Supporting Literacy: A Guide for Primary Classroom Assistants Book

The government has increased the number of classroom assistants in schools to help schools raise their standards in literacy and numeracy. Classroom assistants are increasingly relied upon to support the most needy pupils, and they have had significantly less training than their colleagues with qualified teacher status. It is clear that these assistants need some very practical materials. The book provides a large section of photocopiable resources so that classroom assistants can get to work. The book will cover all they need to know about literacy, it will explain, in very simple terms, what is expected from them and: BL how the National Literacy Strategy works BL how to support reading, writing and spelling BL how to select fiction and non-fiction BL how to help children use computers It also covers issues such as: BL how to help children for whom English is not their first language BL how to help children with special needs BL how to set targets and monitor progress.Read More