Primary English

Thisbook has been written with the requirements of the ProfessionalStandards for Qualified Teacher Status firmly at its core. Section 3of these Standards describes the professional skills essential forthose to be awarded QTS. Specifically, these skills include theability to plan appropriately for the English work of a specifiedgroup of pupils, to monitor, assess and record pupils’ progress inthe various aspects of English, and to teach effectively the materialspecified in the National Curriculum and the Primary Framework forliteracy teaching. This book aims to address the essential skills ofEnglish teaching as spelt out in these documents.

Featuresof each chapter of this book include:

.clear links with the Professional Standards for Qualified TeacherStatus;

.links to the English National Curriculum for England (DfEE/QCA,1999);

.links to the Early Years Foundation Stage (DCSF, 2008);

.links to the Primary Framework for literacy and mathematics (DfES,2006);

.English knowledge and understanding;

.classroom stories to illustrate important points;

.research boxes;

.practical activities;

.reflective tasks;

.moving on sections suggesting ideas for further development;

.further reading;

.a glossary of important terms.