Is it for me?
Built on the belief that language should be explored and enjoyed – not just learned – Wordsmith is a whole-school approach to English with reading for pleasure at its core and grammar skills seamlessly woven throughout.
- Perfectly complements each of the separate UK curricula and packed with support for the harder grammar requirements of the 2014 Primary curriculum in England.
- A powerful mix of top quality teaching resources, lively and interesting lessons and flexible planning and assessment.
- Novels, poems, and non-fiction texts selected for their quality, power and teaching potential, to help children see how some of the best writers use language – and to try it out for themselves.
- Grammar is taught as discrete grammar ‘blasts’ introducing and teaching new concepts, and as an integral part of comprehension and composition activities.
- Gives you a wide and varied menu of lesson ideas and activities, with a huge library of supporting resources, all available at the click of a button.
- Self-checking and peer-marking is embedded throughout, as well as plenty of advice for formative assessment, and individual writing and grammar tasks to help you keep track of individual progress.
"The sheer size and scale of Pearson’s new Wordsmith resource is like looking at Tokyo from above as you come in to land. You peer through the window and get a tingling sensation... Time‑saving, flexible, creative, and very swish, Wordsmith turns in an Oscar‑winning performance because it guarantees a healthy balance of all the skills needed to teach the new curriculum."
- Review of Wordsmith by John Dabell, Teach Primary
Wordsmith - taking children on a journey towards excellence in English
Wordsmith is an online programme to help you deliver the latest Primary curriculum for English. This film looks at what makes Wordsmith so great —from the amazing range of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and film stimuli to the built-in grammar, and revolutionary 'live units'.
Good to know
Wordsmith is an online service, giving you a toolkit for effective, dynamic lessons, well supported with printed materials for each year group.
- Whole novels for suspense and engagement
- Interactive non-fiction for breadth
- Poetry to explore the beauty of language
- Live units that give a sense of purpose and an audience
- Bite-size active grammar blasts
- In-depth support for teaching grammar explicitly and implicitly
- Digitally searchable bank of resources
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