READING & LITERACY RESOURCES

The Shades books offer fast-paced, shorter stories (just 64pp each) for older readers who may find longer books too daunting, but who still want the excitement of a great story told with pace and style. This great value pack includes 28 titles, with stories encompassing a range of genres such as horror, science fiction, historical fiction and straight modern teen tales. These are great quick reads, with topics to appeal to many different types of readers.

Interest Age: 12 - 18 Years old

Reading Age: 9 - 10 Years old

Dyslexia Friendly

Pages: 64pp

This pack includes the following titles:

Crime Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Funny Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Ghosts Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Sci-Fi Stories Shades Shorts 2.0

Plague

Shouting at the Stars

Hunter's Moon

Who Cares?

Blitz

Hauntings

Mantrap

Coming in to Land

Life of the Party

Treachery by Night

Mind's Eye

Gateway from Hell

Cry, Baby

The Scream

Rising Tide

Stone Robbers

Fire!

Invasion

A Murder of Crows

The Messenger

Fighting Back

Tears of a Friend

Space Explorers

Four Degrees More

A series of uplifting, funny, warm, romantic, contemporary books from a variety of respected authors on topics that girls will relate to, with characters they relate to and enjoy. The upbeat stories feature everyday life, friendship and love from a range of perspectives and cultures.

The stories are designed for girls from ages 12 through to Young Adult who have a reading age of 6 - 8. This allows readers to tackle age appropriate topics in a clear way while improving literacy skills. The language levels have all been carefully designed to make for accessible reads, without losing any of the joy of a good read. In all cases the content is appropriate for inclusion in any school library.

Interest Age: 12 - 18 Years old

Reading Age: 6 - 8 Years old

Word count: 2,126 - 4,895

This pack includes the following titles:

Bad Boy

Ch@t

Forever

GamerHate

I [Heart] Glitter Boy

ILMFG (I Love My Friends Guy)

My Sister's Perfect Husband

Picture Him

Yasmin's Journey

Time to Live

This is a gripping and edgy reinvention of the vampire genre. Mixing the contemporary world of YouTube and smartphones with the centuries-old, traditional vampires of yesteryear, these must-read books have high appeal for both boys and girls.

Start with Die Now or Live Forever, then read the other books in any order. Follow these new young vampires as they struggle to cope with immortality and their craving for human blood. From Juliette modelling in Paris to rising music star Finn and would-be scientist Omar, they face tough challenges and deadly threats.

Interest Age: 12+ years

Reading Age: 9 years

Titles in the series are:

Die Now or Live Forever

Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Life Sucks

In Cold Blood

Dead on Arrival

Bloodsucking for Beginners

Every Drop of Your Blood

A trilogy of books in the Pick Your Path series. The books offers a fresh take on the traditional 'Choose your own adventure' format. These are short, strong, fast-moving stories, offering short, low-level texts. Every page requires the reader to choose the next course of action in the story. These are not just books; they are fully interactive adventures that will have the reader guessing and guessing - what happens next? The reader decides!

With strong, 'unbook-like' layouts, these black and white illustrated are perfect for building reading stamina: if the reader is 'killed' the first time, they can keep reading it until they find the route.

In Moon Unit an alien battlecraft attacks your lunar mining base.

In Ring Bearer a hoard of wraiths are after your ring - a sacred magical relic.

In Zombie Storm the zombies attack your burger van.

Interest Age: 11 to 16

Reading Age: 7 - 8

Note: some of the content of this book is not appropriate for readers under the age of eleven

“Pupils with spelling difficulties often experience problems accessing the curriculum and lose confidence with writing. The ACE Spelling Dictionary breaks through these problems, taking away the frustration of hunting through a conventional dictionary and actually improving users’ spellings through increasing their understanding of common spelling patterns and unusual features.

The Dictionary is designed for writers of all ages who need to check spellings, and is intended for use in educational settings and at home. The fourth edition of the ACE Spelling Dictionary has expanded user’s notes and thousands of new words, including more alternative spellings, plural forms and ‘sound-alike’ pairs and groups than before. The darker blue long vowel section makes it easy to open the book near the wanted page. It has an up-to-date vocabulary and provides full ‘how to use’ guidance for new and experienced users.

Using the unique ACE Spelling Index, users need only think about how a word sounds to find out how to spell it. By simply identifying the first vowel sound, the speller is directed to the page where the problem word is found. The easy-to-use reference system will tempt users to use more interesting words in their writing. Both spelling patterns and irregularities are highlighted in the dictionary so that pupils learn to spell incidentally.

Bring literacy to life with the Active Literacy Kit! Developed and designed by Dyslexia Action, the Active Literacy Kit has been carefully created for pupils who require additional support with reading and spelling, whether they are dyslexic or not.

The Active Literacy Kit includes 144 sound and picture cards, a teacher’s handbook, an exercise guide, placement assessments and an array of pupil books, as well as much more! Aimed at pupils of 7 years and over, this comprehensive resource creates a fantastic framework to support children with dyslexia and other literacy difficulties across the whole of Key Stage 2. The programme offers a super series of structured activities and timed exercises which strengthen phonological awareness and word recognition, building the foundational skills needed for fluent reading and spelling.

This highly practical activity workbook is linked to the core text How to Manage Spelling Successfully and has been designed to support dyslexic students practise the spelling strategies and methods recommended in that book.

This activity book can be used separately, or as part of an integrated programme for building students' spelling skills at home or at school. Suitable for mainstream classrooms, pupils undertaking additional literacy support in small groups, and for one-to-one teaching of individuals with specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, this excellent resource contains activities suitable for use at different stages of development, and for use with adults as well as school students.

Each section contains a range of multi-sensory activities, including word searches, simple crossword puzzles and dictation exercises. This is an essential classroom companion for anyone helping struggling spellers

By author Philomena Ott

Build vocabulary, improve sight word recognition and increase fluency with this Big Box of Sentence Building. Ideal for introducing grammar and practising punctuation, each puzzle piece features a word that can be clipped together with other pieces to form sentences. Colour-coded by the part of speech it represents, the puzzle pieces are ideal for a range of activities around sentence construction. Includes 250 puzzle pieces (50 x 50 mm) plus 4-page booklet with teaching suggestions and games.

Build Vocabulary

Increase fluency

Introduce grammar

Teach punctuation

Learning Outcomes

Pupils should be encouraged to read all the words in a sentence and to do this accurately

Encapsulate what they want to say, sentence by sentence

Re-read to check that their writing makes sense

Proof-read to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation (for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly)

The Breakouts pack contains eight titles, with stories ranging from shark attacks on an Australian beach, peril in the Himalayas, witches, ghosts and dystopian futures.

These are strong modern, adventurous stories for both boys and girls. This series offer a challenging read in terms of ideas and vocabulary but in a style and length that make them easier to read. These books are perfect for readers who have gained a bit more confidence in reading and who are after a more challenging read in terms of ideas and vocabulary but who aren't yet ready for longer, more demanding reads.

Interest Age: 9 - 13 years

Reading Age: 10 years

Titles in the series:

The Last Time I Died

Young Blood

The Witch's Daughter

Magpie

Dead in the Water

Strangers on a Plane

Peril in the Snow

In the Dark of Night

100% Comprehension using Fiction and Non-Fiction texts.

The Comprehension Box for 3rd-4th Class contains:

150 colourfully illustrated cards with texts covering a variety of genres and text types.

15 colour-coded sections.

Pupil Tracking Sheet Pad.

Questions on the back of each card.

Answer cards.

Scope and sequence chart.

A comprehensive Teachers Guide providing suggestions on how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies along with answers and pupil and teacher recording sheets.

Flexible use within the classroom

Pupils could be grouped according to reading level, work on the cards in a particular colour and then discuss and summarise what they have learned with their peers.

Capable, independent readers can work through the cards at their own pace, freeing up the teacher’s time to work intensively with different groups in the class.

Ideal for differentiation.

Teachers can easily assign the colour-coded cards to each pupil’s reading level.

Ten cards in each colour-coded section ensure that pupils practise comprehension strategies using a variety of texts and comprehension activities.

Each colour-coded section gradually increases in reading difficulty, leading to constant progression.

Pupils working on the same coloured section can alternate cards and engage in various station activities over ten lessons.

100% Comprehension using Fiction and Non-Fiction texts.

Flexible use within the classroom:

Pupils could be grouped according to reading level, work on the cards in a particular colour and then discuss and summarise what they have learned with their peers.

Capable, independent readers can work through the cards at their own pace, freeing up the teacher’s time to work intensively with different groups in the class.

Ideal for differentiation.

Teachers can easily assign the colour-coded cards to each pupil’s reading level.

Ten cards in each colour-coded section ensure that pupils practise comprehension strategies using a variety of texts and comprehension activities.

The Comprehension Boxfor 5th-6th Class contains:

150 colourfully illustrated cards with texts covering a variety of genres and text types.

15 colour-coded sections.

Pupil Tracking Sheet Pad.

Questions on the back of each card.

Answer cards.

Scope and sequence chart.

A comprehensive Teachers Guide providing suggestions on how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies along with answers and pupil and teacher recording sheets.

Spark discussions that will get all of your students talking.
Colourful 4cm soft foam cubes feature 36 engaging questions about students experiences and perspectives, including "Who is the bravest person you know?" and "What foods do you like?" Use in character development activities, brainstorming before writing, and to build oral language, social and listening skills.
Activity Guide included.

SRA’s Corrective Reading Decoding programs are successful with problem readers because they provide the careful integration, the practice, and the management details that the problem reader needs to succeed.

Level A is appropriate for students who are extremely deficient in decoding skills. These students may recognize some words but do not have adequate strategies for accurate decoding of words like frost and track. The skills are divided into four principal areas: Word-Attack Skills, Workbook Exercises, support activities and Checkouts and Mastery Tests.

This kit contains:
Corrective Reading Decoding Level A, Presentation Book 1
Corrective Reading Decoding Level A, Presentation Book 2
Corrective Reading Decoding Level A, Teacher Guide

SRA’s Corrective Reading Decoding programs are successful with problem readers because they provide the careful integration, the practice, and the management details that the problem reader needs to succeed.

Level B1 is appropriate for most problem readers. They guess at words. They have trouble reading words such as what, that, a, and the when the words appear in a sentence context. They often read synonyms or printed words and are generally inconsistent in their reading behavior (reading a word correctly one time and missing it the next time)

This kit contains:
Corrective Reading Decoding Level B1, Presentation Book 1
Corrective Reading Decoding Level B1 Presentation Book 2
Corrective Reading Decoding Level B1, Teacher Guide

SRA’s Corrective Reading Decoding programs are successful with problem readers because they provide the careful integration, the practice, and the management details that the problem reader needs to succeed.

Level B2 is appropriate for students who have some decoding problems, who do not read at an adequate rate, who still tend to confuse words with similar spellings, and who tend to make word-guessing mistakes.

This kit contains:
Corrective Reading Decoding Level B2, Presentation Book 1
Corrective Reading Decoding Level B2, Presentation Book 2
Corrective Reading Decoding Level B2, Teacher Guide

SRA’s Corrective Reading Decoding programs are successful with problem readers because they provide the careful integration, the practice, and the management details that the problem reader needs to succeed.

Level C is appropriate for students who have mastered many basic reading skills but who have trouble with multisyllabic words and typical textbook material.

This kit contains:
Corrective Reading Decoding Level C, Presentation Book 1
Corrective Reading Decoding Level C, Presentation Book 2
Corrective Reading Decoding Level C, Teacher Guide

A remedial program designed to give older students the tools they need to learn to spell. Combined with a few simple spelling rules, it helps students to master spelling strategies.

Using Direct Instruction methodology, students are taught research-proven strategies to accurately spell 500 morphographs resulting in the ability to spell over 12,000 words. Spelling Through Morphographs also empowers vocabulary growth.

Dark Man is a hugely successful series for teens and young adults with very low reading levels. The gritty and mysterious books grip readers even though the text is limited. The sinister atmosphere and strong black-and-white illustrations entice even the most reluctant of teen readers. The dark tales have a 'grown-up' style which doesn't patronise the reader. Set Three provides a higher level of readers. The books can be read in any order and can be used just as great age appropriate reads for those new to the Dark Man or as progression from Sets One and Two.

This pack contains the third six books in the series: Killer in the Dark
Dying for the Dark
The Day is Dark
The Dark Candle
The Dark Machine
The Dark Words

This Student Book is designed to improve students' functional grammar skills. It allows and encourages all students to grasp the fundamentals of grammar through humour, real world examples and a variety of activities.

It includes:
New engaging material and activities
Regular peer and self assessment so students take control of their learning
Accessible and manageable chucks of learning that can be dipped into where necessary
A striking design to aid motivation.

Self-checking English activities children can master on their own (ages 5-9)

Simply touch the interactive pen to a Hot Dot and the Talking Hot Dots Pen responds instantly with a green light and positive sounds. Incorrect answers receive a red light and gentle wrong sound or phrase. Set includes 72 full-colour self-checking activities in a plastic storage case.

Use with our Talking Hot Dots Pens, sold separately!

Self-checking English activities children master on their own (ages 5-9)

Simply touch the interactive pen to a Hot Dot and the Talking Hot Dots® Pen responds instantly with a green light and positive sounds. Incorrect answers receive a red light and gentle wrong sound or phrase. Set includes 72 full-colour self-checking activities in a plastic storage case.

Use with our Talking Hot Dots® Pens, sold separately!

Joyful Reading offers teachers a differentiated instructional approach for motivating students at varied levels to discover the rewards and delights of reading appropriately challenging books. Authored by Sally M. Reis, an acclaimed scholar of gifted and talented education, the book describes the Schoolwide Enrichment Model for Reading (SEM-R), an easy-to-implement program that encourages students to read independently for a period of time during the school day on books of their own choice while supporting them in learning comprehension strategies.

The program includes three phases:

A Book Hook component in which the teacher reads aloud from a high-interest book while engaging the class in critical thinking responses

A Supported Independent Reading component in which students are encouraged to select and read progressively challenging books while the teacher offers instruction through individualized confer-ences

A Special Interest component in which students engage in reading-enrichment activities

The SEM-R program has been shown by research to improve students' fluency and comprehension as well as their attitudes toward reading and is praised by teachers for getting students excited about books.
Jossey-Bass Teacher

The Lili lamp has been developed using a patented technology which projects a specific light flow erasing the mirror image seen by people with dyslexia.

The lamp emits customizable flashes of light that are almost imperceptible to the naked eye. These flashes make the perception of writing more precise for a majority of people with dyslexia. Their reading thus becomes smoother, faster and less tiring.

More contrasting perception of letters

Smoother and faster reading

Self-confidence, renewed motivation

Better understanding and concentration

Reduced reading fatigue

Facilitated writing

This series provides audio lessons and photocopiable worksheets to support those pupils who need to develop listening skills, improve short-term memory and learn to make deductions from sounds, statements or passages of text that have listened to.

Within package is 5 kits (Book 1, Book 2, Book 2A, Book 3 & Book 4)

Kit 1 :
Familiar sounds give rise to questions Where? When? Why with multiple-choice answers. Description for finish the picture exercises. Passages for Listen and Look exercises.
Kit 2 :
Five short linked passages followed by questions. Listen and Look exercises linked to preceding passages.
Kit 2A :
Complete story - 2 audio passages per page, each followed by 4 questions.
Kit 3 :
Each lessons tells a chapter in the story of 'Finding the Castle' and is followed by questions which require written answers. Where appropriate, the work could be done orally.
Kit 4 :
Each lesson tells a chapter in the story 'Moving On' and is followed by questions which require written answers. In the same style as Kit 3 but at a more difficult level.

This kit is only available as an e-book option

The VN-541PC is the latest addition to the VN series intended for beginners using a digital voice recorder for the first time. Similar to previous VN series recorders, the VN-541PC is engineered for smart functionality, intuitive operations, and one-touch recording. This model includes a one-touch slide switch for an even faster performance. Also included is a micro USB cable, this cord allows you to easily transfer recordings onto your computer.

Built for instant dictation
Simply slide the REC switch – the voice recorder instantly starts recording even when the power is off. The switch is located on the front of the recorder, thus enabling blind operation. You will never miss a conversation again.

Optimized settings for tailor-made voice recordings
Make sure your voice recordings are fail-safe by choosing one of the provided scenes MEMO, TALK, MUSIC or LP (“Long Play”). Saved folders are sorted by recording scene so you can easily search from recording scene. This can shorten the file search time.

Easy connection to save your data
Simply connect your voice recorder to your PC with a micro USB-cable. Like this you will be able to manage all your data, in an environment you are used to.

Perfect Fit - Easy to hold and easy to operate

Simplified GUI - To focus on recording the graphical interface is designed clean and easy

REC Switch - One-touch direct recording available

Easy Scene Select - An easy-to-operate button to ensure fail-proof recordings

Front-Mounting speaker - Large speaker in front offers clear playback

Micro USB connector - Easy transferring data to a PC

Low-cut filter - Less noise, more sound

Perfect Shaped - Shaped to fit your index finger

Low power consumption - Never miss out on anything with longer battery life.

Built-in connections - Extend the recording capability