No Nonsense Literacy Strategies for Test Taking, The Classroom, and Beyond: Teacher Manual

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Dependent on the stage of learning and need of the learner or learners (the books are not age-specific although you can start Book 1 with four to five year olds – no younger! Written by the Babcock LDP Primary Literacy team, No Nonsense Spelling provides sufficient guidance to implement an effective spelling teaching programme from Year 2 to Year 6. Alongside the annotated examples of writing are unannotated versions which makes this a very flexible resource. We use Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and Twitter to display / embed relevant feeds on various pages throughout the site. The idea of ‘guided reading’ in the Science of Reading foundation classroom is a simple, yet muti-faceted proposition.

The new spelling solution from Raintree, No Nonsense Spelling, meets the needs of teachers looking to improve spelling standards at KS2. If you have been reading my blog of any length of time you will know that I am a MASSIVE advocate for explicit teaching in early literacy skills. I talked about the need to focus on skill development rather than ‘reading levels’ for our beginning readers and exactly what you can teach them at each stage of their reading development. No Nonsense Spelling is a comprehensive programme that moves from the termly pathway into the overviews of each half term, and down to daily lesson plan ideas to support teachers with how to deliver that in the classroom. This course provides an introduction to No Nonsense Spelling and includes activities to help delegates become familiar with the lesson plans, the teaching sequence and the supporting resources.It was developed by the Babcock LDP Literacy team in response to Devon teachers’ concerns over implementing the New Curriculum. Upon first using the NNP materials it became apparent how much harder the children were working in their phonics lessons – and they loved it!

Please advise us on booking if you have already purchased a pack: if that is the case, you will only be charged the course fee. ie is the largest exporter of books from Ireland currently exporting to approximately 100 countries around the world. This means that each Teacher Book needs to ‘stand alone’ as well as form part of a cohesive whole programme.The children thoroughly enjoy using the books and look forward to their daily phonics lesson with great anticipation. A highly skilled and experienced EYFS teacher told me she had ‘fallen in love with phonics teaching again’ after working with Debbie and seeing what it can achieve for children. Each sequence is based on quality children's literature and has reading activities and grammar taught in context included. There is a huge push (and rightly so) for strong literacy foundations to be built in the first year of school, but with children entering formal schooling as young as four and half years old, the question is to be asked, “What about the play? The programme breaks down the curriculum requirements into termly overviews with individual lesson plans and resources.

If you wish to book on this course after the course deadline please contact us on 01629 536546 and ask to speak to Sion Denton. Phonemic awareness, letter formation, oral segmenting, encoding and decoding are featured throughout Books 1 to 8. Internationally renowned for her knowledge and expertise in the field of foundational literacy, Debbie has crafted yet more magic with the No Nonsense Phonics programme. Contains editable resources and video guidance from Babcock LDP, with a teacher’s book for each year, Years 2-6.One of the big questions I hear Foundation (Kindergarten/prep/pre-primary/reception/transition) Teachers ask is, “When should children be writing sentences? Assessment of Writing is an innovative set of resources providing support and guidance to help teachers make accurate, evidence-based assessments of writing across KS1 and KS2 and establish appropriate expectations for each year group. He isn’t fooled into believing he’s equipped to answer your ‘educational’ questions though – and will pass them on to Debbie like hot potatoes to ensure that you get the correct expert advice every time. Debbie is also the author of the online DfE-validated Free Phonics International programme for all ages, the Wand Phonics (Wand Education) interactive, digital platform that can be used to complement both the No Nonsense Phonics and Phonics International programmes, and the self-study Phonics Training Online course. Many schools across Kent now use the No Nonsense Spelling programme from Years 2 to 6, and teachers report that they love the flexibility it offers.