The Teaching Assistant's Guide to Literacy
Published on 10. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-8264-9367-5 (ISBN)
Description
This practical guide gives TAs useful advice on: the role of literacy in the classrooms; advice on developing reading, writing, speaking and listening skills; and, using various strategies to help build pupils' confidence. Each chapter contains checklists for TAs to record their progress and real life case studies for the TA to learn from.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Teaching Support, Schools
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-9367-5 (9780826493675)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Susan Elkin is an education journalist and former secondary school teacher.
Content
1. What literacy is; - The national strategy; - Role of literacy in the curriculum; - Literacy in practice; - The literacy hour; 2. What precedes literacy?; - Activities (singing, rhymes, games and stories); 3. Learning to read; - Different methods; - Role of Phonics, including practical ideas and games; - Teaching love of books by example; 4. Learning to Write; - Different methods; - Using writing frames; - Activities for encouraging spelling; 5. Speaking and listening; - Why is developing speaking and listening skills important?; - Activities to encourage pupils to speak and listen including reading aloud, small group discussions and building vocabulary.; 6. Wider Literacy; - Links with subjects across the curriculum; - Role of poetry and drama; - Whole school literacy projects; 7. Further reading and sources of more information.