Building Blocks for English — Sarah Philpot

The 39 activities in Building Blocks for English provide teachers with a systematic approach to the development of study skills and language development in 9 11 year olds Flexibility activities can be used with the whole class in pairs groups for individual study for homework tasks and can be used progressively or dipped into to deal with specific needs Clear Teachers Notes giving activity type rationale materials needed instructions on running the activity plus follow up and extension activities Development of everyday learning skills such as finding words subjects in books categorising selecting editing recording information etc which will help pupils in other subjects in the school curriculum Activities build confidence encourage autonomy and do not underestimate what young learners can understand and achieve