Bright Ideas
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This book provides a range of ideas for developing competence, understanding and knowledge of basic structures of English language for 5-11 year-olds. It emphasizes the key importance of language skills as the means of learning across the curriculum and offers starting points and activities for exploring letters, words, sentences and the creation of meaning. Chapters look at word building, sentence making, language forms, edition and revising, word oddities and word functions. The book is intended to be a flexible resource that will enable teachers to approach the teaching of grammar confidently and through natural and enjoyable contexts.
This addition to the "Bright Ideas" series is full of ideas for starting the year, week, day and for filling those inevitable extra moments with fun, stimulating and, most importantly, purposeful activity. The activities require minimal preparation and fill a gap of time from two to 30 minutes. There are ideas for individuals, small group and whole-class activities that can support, reinforce and introduce work in all areas of the curriculum, particularly English and maths. Many can be extended, adapted and varied so that they can be used over and over again.