Publisher's Synopsis
"Reading 2000 Storytime" is a reading-based language programme for the Primary years, designed to meet the needs of the English Language 5-14 Guidelines, the Northern Ireland English curriculum and the English National curriculum. The programme is based on stories which have been especially commissioned from established and well-loved authors. The stories are all strong in storyline and while some are about distinctive characters in real-life settings, others concern the lives of imaginary people, enabling pupils to project into situations beyond their own experience.;This evaluation pack contains a teacher's guide, a set of 10 Yellow readers, a set of 8 Red readers, 12 posters, workbooks 1-4, an audio cassette and a phonic tasksheets pack.;The pupils' readers consist of stories set in a variety of environments, illustrated to match the real-life fantasy and humour of the texts. They are designed to give cross-curricular leads through themes such as health and safety, starting school, moving house, planting and growing, ceremonies and journeys, and each reader takes account of multi-cultural and gender issues.;The teacher's guide gives detailed instructions on the use of the material. Photocopiable material is provided, including information for parents, translated into nine languages; line drawings of characters, which pupils may use to create their own stories, and which the teacher may use with the posters during discussion; and assessment and record-keeping.;The phonic tasksheets, presented as 61 photocopiable masters, include activity and record sheets. They should help children develop an understanding of sound/symbol relationships. Accompanying notes include suggestions for the development of aural and visual skills.;The pack of 12 posters is intended to ensure that pupils have knowledge of location, period and characters in each story, before reading or listening to it. Each cassette contains readings of selected stories, songs and rhymes, which should stimulate visual imagery and movement response. The workbooks provide language activities linked to pupils' readers through context and illustration.
