Year 5/Primary 6 - Hopscotch

Sep 29, 2026

Year 5/Primary 6 Hopscotch is a teacher-focused literacy book by Collette Drifte, published by Hopscotch Educational Publishing. It provides structured lesson plans and skill-focused work across story and poetry chapters, emphasizing key concepts that support lower-achievers. The book includes resource and generic sheets designed to reduce preparation time, provide practice opportunities, and consolidate learning with adult support or independent work. It also outlines assessment focuses and overall aims aligned with the National Literacy Strategy Framework for Teaching.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages132

Reading Time5 h 33 min

AccessFree to download

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Year 5/Primary 6 nieversin the Using storiesand poemsCollette DrifteHOPSCOTCH 萧 Year 5/Primary P6 inaaudingachieversGAin thelterac4curUsing storiesand poemsCollette Drifte Contents Chapter 1:Stories and action6 ●曲 ● ● 鲁鲁Chapter 2:Stories and description14 ●◎e 0Chapter 3:Stories and story openings21 ●● 曲〇●◎Chapter 4:Poems by significant poets280 ● ● ● 0 0● ○Chapter 5:Poems with word play36Chapter 6:Stories with myths and legends44Chapter 7:Stories with fables510 ●● ●●Chapter 8:Traditional stories580● ● ●●0● ●Chapter 9:Narrative poems65 ● ● ●鲁○Chapter 10:Poems to aid poetry writing72◎ ● o ● 0● 鲁 0●Chapter 11:Stories from other cultures810 ●○● Chapter 12:Stories from a point of view88Chapter 13:Older stories95◎ 命 80◎ ● ◎ ●Chapter 14:Poems from other cultures102参 ●0 ●● Chapter 15:Classic poems110 ● 0●0●●Generic sheets118 · | BATH SPA UNIVERSITY
NEWTON PARK LIBRARY | | | --- | --- | | Class No. | | | | 14.NOV.2005 | | | | Published by Hopscotch Educational Publishing Ltd,29 Waterloo Place,Leamington Spa CV325LATel:01926744227 ◎2001 Hopscotch Educational Publishing Written by Collette Drifte Series design by Blade CommunicationsIllustrated by Cathy GilliganPrinted by Clintplan,Southam ISBN1902239652 Collette Drifte hereby asserts her moral right tobe identified as the author of this work inaccordance with the Copyright,Designs andPatents Act,1988. All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that itshall not,by way of trade or otherwise,be lent,hired out or otherwise circulated without thepublisher's prior consent in any form ofbinding or cover other than that in which it ispublished and without a similar condition,including this condition,being imposed uponthe subsequent purchaser. No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,inany form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording orotherwise,without the prior permission of thepublisher,except where photocopying foreducational purposes within the school or othereducational establishment that has purchasedthis book is expressly permitted in the text. About the series Including Lower-achievers in the Literacy Hour is aseries of books aimed at enabling all children,regardless of ability,to access the learningrequirements set out in the National Literacy StrategyFramework for Teaching.There are six books in theseries,one for each of the Primary Years 1-6(Scottish Primary 2-7).They are designed to beused by teachers or other adults working withlower-achievers in the mainstream classroom. The books offer a structured approach whichprovides detailed lesson plans to teach specific skillsand goals as outlined in the National Literacy StrategyFramework for Teaching.The lesson plans cover workat text,sentence and word levels and target alearning objective from each term's work. Since lower-achievers often learn at a slowerrate than other children,and therefore would havesome difficulty in covering the whole year's workwithin that time,the areas and skills which causethe most problems for these children have beenaddressed.For example,concepts such assequencing or predicting are included. A feature of the series is the provision of severalresource and generic sheets for each lesson,whichare aimed at considerably reducing teacherpreparation time.Permission is granted by theauthor and publisher to photocopy these sheets foreducational purposes within the school ororganisation that has purchased this book.Thesheets are designed to reinforce the teaching pointand offer the child an opportunity to practise theskill being taught.The lesson plans also offer severalactivities to further consolidate the point.These aredesigned to be done either with an adult providingclose support or with a degree of independence. The generic sheets ca

FAQs

What is the purpose of this Year 5/Primary 6 book?

It helps teachers introduce lower-achievers to and enjoy a wide range of stories and poems, focusing on essential literacy concepts and challenging tasks to support learning needs.

How are the lesson plans structured across the chapters?

The chapter content provides three suggested lesson plans in the story chapters and two in the poetry chapters, with aims and activities targeted to skills at text, sentence, and word levels.

What resources are included to support teaching and student practice?

Each lesson includes resource and generic sheets designed to reinforce teaching points, reduce teacher preparation time, and give children practice opportunities, either with close support or with independence.

Sep 29, 2026

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