READING & LITERACY RESOURCES

Practising Punctuation consists of 5 titles designed for pupils at Key Stage 2 and 3, who need additional support to identify and use punctuation correctly in everyday situations. Each book addresses a wide range of punctuation rules arranged in units of two pages. The first page explains the punctuation rule and gives clear examples, together with a simple exercise for the pupil to complete. The second page provides a more complex task and / or extension exercise.

In addition each book provides regular test pages to check the pupil’s understanding of the rules addressed. A pupil record sheet at the back of the book allows the teacher to plot progress and record comments on individual achievement. There are also four Punctuation Puzzle pages to reinforce and revisit what the children have learned in each book. A Quick Reference Guide at the back of each book summarises the punctuation rules addressed in that book. Book 5, the tests can be used for initial assessment prior to working through the Practising Punctuation series or indeed as a form of assessment after working through the series to establish the level of punctuation accuracy achieved.

Book 1 Capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks and exclamation marks.
Book 2 Apostrophes and inverted commas.
Book 3 Phrases, sentences and paragraphs.
Book 4 Colons, semi-colons, brackets, dashes and hyphens.
Book 5 Practising Punctuation Test Sheets.

As one of the earliest personalized learning programs, SRA Reading Laboratory has improved the reading and independent learning skills of more than 100 million students in 63 countries, becoming one of the most trusted names in literacy learning.

SRA Reading Labs builds comprehension skills and fluency through reading selections in a range of topics.

Reinforces comprehension, phonics, grammar and word study skills

Differentiates student learning in classrooms

Builds strong reading and comprehension skills

What comes in the Box?

Reading Lab 2B, Skill Builder Cards and Dividers

Reading Lab 2B, Skill Builder Key Cards

Reading Lab 2B, Rate Builder Cards

Reading Lab 2B, Rate Builder Key Cards

Reading Lab 2B, Teacher's Handbook

Reading Lab 2B, Power Builder Cards and Dividers

Reading Lab 2B, Power Builder Key Cards

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Top Tray

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Bottom Tray

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Small Card Pocket

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Shipper

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Front Spacer

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Medium Card Pocket

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Medium Card Pocket Divider

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Large Center Pocket

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Back Teacher Guide Pocket

SRA Reading Lab Level 2 Back Pocket Divider

SRA Reading Lab Level 2B Sticker X 2

Student Record Book help enhance each students' learning experience by creating one place for students to record all their answers to the various Reading Lab exercise questions on special record pages; correct mistakes; record scores and chart their progress through the Power Builders, Skill Builders and Rate Builders.

The Student Record Book also contains a description of procedures, sample pages on which trial exercises can be worked for practice and helpful suggestions for effective reading and study habits.

EachStudent Record Book also contains a Starting Level Guide placement test to help each student start his or her individualised program at the appropriate level.

Reading Rods® Simple Sentences Reading Kit. Build simple sentences the hands-on way with this popular multisensory kit!

Begin building basic sentences with this popular hands-on kit! Children develop reading fluency, beginning writing skills and an understanding of word relationships as they explore parts of speech and building simple sentences. Skills taught include: Building and writing simple sentences with basic sentence patterns, capitalisation, types of sentences and punctuation, recognise synonyms, anatonyms and homophones, parts of speech

Kit includes: Set of 160 colour-coded Reading Rods®, 24 double-sided Activity Cards, 48-page Instruction & Activity Book, 4 activity trays and storage tub.
Use with 1-4 students.
Ages 6-10

Box of Show-me magnetic lowercase letters, ideal for helping young minds learn to spell and recognise new words in individual, group and class activities.

Contains 11 each of the letters a - z in assorted vibrant colours, at approx. 35mm tall. Supplied in a reusable and recyclable box to keep classrooms tidy and organised. Numbers and lowercase letters also available.

Help young minds learn to spell and recognise new words with this tub of magnetic uppercase letters. Ideal for individual, group and entire class activities, each tub contains 11 each of the letters A - Z in assorted vibrant colours. Each letter is approx. 35mm tall, and is supplied in a recyclable, reusable box to keep your classroom tidy and organised.

This pack contains 286 colourful magnetic uppercase letters - 11 each of letters A-Z

Presented in a handy tub for easy carrying and convenient storage

Every letter is colourful and bright – ideal for children and young learners

Ideal for early years and primary literacy, and perfect for using on Show-me Magnetic Boards (not included)

Each letter measures at approx. 35mm tall

Reinforce high-frequency word recognition with these tactile cubes. Toss these cubes to learn the 36 most common sight words! Read aloud the words that you toss or use them in a sentence for a more challenging activity.
Cubes measure 4cm.
Ages 6-10

Siti's Sisters is a series of books aimed at young readers with an interest age of 9 - 14 but a reading age of 7 - 8. This ensures the more reluctant readers can experience the trials and tribulations tackled in these books without the pressure of advanced vocabulary and complex text, thus encouraging a positive attitude towards reading.

This series was written by Helen Orme and includes both fiction texts and workbooks and full illustrations throughout. One of the following of each title is in this book pack:
All Wrapped Up
I Know Something
Kitchen Chaos
Don't Let Go
Open Wide
Making Tracks

Siti's Sisters is a series of books aimed at young readers with an interest age of 10 - 14 but a reading age of 7 - 8. This ensures the more reluctant readers can experience the trials and tribulations tackled in these books without the pressure of advanced vocabulary and complex text, thus encouraging a positive attitude towards reading.

This series was written by Helen Orme and includes both fiction texts and full illustrations throughout. One of the following of each title is in this book pack:
Boys!
Lost!
Stalker
Taken for a Ride
Trouble with Teachers
Odd One Out

Improve your students' spelling skills

Improves students' spelling skills through clear explanation and teaching of the key spelling rules.

Diagnostic tests ensure progression by identifying students' weaknesses and directing them to the appropriate teaching and practice.

A complete package including front-of-class interactive whiteboard activities to fully cater for the different learning styles of all your students.

Progression can be tracked using the bank using the self-tests provided in the Student Book and Teacher Resource File.

Peer and self-assessment activities enable students to measure their own progress and confidence.

Understanding the linguistic rules and phonic principles of English spelling is the key to success with spelling. This indispensable reference book explains the spelling system of the English Language and how it has developed. It includes generalizations for the phonic spelling of sounds and words, explains the rules for syllable division, rules of affixing and plurals. This book is particularly useful for students with an implicit processing difficulty.

This work is based on the Teaching Reading Through Spelling Programme developed between 1983 and 1987 at the Kingston Reading Centre by Lucy Cowdery and her colleagues. TRTS is a multi-sensory remedial programme for teaching reading, spelling and cursive writing and is used to train teachers of dyslexic pupils.

The Spotlight Series is a complete set of worksheets and activities to improve spelling skills, reading accuracy, grammar and phonological awareness.

Spotlight on Blends Book 1 provides material to encourage systematic practice with blends at the beginning of words. The tasks in the two Spotlight on Blends books are varied. However, the main emphasis is on developing phonological awareness by means of sound blending, rhyming and careful contrasting of blends which are similar in sound. Research shows that training in such skills leads to improved reading accuracy and spelling.

Spotlight on Blends - Book Two follows on from the work in Book One of the series, focusing this time on the end of words. The tasks in the two Spotlight on Blends books are varied. However, the main emphasis is on developing phonological awareness by means of sound blending, rhyming and careful contrasting of blends which are similar in sound. Research shows that training such skills leads to improved reading accuracy and spelling.

The Spotlight Series is a complete set of worksheets and activities to improve spelling skills, reading accuracy, grammar and phonological awareness.

The 75 worksheets in Spotlight on Suffixes - Book One introduce the most common suffixes in English in a systematic manner, focusing on both the grammatical function of the suffx and the spelling rules concerning the joining of the suffixes to base words. Suffixes which can be pronounced differently according to context such at the '-ed' past tense verb ending are highlighted for special practice.

Spotlight on Suffixes - Book Two, with over 80 worksheets, extends the work in Book One on common suffixes and suffixig rules. The book is in two parts, Part 1 dealing with basic suffix recognition and also giving sytematic coverage of the spelling rules by which suffixes are joined to base words. This Part provides extensive practice of the 'double', 'drop-e' and 'change y to i' rules. Part 2 focuses on individual verb, noun and adjective suffixes such as '-ate', '-ify', '-ity', '-ment', '-ous', '-ible', and others.

The Spotlight Series is a complete set of worksheets and activities to improve spelling skills, reading accuracy, grammar and phonological awareness.

Book One - Phonic wordsearch puzzles and activities to help the development of spelling skills. This is a collection of 30 wordsearch puzzles and fill-in-the-blank activities designed to help in the development of spelling skills. Each puzzle is based on a specific vowel or sound combination, so the book can be used by teachers as part of a structured approach to spelling and to concentrate learning activity where it is needed most.

Book Two - Phonic wordsearch puzzles and activities to help the development of spelling skills. This collection of 40 wordsearch puzzles and fill-in-the-blank activities is designed to help in the development of spelling skills. Each puzzle is based on a specific vowel or sound combination, so the book can be used by teachers as part of a structure approach to spelling and to concentrate learning activity where it is needed most.

The Starchasers series is classic, fast paced, high action space adventures are perfect for children aged 8-14 who have a reading age of 8-9. The books follow the antics of the Starchasers - a team of freelance space adventurers who will take on just about any mission that's legal and earns good money.

The exciting plots and entertaining characters ensure Starchasers are classic, simple and rewarding reads for reluctant and struggling readers. Supported by superb black and white illustrations throughout, each story is approximately 2600 words long, with carefully controlled vocabulary and simple sentences that will help carry the reluctant reader from beginning to end.

Interest Age: 8 - 14 Years old

Reading Age: 8 - 9 Years old

In Jungle Planet the Starchasers are out of work and hard up for cash so they decide to explore the far reaches of space for a money-making opportunity. A planet covered in thick jungle grabs their attention so Suma and Finn take the lander down to get a closer look. Distracted by his virtual games helmet, Finn doesn't notice the jungle advancing until it's too late. The planet is alive with thick rubbery creepers and it has the lander in it's grips! It's up to Misha to land the Lightspinner and come to Finn and Suma's rescue. Can she negotiate the viscious vines? And will the jungle hold the treasures the Starchasers are searching for?

In The Planet of the Vampires the Starchasers are lost deep in space and Rob, their onboard computer is riddled with viruses. Without any of their controls working and only 24hrs of oxygen left, the team make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. Soon the Lightspinner is surrounded by menacing black cats howling in the night. When day comes the cats have disappeared and the team set about making repairs but minutes later Misha is gone. Can Finn and Suma rescue her from the grips of the planet's thirsty inhabitants? And how will they find the money to fix Rob and continue their space adventures?

This comprehensive set of 12 (1 of each title) books offers a systematic approach to the teaching of key aspects of Literacy. The materials are also suitable for the practice and reinforcement of key skills with older children with additional and special educational needs. Using a Stile Tray, pupils will work through the main phonics and spelling requirements for children age 7 years + with these fun, highly motivating activities.

The Stile Tray is the key to the self-checking activities of the Key Stage 2 programme. Pupils answer the questions by simply placing each of the twelve numbered tiles on the appropriate square on the base of the tray. When all the tiles have been placed, they close the tray, turn it over, and reopen it to reveal a geometric pattern. If the answers are all correct, the pattern will match the one printed at the top of the exercise. There are many different accompanying workbooks for use with the Stile Tray, covering Literacy, Maths and Dyslexia.

Contains 12 x 16-page books (246 x 168mm) and teacher’s notes. Book content is the same as in our Stile Literacy programme.

This pack of 24 books contains fictionalised biographies of 21 fantastic football players and three of the world's best managers. Ransom's Tales from the Pitch series, is great for encouraging even the most reluctant reader. These books offer strong stories and lots of football.

Each of these fast-moving reads, focuses on one football superstar, many of them up-and-coming players who are yet to reach the summit of their career. From Erling Haaland to Lionel Messi, these biographies cover the full range of football both in Europe and beyond. The players are from all walks of life and have faced failure, injury and rejection, to ultimately make their dreams come true. So meet the fresh young talent behind the iconic tackles and goals and find out what makes each of these players so special.

Interest Age: 7 - 18 Years old

Reading Age: 9 - 10 Years old

This pack includes the following titles:

Felix

Gnabry

Haaland

Kane

Kante

Kelly

Lewandowski

Mahrez

Mbappe

Messi

Neymar

Pulisic

Rashford

Ronaldo

Saka

Salah

Sancho

Silva

Son

Sterling

Van Dijk

Guardiola

Klopp

Southgate

The Comprehension Strategies Box 5is suitable for 5th Class pupils and above. The box contains a set of full-colour, differentiated literacy cards designed to support the teaching and learning of nine different comprehension strategies. These well-researched and proven strategies—predicting, visualising, making connections, questioning, clarifying, summarising, determining importance, inferring and synthesising—are compiled to help teachers unlock their pupils’ reading abilities.

Features:

162 cards in the box, colour-coded by strategy.

Original texts across the cards and teacher guide, allowing pupils to experience a variety of fiction and non-fiction text types.

Cater for all while learning the same strategies, with three differentiated reading levels by suggested Lexile ranges for each strategy, and a placement test provided to ascertain pupils’ starting point.

Extensive support through a comprehensive teacher guide and an additional activity book with worksheets for all texts on the cards.

All children deserve a chance to learn to love reading. The Joyful Reading Resource Kit offers teachers an impressive array of tools, resources, and activities for getting students at all levels excited about reading while developing their proficiency in comprehension. Serving as a companion to Joyful Reading, the book offers teachers everything they need to implement the Schoolwide Enrichment Model in Reading (SEM-R), a differentiated instructional approach that encourages students to read independently for a period of time each day on books of their own choice. Implemented in three phases, the SEM-R program has been shown by research to improve fluency and comprehension among at-risk students.

The Joyful Reading Resource Kit is a vital compendium not only for classroom teachers but also for parents and after-school educators who wish to support students in discovering the rich rewards and delights of reading.

The Joyful Reading Resource Kit includes:

Reproducible "bookmarks" for scaffolding students in critical thinking and comprehension activities

Extensive lists of recommended books

Tips for supporting students in selection of appropriately challenging books

Materials for managing independent reading in the classroom, including log sheets, five-minute conference tips, writing prompts, assessment rubrics, and a reading growth chart

Exciting enrichment resources to develop students' reading interests, including a survey form, online books, Web-based activities, and Renzulli Learning resources

Hands-On Creativity activities that help students elaborate ideas, develop fluency, brainstorm, and much more

Reproducible X-ploration projects on varied topics that students can pursue independently at their own pace

High-interest reading material in a wide variety of genres, incorporating both fiction and nonfiction. Topics that link into key curricular themes in science, geography and history. Practice of comprehension strategies using questions pitched at the literal, inferential and applied levels. Focus on vocabulary and word study

Vocabulary and word study questions specifically linked into the reading piece. Constant repetition of question types to ensure continuous practice. Suggestions for additional speaking and listening, reading, writing and cross-curricular activities relating to each card and topic contained in a comprehensive teaching guide. Creates independent readers and promotes spelling, punctuation and grammar skills through text-based activities. Engage in station teaching and group work strategies

Reading cards that are colour-coded according to reading level and difficulty. Cards can be used in mixed-ability or same ability groupings within the classroom. Independent correcting scheme to encourage children to correct their own work, freeing up teacher's time to work with selected groups in the classroom. 'Something extra' section at the end of the cards to encourage writing and further reading responses. Flexible use within the classroom

What’s in the box?

Teachers Guide containing 200+ pages of teaching suggestions and photocopiable activities.

75 × four-page literacy cards

Page 1 – reading piece

Page 2 – comprehension practice

Page 3 – word study activities

Page 4 – grammar and punctuation questions

75 × answer cards

The name Toe by Toe was chosen to signify that a student makes progress by the tiniest steps – one toe at a time. However, even though the steps taken are small, the student can clearly measure his or her progress right from the first page. The student’s confidence and self-esteem are boosted as a result.

Over 25 years of fieldwork went into the development of the system and it is this research which makes the method so easy to use. You don’t have to be trained in any field of Education to tutor with Toe by Toe. In fact, the manual often works better with non-professionals using it as they do not come to the task with any pre-conceived notions and thus simply follow the very detailed instructions to the letter.

The unique syllable division employed by Toe by Toe is very easy to use though it is not the syllable division generally used for the teaching of reading. Once the sound of a phoneme has been taught using the ‘polynons’ (nonsense words), these rules can then be applied to any multi-syllabic word and students find a whole new world of reading opening before their eyes.

No matter what the nature of the student’s literacy problem, they can be taught to read using Toe by Toe. The severity of their problem may only be reflected in the length of time needed to get through the book. Indeed, if the system is used with a ‘non-dyslexic’ child (i.e. one without learning difficulties) the rapid improvement in reading age is truly astonishing.

The Touch Type Read and Spell (TTRS) programme is a multi-sensory, structured literacy solution designed to improve typing skills while strengthening reading and spelling ability. Based on the Orton-Gillingham approach, it’s ideal for learners of all ages, particularly those with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, ASD, or other learning differences.

TTRS teaches typing through carefully graded modules that reinforce phonics and word patterns, helping users build confidence and fluency at their own pace. Each lesson uses visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic cues to enhance memory and retention, making learning both engaging and effective.

Whether used in schools, learning support settings, or at home, TTRS empowers learners to develop essential literacy and typing skills simultaneously — supporting independence, self-esteem, and academic success.

Key Features:

Multi-sensory learning approach: visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic integration

Evidence-based Orton-Gillingham methodology

Improves spelling, reading, and typing fluency

Suitable for learners with dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, or ASD

Progress tracking and reporting tools for teachers

Accessible online platform for school or home use

Builds confidence through achievable, structured modules

Understanding Everyday Writing - set of 4 books.Although each book is at the same level of difficulty there is differentiation.

Book 1 Cards and Letters
Book 2 Messages and Lists
Book 3 Writing in School
Book 4 Writing All Around Us

In Word on the Street, players – either individually or in teams – try to claim letter tiles from the game board.

To set up the game, seventeen letter tiles (all the consonants in English other than j, q, x, and z) are placed in a strip down the center of the game board – the median strip of the street, if you will, which has two "traffic lanes" on either side of it. On a turn, one team is presented with a category such as "types of fruit" or "something a player is wearing", and that team has thirty seconds to come up with an answer in that category, then move the letters in that word toward their side of the game board. Any letters in the word that are not on the game board are skipped. If the answer were "pineapple", for example, the team would move P, N, P, P and L.

If a team moves a letter off the game board, it has claimed that letter and that tile will not move for the remainder of the game. The first team to claim eight letter tiles wins!

This series was designed to help pupils who need to develop confidence in reading and writing and for those who English is an additional language to extend their range of written work to fulfill their National Curriculum requirements.

The activities can be used selectively to focus on specific types of text, or to supplement work being done in the mainstream class. Most pages are followed by writing frames/templates allowing students to extend their work and produce a task in two stages that would have been difficult in one stage. All 6 books are at the same level.
Reading age 8+ years.

Book 1 Everyday skills. Notes, cards, postcards, instructions and letters.
Book 2 Popular media and information. Cartoon strips, magazines, newspaper reports and information leaflets.
Book 3 Humour, poetry and drama. Jokes, limericks, poems, dialogues and drama.
Book 4 Personal writing and stories. Diary writing, autobiographical events, biography and fictional narratives.
Book 5 Cross-curricular text types. Experimental report, investigation plan, technology plan, writing for geography and history.
Book 6 Essays. Note-making and planning, essay types: explanation, comparison, discussion, persuasion, evaluation.