Stage Three
Stage 3 of The Word Factory builds on the teaching of Stages 1 and 2.
The eighteen Flip Books are linked to The Word Factory’s unique teaching structure.
”The teaching manuals are excellent and easy to use and the materials are of a high standard”.
A class teacher.
The eighteen Flip Books are packed with useful learning.
Every page teaches word skills, grammar, English usage.
Thirteen rules and many patterns are ‘discovered’ in the teaching.
The teaching of the apostrophe occurs many times.
“A child learning with The Word Factory will understand the use of the apostrophe.”
“A child learning with The Word Factory will understand the use of the apostrophe.”
A class teacher.
“The Word Factory is excellent in teaching young children to express themselves in writing.” “Children progress quickly and develop the confidence to write.”.
The children are shown the differing requirements for imaginative writing, personal writing and report writing including writing instructions.
They are clear when they plan, how to structure each genre.
The Word Factory has a two stage writing process.
The Word Factory presents a simple format for planning to write
Ideas are quickly recorded and then sequenced for a story outline.
Writing is a pleasurable activitiy and success is assured.
The children write to their plan and can concentrate on presentation.
“There was no evidence whatsoever that this structured programme stultified pupils’ performance.
In fact, it was quite the opposite.
Pupils were more motivated to write in the knowledge that they possessed the skills necessary to produce quality work.”
From Reflections of an award winning Headteacher.
The Teaching
Clear uncluttered no frills no extra work for the teacher.
The teaching of the apostrophe many times.
And will lead to a lifetime of ease and correct usage.
Packed With Grammar and Aids to Learning.
Packed with Grammar.
A dictionary is for the meaning of a word.
To access a dictionary, you first have to know how to spell it.
My Third Spellcheck is for correct spelling.
Fifty four pages for access to independent spelling.
Learning takes place every time a word is accessed.