Supporting Writing Skills for ages 7-8

This series, like Supporting Literacy, builds on Andres Brodie's
aptitude for making things really straightforward for less able pupils.
Teachers need materials that are suitable for the increasing number of
lower ability children in the mainstream classroom. These children who
need 'additional' or 'different' help (roughly one in six children fall
into this category), are often supervised by classroom assistants.

National Test results indicate that children, especially boys, are
struggling with their writing. 'One in five children who enter
secondary school are officially behind in reading and writing.'
Inspectors also reported on the continuing gap between girls and boys,
which they say is particularly pronounced in writing.

All activities are linked to the new Literacy framework through a
process of 'tracking back' and are intended to help lower ability
pupils make progress in order to catch up with their year group. Each
learning objective is addressed by one or more pages and each page will
include notes for teachers enabling anyone using the sheet to see its
purpose immediately. Recording and monitoring pupil's progress are
integral to all books.