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Patton O Tabors

Pbk | 256pp | 9781557669216 | 12/02/2008A$64 | NZ$76 | Brookes Publishing Co.

This popular, practical, and highly readable guidebook will help teachers to support second language learners and put them on the path to academic success. Reflecting change in early education in areas like assessment and cultural diversity, this edition gives teachers up-to-date research, usable information, and essential tools to meet the needs of second language learners in today's learning environments.

DUAL LANGUAGE LEARNERS

One Child, Two Languages: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators of Children Learning English as a Second Language 2ed

Kathy Ganske

Pbk | 493pp | 9781462533336 | 20/02/2018A$76 | NZ$91 | Guilford Publications Inc

More than 30,000 teachers have used this skillfully crafted book to build children's word knowledge with engaging categorization activities organized by spelling stages. Featuring rich classroom examples, the revised and expanded second edition gives increased attention to teaching English learners (ELs), among other enhancements. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the volume includes over 200 reproducible word, picture, and letter sorts, plus additional reproducible forms and activities in the appendices.

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Word Sorts and More: Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K-3 2ed

Marian R Whitehead

Pbk | 264pp | 9781849200080 | 28/02/2010A$73 | NZ$86 | Sage Publications Ltd

This text provides comprehensive coverage of issues in language, literacy and learning, focusing on the age range from birth to eight years. The author emphasises the joy and creativity involved in supporting young children's development as speakers, writers and readers. Material covers theory of mind, key persons, social and emotional dimensions of learning. The author has added material on difficulties with language development, phonics and the new literacies.

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Language and Literacy in the Early Years 0-7 4ed

Bradley S Witzel and Mary E Little

Pbk | 180pp | 9781462523115 | 7/01/2016A$51.99 | NZ$61 | Guilford Publications Inc

Packed with effective instructional strategies, this text explores why certain K-5 students struggle with maths and provides a framework for helping all learners succeed. The authors present empirically validated practices for supporting students with disabilities and others experiencing difficulties in specific areas of math, including problem solving, early numeracy, whole number operations, fractions, geometry, and algebra. Concrete examples and easy-to-implement lesson-planning ideas enhance the text's utility.

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EARLY MATHS

Teaching Elementary Mathematics to Struggling Learners

Donna Kotsopoulos and Joanne Lee

Pbk | 152pp | 9781598575897 | 13/05/2014A$52.99 | NZ$63 | Brookes Publishing Co.

Math can't wait. Children who can count with ease before kindergarten have a better shot at future mathematics success—and with this book, it's simple and fun to weave counting and other math concepts into everyday activities. Drawn from the authors playful and popular LittleCounters® workshops, this guidebook shows early educators, caregivers, and parents how to use purposeful play with children from birth to 5 to promote mathematical thinking and get them ready for formal math instruction.

Let's Talk About Math: The LittleCounters® Approach to Building Early Math Skills

Kate Tucker

Pbk | 160pp | 9781446269770 | 18/01/2014A$69 | NZ$82 | Sage Publications Ltd

Offering practical examples of focused, playful teaching this popular book is back for a third edition, with even more activities to use in your setting with children aged from 3 to 8. Completely updated, this new edition covers all the hot topics in the field, and now includes: a section on teaching mathematics in forest school; more coverage of using ICT to teach mathematics; new case studies covering children with special needs; a key vocabulary section at the end of each chapter, and even more activities to use in lessons.

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Mathematics Through Play in the Early Years 3ed

Julie Sliva

Pbk | 168pp | 9780761938910 | 1/10/2003A$64 | NZ$75 | Sage Publications Inc

The number of special needs students in regular classrooms keeps rising. At the same time as more of these special needs students are being included, mathematics requirements are being increased. This book is designed to open windows of understanding, which will help teachers better recognise and compensate for the difficulties that special education students may encounter when learning mathematics.

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INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Teaching Inclusive Mathematics to Special Learners, K-6

Gavin Reid

Pbk | 208pp | 9781785920653 | 21/02/2017A$31.99 | NZ$37.99 | Jessica Kingsley Publishing

Beginning with a contextual note on the key difficulties faced by children at risk of dyslexia, this text takes the reader through the processes of identification and diagnosis, before offering ideas on how to tailor classroom materials for these students. The resource materials are designed to target areas such as reading, spelling, numeracy, language skills, social and emotional development, and problem solving skills.

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Dyslexia in the Early Years: A Handbook for Practice

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EARLY LITERACY

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Lynn Williams, Sharynne McLeod and Rebecca

Pbk | 672pp | 9781598570182 | 8/04/2010A$149 | NZ$177 | Brookes Publishing Co.

With detailed discussion and invaluable video footage of 23 treatment interventions for speech sound disorders (SSDs) in children, this textbook and DVD set should be part of every speech-language pathologist's professional preparation. Focusing on children with functional or motor-based speech disorders from early childhood through the early elementary period, this textbook gives pre-service SLPs critical analyses of a complete spectrum of evidence-based phonological and articulatory interventions.

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Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children (With DVD)

Robert Reid, Torri Ortiz Lienemann and Jes

Pbk | 308pp | 9781462511983 | 4/10/2013A$68 | NZ$81 | Guilford Publications Inc

Filling an important need for K–12 educators, this highly practical text provides a step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, one of the most effective instructional techniques for struggling learners. The authors present well-validated strategies that target self-regulated learning and study skills as well as performance in specific content areas, such as writing, reading, and maths. Detailed classroom examples illustrate how to teach the strategies systematically and monitor student outcomes.

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Strategy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities 2ed

David R Beukelman and Pat Mirenda

Hbk | 616pp | 9781598571967 | 28/09/2012A$151 | NZ$179 | Brookes Publishing Co.

As AAC use continues to flourish and new technology revolutionises the field, tomorrow's service providers need current, authoritative information on AAC for children and adults with communication disorders. That's why David Beukelman and Pat Mirenda have revised and updated the bestselling Augmentative and Alternative Communication - the trusted, widely adopted graduate-level text on communication disorders and AAC.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Supporting Children and Adults with Complex Communication Needs 4ed

Louisa Cook Moats

Pbk | 304pp | 9781598570502 | 1/07/2010A$78 | NZ$93 | Brookes Publishing Co.

Updated meticulously with the very latest research, this edition of this bestselling text helps elementary educators grasp the structure of written and spoken English, understand how children learn to read, and apply this foundational knowledge as they deliver explicit, high-quality literacy instruction. Speech to Print prepares today's literacy educators to teach students with or without disabilities.

LANGUAGE

Speech to Print: Language Essentials for Teachers 2ed

Louisa Cook Moats and Bruce Rosow

Pbk | 272pp | 9781598571622 | 13/03/2011A$55.99 | NZ$66 | Brookes Publishing Co.

One of the most popular and influential reading text books of the past 10 years gets a comprehensive update in this highly anticipated second edition, straight from renowned NCTQ-recommended expert Louisa Moats. Updated meticulously with the very latest research, the new edition of this bestselling text helps elementary educators grasp the structure of written and spoken English, understand how children learn to read, and apply this foundational knowledge as they deliver explicit, high-quality literacy instruction.

Speech to Print Workbook: Language Exercises for Teachers 2ed

Isabel L Beck, Margaret G McKeown and Lind

Pbk | 210pp | 9781462508167 | 15/03/2013A$51.99 | NZ$61 | Guilford Publications Inc

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K–12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research, the book explains how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create engaging learning activities that promote both word knowledge and reading comprehension.

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Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction 2ed

Linda B Gambrell and Lesley Mandel Morrow

Pbk | 447pp | 9781462517190 | 12/09/2014A$81 | NZ$97 | Guilford Publications Inc

This indispensable classroom resource and course text has inspired thousands of teachers to help their students become better readers and writers. The new edition addresses evidence-based best practices in the light of emerging research. Practical suggestions and case studies empower Pre K–8 teachers to support the needs of all their students. Ebook Available

LITERACY

Best Practices in Literacy Instruction 5ed

Kate Pahl and Jennifer Rowsell

Pbk | 216pp | 9781446201350 | 30/04/2012A$72 | NZ$85 | Sage Publications Ltd

Six years on from the first edition of Literacy and Education, the ways we think about literacy have changed. This book continues to be an accessible guide to current theory on literacy with practical applications in the classroom, but has a new focus on the ecologies of literacy and on ways of researching literacy that are participatory and visual.

Literacy and Education 2ed

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Caroline Walker-Gleaves and David Waugh

Pbk | 232pp | 9781473971639 | 9/12/2017A$49.99 | NZ$61 | Sage Publications Ltd

Teachers are under pressure to find personalised and distinctive approaches to support children who struggle with literacy. Support is available for those who have specific needs, but not for children with needs that are harder to identify. This text draws on the latest research to offer guidance in this area. It supports teachers to consider the whole child when exploring options for interventions and strategies to help children overcome their individual challenges.

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Looking After Literacy: A Whole Child Approach to Effective Literacy Interventions

Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and Diane Lapp

Pbk | 216pp | 9781506339443 | 1/03/2016A$69 | NZ$82 | Sage Publications Inc

No matter what discipline you teach, you will learn how to craft purposeful instruction pitched to your readers' comprehension capacities, your curriculum's themes, and your own assessments on what students need next. Doug, Nancy, and Diane provide: how-to's for measuring word and sentence length and other countable features of any written work while giving ample consideration to the readers in your room, and how their background knowledge, experiences, and motivations come into play.

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Text Complexity: Stretching Readers With Texts and Tasks 2ed

Gail T Gillon

Pbk | 272pp | 9781462532889 | 1/01/2018A$55.99 | NZ$66 | Guilford Publications Inc

This text provides a broad overview of phonological awareness and its key role in the development of reading, writing, and spelling. It clearly shows how a child’s awareness of the sound structure of their spoken languages contributes to their acquisition of written languages and provides guidelines for assessing and intervening to support children who are struggling.Ebook Available

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Phonological Awareness: From Research to Practice 2ed

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Georgina Barton and Gary Woolley

Pbk | 240pp | 9781473947566 | 10/06/2017A$63 | NZ$75 | Sage Publications Ltd

Today’s secondary classrooms are increasingly diverse places and skilled English teachers need to be able to develop flexible teaching strategies that can be adapted to best serve diverse learners with divergent needs. This textbook for pre-service teachers gives you pragmatic guidance on the major aspects of literacy teaching, and how to draw insight research and apply it in diverse classrooms.

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Developing Literacy in the Secondary Classroom

Marcia K Henry

Pbk | 352pp | 9781598570748 | 20/07/2010A$79 | NZ$95 | Brookes Publishing Co.

The updated second edition of Unlocking Literacy is here - and now pre- and inservice educators will have the very latest research and practical guidance on teaching good reading and spelling skills. Developed for general and special educators of students from prekindergarten to middle school and beyond, the new edition of this bestselling textbook arms teachers with the most recent developments in reading research and shows them how to apply their knowledge in the classroom to help all students learn.

Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction 2ed

Kristin Lems, Leah D Miller and Tenena M S

Pbk | 334pp | 9781462531592 | 4/08/2017A$56.99 | NZ$67 | Guilford Publications Inc

How can linguistics help teachers of English language learners (ELLs) improve their instruction? What specific competencies do ELLs need to build in order to speak, listen, read, and write in a new language? Now revised and expanded with a broader view of literacy, this book has guided thousands of inservice and preservice teachers to understand the processes involved in second-language acquisition and help ELLs succeed.

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Building Literacy with English Language Learners: Insights from Linguistics 2ed

Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher

Pbk | 208pp | 9781412953122 | 1/01/2008A$74 | NZ$87 | Sage Publications Inc

This thoughtful and practical book by a team of literacy experts offers classroom teachers a guide to using visual forms of information as tools for literacy development. Teaching Visual Literacy offers strategies for fostering visual and critical literacy competencies and increasing student engagement through the use of picture books, comic books, graphic novels, traditional films, anime, and other visual sources of information.

Teaching Visual Literacy: Using Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Anime, Cartoons, and More to Develop Comprehension and Thinking Skills

Lesley Mandel Morrow, Kenneth Kunz and Mau

Pbk | 232pp | 9781462534463 | 5/04/2018A$49.99 | NZ$58.99 | Guilford Publications Inc

This innovative book helps K–6 teachers infuse the entire school day with research-based literacy best practices. Classroom-tested strategies are presented for planning and implementing each component of the "exemplary literacy day" - vocabulary and word study sessions, literacy work stations, differentiated guided reading groups, reading and writing workshops, and interdisciplinary projects.

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Breaking Through the Language Arts Block: Organizing and Managing the Exemplary Literacy Day

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Jim Johnson and Bruce Bond

Pbk | 144pp | 9781526440181 | 10/02/2018A$25.99 | NZ$31.99 | Sage Publications Ltd

The one and only literacy skills test guide that's popular amongst students and widely recommended by initial teacher training providers is now back revised and updated with even more great additions! Outlining all of the requirements of the Literacy Skills Test, this much-loved student resource explains the essential subject knowledge candidates need and includes practice questions for test preparation.

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Passing the Literacy Skills Test 5ed

Evan Ortlieb and Earl H Cheek

Pbk | 296pp | 9781787140493 | 16/11/2017A$112 | NZ$132 | Emerald Publishing Ltd

This volume features prominent researchers sharing their evidence-based successes founded upon longstanding and newfound theoretical frameworks. The book has wide readership amongst educators in both K-12 and university arenas.

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Addressing Diversity in Literacy Instruction

Susan R Copeland and Elizabeth B Keefe

Pbk | 400pp | 9781681250595 | 1/03/2018A$92 | NZ$109 | Brookes Publishing Co.

Effective Literacy Instruction for Learners with Complex Support Needs provides critical information on effective literacy instruction with a multitude of practical examples. Since publication of the first edition in 2007, there has been an upsurge in research on literacy instruction for ages K–12. Because practice in the classroom does not always reflect this new knowledge, Copeland and Keefe have updated this reference to be applicable to students with a variety of disabilities, including autism, intellectual disabilities, and multiple disabilities requiring complex support needs.

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Effective Literacy Instruction for Learners with Complex Support Needs 2ed

Derek Haylock and Ralph Manning

Kit | 496pp | 9781446285879 | 18/06/2014A$79 | NZ$94 | Sage Publications Ltd

Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers 5ed develops students' own understanding of mathematical concepts, and how children learn them, so they can confidently teach mathematics to primary children. Every chapter integrates children’s learning, classroom practice, and the teacher's own requirements for subject knowledge, making this the ideal text to guide students through their studies and beyond.

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MATHS

Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers 5ed (Paperback and eBook)

Derek Haylock and Ralph Manning

Pbk | 168pp | 9781446285947 | 18/06/2014A$46.99 | NZ$55.99 | Sage Publications Ltd

This Student Workbook reinforces and applies concepts introduced in Derek Haylock's Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers. With over 700 tested questions endorsed by primary PGCE trainees, along with detailed solutions and explanatory notes, the Student Workbookhelps students gain the confidence they need to understand, apply, and teach the primary maths curriculum.

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Student Workbook for Mathematics Explained for Primary Teachers 2ed

Alice Hansen, Doreen Drews, John Dudgeon,

Pbk | 272pp | 9781526410962 | 14/08/2017A$56.99 | NZ$67 | Sage Publications Ltd

This practical and popular guide to children’s common errors and misconceptions in primary mathematics is an essential tool for teachers and trainees. It supports them in planning for and tackling potential errors and enhances their understanding of the difficulties encountered in mathematical development. This fourth edition explores how a Growth Mindset approach works alongside an awareness of children's errors and how mistakes themselves are powerful learning tools. This edition includes 50 new identifiable misconceptions children have of mathematics.

Children's Errors in Mathematics 4ed

Claire Mooney, Alice Hansen, Lindsey Ferri

Pbk | 264pp | 9781526440525 | 10/03/2018A$55.99 | NZ$67 | Sage Publications Ltd

Secure subject knowledge and understanding is the foundation of confident, creative and effective teaching. To help your students master this, the 8th edition ofPrimary Mathematics now comes with a range of online resources inlcuding an interactive Maths subject knowledge audit to assess your students' overall performance, to ensure they have an accurate picture of their ability.

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Primary Mathematics: Knowledge and Understanding 8ed

Ronit Bird

Pbk | 168pp | 9781848607118 | 30/09/2009A$73 | NZ$86 | Sage Publications Ltd

In writing this practical book, Ronit Bird has drawn on her teaching and training experience to create teaching plans for key numeracy topics, aimed at those working with students aged 9-16. She provides detailed strategies for teaching numeracy skills through a progression of practical activities and visualisation techniques which build the self-esteem of students who need extra help and give them a basic foundation in number.

Overcoming Difficulties with Number: Supporting Dyscalculia and Students who Struggle with Maths (With CD-ROM)

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Jennifer T H Wathall

Pbk | 296pp | 9781506314945 | 16/02/2016A$67 | NZ$79 | Sage Publications Inc

This text is a road map to retooling how you teach math in a deep, clear, and meaningful way - through a conceptual lens - helping students achieve higher-order thinking skills. Jennifer Wathall shows you how to plan units, engage students, assess understanding, incorporate technology, and even guides you through an ideal concept-based classroom. Ebook Available

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Concept-Based Mathematics: Teaching for Deep Understanding in Secondary Classrooms

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Ronit Bird

Pbk | 272pp | 9781473975002 | 1/06/2017A$82 | NZ$97 | Sage Publications Ltd

Written by a teacher for teachers, the second edition of Ronit Bird’s The Dyscalculia Resource Book now comes with 120 games and puzzles and a brand new section on ‘mixed operations puzzles’ which require learners to switch mentally between addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The new edition also provides access to an accompanying website featuring demo videos of different games and puzzles and the option to easily download and print all the games and puzzles in the text!

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The Dyscalculia Resource Book: Games and Puzzles for ages 7 to 14 2ed

Ronit Bird

Pbk | 224pp | 9781473974265 | 1/02/2017A$88 | NZ$103 | Sage Publications Ltd

The new edition of the bestselling Dyscalculia Toolkitcontinues to meet the needs of specialist and non-specialist teachers working with learners aged 6 to 14 years, who have difficulty with maths and number. Packed full of practical, creative and innovative ideas and strategies this is the complete toolkit to help teachers and support learners with dyscalculia or those struggling with mathematics.

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The Dyscalculia Toolkit: Supporting Learning Difficulties in Maths 3ed

Leslie Laud

Pbk | 168pp | 9781412995245 | 17/05/2011A$61 | NZ$72 | Sage Publications Inc

Using Formative Assessment to Differentiate Mathematics Instruction offers a unique contribution to the current range of texts on differentiated instruction and formative assessment with regard to middle school maths instruction. Author Leslie Laud cites the latest research and describes the instructional procedures found most effective for teaching middle school mathematics through a unique set of seven practices. Practical suggestions, real-world examples and reproducible activities are woven throughout.

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Using Formative Assessment to Differentiate Mathematics Instruction, Grades 4-10: Seven Practices to Maximize Learning

Robert J Wright, David Ellemor-Collins and

Pbk | 312pp | 9780857020611 | 1/11/2011A$67 | NZ$79 | Sage Publications Ltd

Drawing on extensive programmes of research, curriculum development, and teacher development, this text offers a coherent, up-to-date approach emphasising computational fluency and the progressive development of students' mathematical sophistication. The text is organised in key domains of number instruction, including structuring numbers 1 to 20, knowledge of number words and numerals, conceptual place value, mental computation, written computation methods, fractions, and early algebraic reasoning.

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Developing Number Knowledge: Assessment, Teaching and Intervention with 7-11 year olds

Paul Killen and Sarah Hindhaugh

Pbk | 304pp | 9781526404145 | 10/02/2018A$59.99 | NZ$71 | Sage Publications Ltd

What, how and why? If you don't really understand the content of the primary mathematics curriculum, how can you teach it? This text is here to help. It covers all you need to know to be an effective teacher of primary mathematics. It shows you how to explore number, shape and pattern with the children you teach. It examines what we mean by 'mastery of mathematics' and reviews what we can learn from Asian maths teaching methods. It helps you to see how areas of mathematics fit together and how you can support children to build their own understanding of the subject.

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How Big is a Big Number?: Learning to teach mathematics in the primary school

David H Allsopp, LouAnn H Lovin and Sarah

Pbk | 400pp | 9781598575583 | 9/01/2018A$76 | NZ$89 | Brookes Publishing Co.

Making maths concepts understandable is a challenge -one that's more complex when a classroom includes students with learning difficulties. With this highly practical resource, teachers will have just what they need to teach a critical content area with confidence: research-based strategies that really work with students who have learning disabilities, ADHD, or mild cognitive disabilities.

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Teaching Mathematics Meaningfully: Solutions for Reaching Struggling Learners 2ed

Claire Mooney, Mary Briggs, Alice Hansen,

Pbk | 288pp | 9781526439154 | 10/03/2018A$56.99 | NZ$68 | Sage Publications Ltd

This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary mathematics. Covering the skills of planning, monitoring and assessment and class management, it relates these specifically to primary mathematics. With full coverage of the theory and practice required for effective and creative mathematics teaching, this text is an essential guide for all trainees working towards QTS. Throughout, practical guidance and features support trainees to translate this learning to the classroom, embed ICT in their lessons and to understand the wider context of their teaching.

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Primary Mathematics: Teaching Theory and Practice 8ed

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Mark Patmore

Pbk | 112pp | 9781526419231 | 10/02/2018A$25.99 | NZ$29.99 | Sage Publications Ltd

Popular amongst aspiring teacher trainees and widely recommended by teacher training course tutors, this bestselling guide to preparing and passing the mandatory Numeracy Skills test is back in an enhanced new edition. This seventh edition includes more content to help you develop the Key Knowledge required to approach the test with confidence. Updated throughout and with new questions and set within contemporary contexts, this new edition will support you even more to pass!

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NUMERACY

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Passing the Numeracy Skills Test 7ed

Michael Pressley and Richard L Allington

Pbk | 487pp | 9781462516803 | 31/10/2014A$82 | NZ$97 | Guilford Publications Inc

This widely adopted text and K–8 practitioner resource demonstrates how successful literacy teachers combine explicit skills instruction with an emphasis on reading for meaning. Richard L Allington builds on the late Michael Pressley's work to explain the theories and findings that guide balanced teaching and illustrate what exemplary lessons look like in action. Ebook Available

READING

Reading Instruction That Works: The Case for Balanced Teaching 4ed

Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher

Pbk | 256pp | 9781452268132 | 10/09/2013A$69 | NZ$83 | Sage Publications Inc

What could Fern Arable, Jay Gatsby, and Winston Churchill possibly have in common? They all need masterful teachers to help students revel in their complexity. And Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher are just the two mentors to help you make that happen. Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading - call it what you like. The point is, it’s a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction.

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Rigorous Reading: 5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts

Sharon Walpole and Michael C McKenna

Pbk | 284pp | 9781462531516 | 11/07/2017A$58.99 | NZ$69 | Guilford Publications Inc

Tens of thousands of K-3 teachers have relied on this book - now revised and expanded with more than 50% new material - to plan and deliver effective literacy instruction tailored to each student's needs. The authors provide a detailed framework for implementing differentiated small-group instruction over multi-week cycles. Each component of the beginning reading programme is addressed - phonological awareness, word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

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How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction: Resources for Grades K-3 2ed

Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey and John Hattie

Pbk | 272pp | 9781506332369 | 7/02/2017A$71 | NZ$84 | Sage Publications Inc

How do I influence students’ learning - what’s going to generate that light bulb Aha-moment of understanding? In this sequel to their megawatt best seller Visible Learning for Literacy, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie help you answer that question by sharing structures and tools for effective literacy instruction that have high-impact on learning - and insights on which stage of learning they have that high impact.

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VISIBLE LEARNING

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Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades K-5

Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie an

Pbk | 232pp | 9781506332376 | 1/05/2017A$69 | NZ$83 | Sage Publications Inc

With their expert lessons, video clips, and online resources, you can design reading and writing experiences that foster in your students deeper and more sophisticated expressions of literacy. With Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, take your students from surface to deep to transfer learning. It’s all about using the most effective practices - and knowing WHEN those practices are best leveraged to maximise student learning.

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Teaching Literacy in the Visible Learning Classroom, Grades 6-12

Alex Osmond

Pbk | 216pp | 9781473919365 | 29/09/2015A$49.99 | NZ$59.99 | Sage Publications Ltd

This useful guide shows students how to improve the quality of their work at university - fast - by identifying and using the correct use of English grammar and punctuation in their academic writing. Using tried and tested advice from student workshops, Alex Osmond shares practical examples that illustrate common mistakes, and shows students how to avoid them. Ebook Available

WRITING

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Academic Writing and Grammar for Students 2ed

Steve Graham, Charles A MacArthur and Jill

Pbk | 444pp | 9781462510085 | 25/04/2013A$76 | NZ$89 | Guilford Publications Inc

An indispensable teacher resource and course text, this book presents evidence-based practices for helping all K-12 students develop their skills as writers. Leading authorities describe how to teach the skills and strategies that students need to plan, draft, evaluate, and revise multiple types of texts. Also addressed are ways for teachers to integrate technology into the writing programme, use assessment to inform instruction, teach writing in the content areas, and tailor instruction for English language learners and struggling writers. Helpful case examples are featured throughout.

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Best Practices in Writing Instruction 2ed

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