressing the needs of children with short need only think how a word sounds to find -term memory difficulties. Short-term out how to spell it. By simply identifying the memory therapy can be of great benefit first vowel sound, the speller is sent instantly to the page with very positive results. Memory therapy where the problem word is found. The easy-to-use refer- ST BE can have a direct and positive impact on a LER ence system will tempt them to use more interesting words SEL child's receptive language skills, self- in their writing, enabling them to produce work that they confidence and ability to learn. This complete programme of can be proud of. ideas can be administered in its entirety, or as an © 2012 Author: David Moseley accompaniment to existing packages of care and is best
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Multi-Sensory Activities Price: €37.50 100 Ideas for Supporting Price: €18.95 for Fine Motor Skills - High Five Jive Pupils with Dyspraxia and DCD ‘High Five Jive’ is an effective and integrated This useful, resourceful and practical guide programme, designed to improve and provides those working with dyspraxic and develop: Hand & finger strength; Manipul- DCD children one hundred ideas of how to ation & dexterity; Hand-eye coordination; support and develop their learning. Lists Visual perception; Sequencing skills; Move- cover the entire school age range and range ment & coordination. Part I consists of from developing fine and gross motor skills interactive multi-sensory activity sheets to preparing children for their next transi- with increasingly difficult patterns and exer- tion either to the next stage of schooling or cises. These can be used for one hand or for their future careers. both, in sequence or selected as needed and include guid- © 2007 Authors: Amanda Kirby & Lynne Peters ance notes for the adult. Once these skills have been mas- tered children move on to learn and ‘dance’ the moves for Age: All Code: BL-4405 Pages: 128 the Hand Jives in Part II. Ideal for use individually, in small or whole groups and in mainstream or SEN. Take Time Price: €18.95 © 2012 Author: Susan O’Connor - Movement Exercises to aid Concentration, Coordination, Confidence & Control
Age: 4-12+ Code: HH-1546 Pages: 168 + CD The activities in this well-established and highly-regarded book can assist with a wide range of conditions, including diagnoses of Beating Dyspraxia with a Price: €16.50 Dyslexia, Dyspraxia or ADHD. It provides a Hop, Skip and a Jump (2nd Edition) series of thoroughly tested and purposeful A Simple Exercise Program to Improve Motor exercises that tackle fundamental develop- Skills at Home and School Revised Edition mental problems behind learning difficulties. © 2008 Authors: Mary Nash-Wortham & Jean Hunt Brought up to date with new lesson plans and an extra stage to the programme, the Age: All Code: RB-3802 Pages: 106 expanded edition of this practical book explains Geoff Platt's simple, step-by-step exercise regime to help children with Speed Up! Price: €24.95 dyspraxia overcome their symptoms. The - A Kinaesthetic Programme to Develop Fluent Handwriting book aims to improve strength and fitness by focusing on In eight weekly sessions, Speed Up! provides familiar activities such as running, jumping and ball play. It a multi-sensory course of help for any child demonstrates how regular exercise routines that are tai- aged 8 to 13 whose handwriting is illegible, lored specifically to the needs of children with dyspraxia can slow or lacking in fluency. This highly effec- make a real difference, eliminating weakness by improving tive approach has been specifically designed muscle activation, neural control & overall movement skills. for older children struggling with handwriting. ST BE © 2014 Author: Geoff Platt LER Speed Up! gets to the root of writing difficul- S EL ties by developing kinaesthetic awareness Age: Primary Code: JK-5560 Pages: 152 through multi-sensory activity and exercise. © 2004 Author: Lois Addy
Fine Motor Skills Price: €18.95 Age: 8-13+ Code: LD-3863 Pages: 64 - Photocopiable Activities to improve Fine Motor Control Skills Find your way to the hidden treasure, join Cutting Skills Price: €18.95 the dots to complete the train, finger paint all - Photocopiable Activities the colours of the rainbow and take part in to improve Scissor Technique many other exciting adventures! Contains Build robots, design flags, make spinning over forty photocopiable activities designed to improve fine motor control, pencil skills snakes, pack for a journey and learn how to develop scissor technique without even and hand-eye co-ordination. Carefully differ- noticing! Contains forty eight A4 photoco- entiated tasks enable children to progress piable pages of imaginative and challenging effectively through the varied and challenging activities, activities - developed by experienced which include finger-painting, colouring-in, following mazes teachers to help children to develop hand- and paths, overdrawing and dot-to-dots. These enjoyable eye co-ordination, motor skills and scissor control. activities help children to improve their motor control. © 2002 Authors: Mark Hill & Katy Hill © 2006 Authors: Mark Hill & Katy Hill
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40 Reading Intervention Strategies 21 Dúcheisteanna Mata 36 Just Being Me 14 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Dyslexia 56 Dyscalculia Assessment 56 Keep Cool! 9 100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils on the Dyscalculia Toolkit 56 Laminating Pouches 48 Autism Spectrum 46 Dyscalculia: Action Plans for Language for Thinking (Colour Edition - 2016) 54 100 Ideas for Supporting Pupils Successful Learning in Mathematics 57 Language Steps 23 with Dyspraxia & DCD 58 Dyslexia Screening Test - Junior [DST-J] 8 Leadership 1 101 Games for Social Skills 51 Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Mathematics 56 Learning Powered School 1 50 Best Games for Speech & Dyslexia and Inclusion 56 Learning to Become Socially Talented Children 52 Language Development 53 Dyslexia Pocketbook 56 Learning to Think Thinking to Learn 18 75 Positive Behaviour Activities 10 Early Intervention Games 49 Let’s Get Started (TEACCH) 47 A to Z Thinking Warm-Ups 17 Early Numeracy 34 Life Fit Series 42 AcceleRead AcceleWrite 57 Early Social Scenes for School 51 Life Skills Activities for Special Children 52 Accessing the Curriculum for Pupils with Autism 47 Easy English Series 29 Life Skills Series 14 Ace Spelling Dictionary 57 Eco World Savers Series 41 Literacy in Maths 31 Achieving Positive Behaviour 9 Embedded Formative Assessment 3 Little Book of Dyslexia 57 Acting Locally, Thinking Globally 41 Engaging Reluctant Readers 26 Little Stars 15 Active Comprehension 26 English A to Z 26 Magenta Principles, The 1 Activities for Developing Thinking Skills 18 English Series (Primary) 19 Make Sure Maths (Mulberry) 32 ADHD Toolkit 45 Enrich Me 16 Managing Anxiety in School 14 Alert Program 45 Essential PE Handbook 42 Managing Boys’ Behaviour in Your Classroom 10 Alpha to Omega 56 Essential Phonics 23 Managing Change 1 Anger Management Programme Primary 10 Essential Sight Vocabulary 23 Mathematics Assessment for Asperger Syndrome: Essentially Fit 44 Learning and Teaching [MaLT] 7 A Practical Guide for Teachers 46 Everyday English 28 Maths Problem Solving Techniques 36 Assessing and Developing Communication 47 Everyday Maths 33 Maths Reinforcers 33 and Thinking Skills in People with Autism Excellent Extenders 16 Maths Rescue 33 and Communication Difficulties Exploring Feelings: CBT to Manage Anger 54 Maths Start-Ups 34 Assessing and Developing Self-Esteem 15 Exploring Feelings: CBT to Manage Anxiety 54 Maths Together (Mulberry) 32 Autism in the Early Years 46 Exploring Feelings for Young Children Maths Zone (Mulberry) 32 Autism Inclusion Toolkit 48 with High-Functioning Autism Melodies in D 37 Autistic Spectrum Disorders 46 or Asperger's Disorder 54 Mental Health in Children & Adolescents 1 Autism…. What does it meant to me? 46 Extension Maths 33 Money Book, The 30 Awesome Auditory Activities 25 Family Relationships (Life Skills Series) 14 More Quizzles 18 Basic Skills Checklists 52 Feelings & Emotions Cards 50 Motivating Underachievers & Beating Dyspraxia with a Hop, Skip and a Jump 58 Feelings Artbook 54 Becoming an Achiever 15 Becoming an Achiever 15 Finding your Feet with Fiction 25 Moving on from Anger 10 Belfield Infant Assessment Profile [B.I.A.P.] 7 Finding your Feet with Poetry 25 Moving on with Reading 27 Beyond Anger Management 10 Finding Your Way with Visual Arts 39 Multi-Sensory Activities for Fine Motor Skills 58 Beyond Monet 2 Fine Motor Skills 58 My Book Full of Feelings 48 Body Science 40 Focus on Fitness 42 My Multicultural Classroom 40 Book for all Seasons 39 Fold a Book 24 My Social Stories Book 49 Brain Benders 35 Forensic Science 40 New Social Storybook 49 Building Bridges of Understanding 27 Four Operations 34 Newell Literacy Programme 20 Building Culture 1 From Your Point of View 10 NNRIT - NEW Non-Reading Intelligence Tests 6 Building Learning Power 1 Fundamentally Music 37 Number & Algebra Years 1-2 30 Building Resilience 15 Games for Building Self-Esteem 15 Number Facts (Mulberry) 32 Bully Off! 9 Getting Started in Reading 27 Number Strategies Series 31 Bullying and Conflict (Life Skills Series) 14 Gifted Students in the School Context 16 Off We Go (Social Story Readers) 48 Calm Down Thermometer Poster Global Warming 41 Open-Ended Maths Tasks 35 (Incredible Years) 11 Grammar Made Easy 21 Oral Language Strategies 25 Catch them Thinking and Writing 26 Grief, Illness & Other Issues (Life Skills Series) 14 PE Activities 44 Christmas Around the World 39 Handy Worksheets 4 Perfect Plays for Primary 38 Christmas Craft 39 Health & Phys Ed Series 42 Personal & Emotional Skills Board Games 50 Christmas for Juniors 39 Healthy Bodies, Happy Kids Series 42 Personal Hygiene 49 Christmas: Themes for the Early Years 39 Healthy Mind - Happy Me 14 Phonic Fun 22 Classroom Management 2 Help for Vocabulary 26 Phonological Awareness Cards 23 Climate Change 41 Helping Children to Improve their Phys Ed & Health Series 43 Climate of Mentoring 1 Communication Skills 53 Physical Education - A Teachers’ Guide 44 Climbing Art Obstacles in Autism 47 Helping Kids and Teens with ADHD in School 45 Physical Education Games 44 Cognitive Behavioural Training 10 Hodder Group Reading Tests [HGRT-II] 8 Picture This Pro Software 48 Collaborating with Parents to Reduce Hodder Oral Reading Tests 8 Portfolios through the Year 3 Children's Behavior Problems 11 Hornet Literacy Primer (Wasp) 24 Positive & Powerful 15 Comic Strip Conversations 51 How to Teach SPELLING without going Crazy 20 Power of Coaching 1 Communicating and Connecting How to Teach VOCABULARY Primary Maths Problems 35 with Social Media 2 without going Crazy 20 Primary School Plays 38 Communication and Language Activities 53 I Can Do! 14 Problem Solving: Reasoning & Strategies 30 Communication Toolkit 53 Identifying Special Needs 55 Quiet Times 14 Competent Child 4 Improving Thinking in the Classroom 18 Quiz Quest 31 Cool Kids! 9 In Full Bloom 17 Quizzles 18 Cooperative Learning 2 Including Every Child 55 Rainbow of Colour 39 Creative Frameworks 18 Incredible Babies 11 Reading Success for ADHD 21 & 45 Creative Maths Problems 31 Incredible Teachers 11 Read and Respond 25 Creativity Box 16 Incredible Toddlers 11 Reading Activities 27 Cut and Paste Maths 30 Incredible Years Book 11 Reading Dialogues 29 Cut and Paste Phonics 22 Incredible Years Posters 11 Reading Zone 27 Cutting Skills 58 Independent Science Challenges 41 Real Life Maths 33 Daily Dilemmas 15 Inquiry Journey 18 Recipes for Writing 28 Developing a Positive Sense of Self 14 Inquiry Science 41 Recorder Rules 37 Developing Baseline Communication Skills 53 Integrating Thinking in Ancient & Recycling 41 Developing Number Knowledge 34 Medieval History 41 Reducing Your Carbon Footprint 41 Diagnostic Reading Analysis [DRA] 7 Introducing Drama 38 Reflective Practice 1 Diagnostic Spelling Tests [DST] 7 Introducing English for Speakers of Reinventing Learning for the Dictionary of Primary Mathematics 32 Other Languages 29 Always-On Generation 3 Differentiating Instruction in the Irish Maths Series 36 Reluctant Reader Set 26 Regular Classroom 55 Junior Reading Toolkit 24 Removing Dyslexia as a Barrier to Achievement 57 Differentiation and the Inclusive Classroom 55 Junior Scientists 40 Drama Ideas Bank 38 Just Before the Bell 3 …..CONTINUED OVERLEAF www.otb.ie OUTSIDE THE BOX LEARNING RESOURCES [email protected] Page Page 60 PRODUCT INDEX (CONTD.) 60
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Renfrew Language Scales 8 Supporting Reluctant Readers 26 Time for a Rhyme 24 Retracking 52 Survival Guide for Kids with Autism 52 Time to Talk 50 SALF: Self Assessment Learning Folders 5 Sustainable Development 41 To Behave or Not to Behave 9 School Improvement Series 1 Take Time 58 Toe by Toe 24 Self Esteem and Values (Life Skills Series) 14 Talk It Up 25 Ultimate Times Tables Book 34 SESE Interactive 40 Talkabout for Children Book 1: Understanding & Using Spoken Language 53 Short-Term Memory Difficulties in Children 57 Developing Friendship Skills 54 Using Portfolios across the Curriculum 3 Sight Words Activities 22 Talkabout for Children Book 2: Velcro 48 Sing Your Way to Reading and Writing 26 Developing Self Awareness Weaving Wellbeing 12-13 Social Scenes for Daily Living Skills and Feelings 51 and Self Esteem 54 What a Relief 4 Social Scenes for Home, School and Community 51 Talkabout for Children: What Every Teacher should Social Skills Activities for Special Children 52 Developing Social Skills 54 Know about Grammar 21 Social Skills Board Games 50 Talking in Pictures 53 What Every Teacher should Know Social Skills Games 50 Tasks Galore 47 about Spelling 21 Social Skills Learning 53 Teacher’s Toolbox 2 What Principals need to Know about Social Skills Picture Book 51 Teaching Activities for Autistic Children 47 Differentiated Instruction 55 Social Skills Training (Jed Baker) 51 Teaching Children with Autism to Mind-Read 49 What Time is it? 31 Socially Speaking 50 Teaching Complex Thinking 16 What to do when you Can’t…. 30 Songs & Games for all Children 37 Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom 16 .... (Maths Series) Solving Maths Problems 35 Teaching Number 34 Whistle A While / Whistle Along 37 Sound Linkage 23 Teaching Number in the Classroom WIAT-III UK-T: Wechsler Individual Speak Easy 29 with 4-8 year olds 34 Achievement Test for Teachers 6 Speaking, Listening & Understanding 53 Teaching Primary Art 39 Word Puzzles for Really Busy Teachers 4 Speed Up! 58 Teaching Skills for Ball Games 44 Word Puzzles for Speakers of Other Languages 29 Spell Well 21 Teaching Speaking and Listening 25 Word Wasp 24 Spell Write Right Programme 20 Teaching Students with ADHD 45 Work it Out! 17 Stareway to Spelling 24 Teaching through Storytelling 27 Working on Algebra 31 Starting Points with GRAMMAR 20 Team Challenges 4 Working on Number 31 Starting Points with SPELLING 20 Telling Tales 38 Working on Number and Algebra 31 Starting Points with VOCABULARY 20 Ten Things Every Child with Working With Difficult & Resistant Staff 2 Step by Step Educational Drama 38 Autism wishes you Knew 46 Working With High Frequency Words 22 Still Learning to Think Thinking to Learn 18 Text Types 28 Working with Words 23 Stop Think Do! Social Skills Training 9 That’s Disgusting! 40 World Energy Issues 41 Stretch, Bend Boggle 35 Think Big, Start Small 55 WRAT-5: Wide Range Achievement Test 6 Stride Ahead 24 Think Fit 44 WRIT: Wide Range Intelligence Test 6 Strum Along 37 Thinking Allowed 31 Writer's Workshop 28 Successful Teaching in the Thinking Creatively 17 Writing and Developing Social Stories 49 Differentiated Classroom 55 Thinking Start-Ups 17 Writing Frameworks 29 Successfully Managing ADHD 45 Thinking Themes 17 Writing Reports 3
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