No Nonsense Literacy Strategies for Test Taking, The Classroom, and Beyond: Teacher Manual

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Earlier texts tend to be more suitable for the beginning of the year while those towards the end of the lists are increasingly complex in either language or concepts, and therefore could be more appropriate towards the end of the year. The changes were made to reflect Capstone’s acquisition of the assets of Buncee LLC and to comport with new privacy laws. Visit our assessment page to see the Y3 example of EXS and to see our range of assessment tools for reading and writing. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. The children’s confidence has soared using No Nonsense Phonics and this can be seen in both their reading and writing.

Always start at the beginning of the ‘best fit’ book and complete all the activities to secure maximum benefit including learning new vocabulary and constantly building up knowledge of spelling word banks. Our children love their phonics lessons – when asked what they enjoy learning about in Reception and Year 1, ‘phonics’ is the most common response! No Nonsense Grammar is a complete grammar programme designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum in a manageable way.Debbie is also the author of the online DfE-validated Free Phonics International programme for all ages, the Wand Phonics (Wand Education) interactive, digital platform that can be used to complement both the No Nonsense Phonics and Phonics International programmes, and the self-study Phonics Training Online course.

I not only created resources to address reading and writing nuances on tests and in the classroom, but by doing so, alleviated the workload of scoring piles of written responses. Schools have also used the materials to support teachers who have moved year groups and to help those who are using our teaching sequences to show the quality of work and progress that can be expected from the children. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. We offer a range of resources to support assessment on our Assessment page and can provide training and support in assessment of writing, standardisation and moderation.There are many reading, writing, spelling and talking routines to revisit, practise, apply, extend, discuss, illustrate, embed and assess the knowledge and understanding of new alphabetic code, vocabulary, concepts and spelling word banks. Avoid skipping parts of the Pupil Books on the basis that the learner may already know some of the featured letter/s-sound correspondences. The No Nonsense Spelling programme will provide pupils with a range of spelling patterns and strategies, enabling them to apply these across the curriculum more effectively as they become independent spellers.