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9781839251221

KS1 English Study and Practice Book for Ages 5-7 (Years 1 – 2)

Our KS1 English Study and Practice Book revises specific elements from our Foxton Skills Builders English series, helping to improve and develop students’ writing.

  • Packed with motivational activities to improve writing
  • Self-assessment opportunities and tips
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251238

KS1 Grammar and Punctuation Study and Practice Book for Ages 5-7 (Years 1 – 2)

Our colourful, fun-packed KS1 Grammar and Punctuation Study and Practice Book encourages students to aim high and confidently celebrate their success as they learn.

  • Colourful practice exercises and questions
  • Self-assessment opportunities and tips
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251245

KS1 Handwriting Study and Practice Book for Ages 5-7 (Years 1 – 2)

Our engaging and simple-to-use handwriting study and practice book is bursting with warm-up games, practice exercises and self-assessment opportunities to encourage children to begin and then develop their handwriting skills.

  • Packed with motivational activities, puzzles and questions
  • Self-assessment opportunities and tips
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251252

KS1 Phonics Study and Practice Book for Ages 4-6 (Reception -Year 1)

Our first Phonics Study and Practice Book supports the KS1 early introduction of sounds and letters for reading and spelling.

  • Packed with motivational activities, puzzles and questions
  • Self-assessment opportunities and tips
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251269

KS1 Phonics Study and Practice Book for Ages 5-7 (Years 1-2)

Our second KS1 Phonics Study and Practice Book develops the phonics journey started by the Letters Lane Team in our Workbook 1.

  • Packed with motivational activities, puzzles and questions
  • Self-assessment opportunities and tips
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251290

KS1 Reading and Comprehension Study and Practice Book for Ages 5-7

Foxton Skills Builders Reading and Comprehension Study and Practice Book and the Letters Lane Team support children to develop these skills and provide reading texts and questions to help.

  • Age-appropriate and challenging texts to develop reading
  • Packed with motivational activities and questions to check understanding
  • Self-assessment opportunities and tips
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251276

KS1 Spelling Study and Practice Book for Ages 5-6 (Year 1)

Our first Spelling Study and Practice Book introduces and practises age-appropriate English spelling rules for Year 1.

  • Packed with motivational activities and advice
  • Self-assessment opportunities and and spelling quizzes
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
9781839251283

KS1 Spelling Study and Practice Book for Ages 6-7 (Year 2)

This book builds on KS1 word and spelling knowledge. Age-appropriate and challenging activities introduce, practise and assess spelling using a selection of puzzles, questions and quizzes linked to the National Curriculum objectives.

  • Bursting with motivational activities and tips
  • Self-assessment opportunities and and spelling quizzes for next-step learning
  • Perfect for home support or working in the classroom
  • Aligned with the National Curriculum
Year 3 SPaG

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Study and Practice Book for Ages 7-8 (Year 3)

The Foxton Year 3 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Practice Book complements the Foxton Year 4 SPaG Study and Practice Book and is divided into helpful sections:

  • Sound Spelling - A section dedicated to reviewing and practising sound patterns taught in Years 1 and 2.
  • Wonderful Words - This looks at more sound patterns, word types and families, word endings and beginnings, word origins and homophones, spellings and more.
  • Strong Sentences - This section helps your child use a variety of words to make interesting sentences using different sentence types, clauses, conjunctions, prepositions and more.
  • Tidy Text - Here we take a look at how to write in a logical, appealing way using paragraphs, titles, subheadings and the right tenses.
  • Powerful Punctuation - This section gives your child the tools to punctuate their writing accurately enabling the reader to precisely interpret their words.
Year 4 SPaG

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Study and Practice Book for Ages 8-9 (Year 4)

The Foxton Years 3 and 4 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation (SPaG) Study and Practice Books complement each other, dividing the lower key stage SPaG curriculum between them, so as to cover all the recommended learning objectives for this age range. This book is divided into helpful sections:

  • Sound Spelling – revisits and practises the SPaG curriculum up to and including Year 4 to help students to spell a wider vocabulary. It looks at letter sounds and new vocabulary that use these sounds.
  • Wonderful Words – adds to the spelling tips and rule reminders about prefixes, suffixes, word families, homophones and more.
  • Strong Sentences – helps to develop students’ ability to connect sentences, understand how to use fronted adverbials and develop their grammar use.
  • Tidy Text – offers students tips about how to use paragraphs to structure their writing, making it more organised and meaningful, whilst writing in the correct tenses.
  • Powerful Punctuation – focuses on different types of punctuation and its effect and how to use inverted commas.
Year 5 SPaG

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Study and Practice Book for Ages 9-10 (Year 5)

The Foxton Year 5 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Study and Practice Book is divided into helpful sections and complements the Foxton Year 6 SPaG Study and Practice Book:

  • Super Spelling – This section revises and practises many tips and rules that students have met up to and including Year 4, alongside new learning from the upper Key Stage 2 curriculum. It looks at broadening students’ knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, word families, spelling patterns, dictionary and thesaurus use and more.
  • Perfect Punctuation – This section helps students to assess how confident they are with using the more familiar punctuation marks and moves on to introduce more complex and subtle additions like hyphens, brackets and dashes amongst others.
  • Great Grammar – Here we take a look at practising and refining the art of writing sentences, organising text using the correct tenses and the importance of grammatical style.
Year 6 SPaG

Spelling, Punctuation & Grammar Study and Practice Book for Ages 10-11 (Year 6)

The Foxton Year 6 Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Practice Book continues coverage of the upper Key Stage 2 English Curriculum alongside the Foxton Year 5 SPaG Practice Book. It is divided into helpful sections:

  • Super Spelling – This section revises and practises tips and rules from the Years 3 to 5 curricula and includes new learning and skills. It focuses on broadening knowledge of hyphens in prefixed words, suffixes, word families, near homophones, dictionary and thesaurus use and more.
  • Perfect Punctuation – This section helps students to assess how confident they are with using a range of punctuation marks in their writing and explains why we use more complex and subtle additions like colons, semi-colons, hyphens, brackets and dashes.
  • Great Grammar – Here we take a look at practising and refining the art of writing sentences. We focus on informal and formal grammar and vocabulary and when to use it, how to organise text using structures, including bullet points and captions, and when to use the passive voice and subjunctive form in writing.