These creative off-the-shelf activities will spark children''s thinking skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing. Busy teachers wanting to shake up their lessons will find them indispensable. Includes:

problem-solving

creative and critical thinking; emotional thinking; questioning skills and plan-do-review formats

underpinning theory

clear explanation of underpinning theory

differentiating activities

advice on differentiating activities

links to the National Literacy Strategy Framework

links to the National Literacy Strategy Framework.