SNIP Literacy Programme Part 2Records using the SNIP literacy programme indicated that over a 4 year span, the average improvement for all pupils was slightly more than 10 months a

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SNIP Literacy Programme Part 2

Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 2

Checklist .................................................................................................................................... 5

Session 1 .................................................................................................................................... 7

Session 2 .................................................................................................................................. 10

Session 3 .................................................................................................................................. 13

Session 4 .................................................................................................................................. 16

Session 5 .................................................................................................................................. 19

Session 6 .................................................................................................................................. 22

Session 7 .................................................................................................................................. 25

Session 8 .................................................................................................................................. 28

Revision 1 ................................................................................................................................ 31

Revision 2 ................................................................................................................................ 34

Revision 3 ................................................................................................................................ 37

Revision 4 ................................................................................................................................ 40

Revision 5 ................................................................................................................................ 43

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Introduction

What is the programme?

The programme is aimed at increasing reading and spelling and uses secondary

curriculum and high frequency words (HFW). It approaches literacy acquisition at

the word level and addresses the gaps in phonics knowledge through the

application of analytic phonics (drawing pupils’ attention to the make up of words

as they break up the target word).

The words are grouped by selecting those that visually look different to each other. It

is felt that this programme is appropriate for all secondary pupils with reading and/or

spelling difficulties, who have already been exposed to effective phonic/ literacy

teaching but are still struggling. For pupils whose standardised scores are below 80, it

is suggested that they first complete the SNIP Literacy Programme Part 1 which is

based on the primary high frequency words.

What is its rationale?

Our experience as dyslexic tutors has taught us that:

Many pupils who required support were already familiar with sound/symbol

relationships. They could say the sound represented by symbol, although often

struggled with more complex diagraphs and were often unable to blend the

individual sounds into a word or pronounce it correctly.

Structured and cumulative phonic programmes take a long time to have an

impact on reading and spelling accuracy. This rate of improvement is not likely

to have a positive impact on a pupil’s self esteem and willingness to persevere.

We wanted to provide something that was different to the interventions they

had received previously and had identifiable results that persuaded pupils it

was worth giving a try!

Our pupils rejected work that looked easy – these words look challenging and

learning the curriculum words gave a huge boost to our pupils when

undertaking work in the classroom.

We avoided grouping words that were visually similar. Instead we grouped

them by syllables; one syllable and then (in part 3 and part 4) two syllable

words. We continued with the same layout and exercises as we used in the

primary programme, but as these words became increasingly difficult, we

added additional exercises to increase the level of overlearning.

Our time with pupils was often short. For the majority we spent 1 x 40 mins a

week with them. If their needs were substantial, then for a few we had 2 x 40

mins – this is very little time to improve literacy, particularly if the problems were

in both reading and spelling.

Comparisons of interventions often measure progress over the short term. This

can be misleading as often the initial rate of improvement is not maintained.

Records using the SNIP literacy programme indicated that over a 4 year span,

the average improvement for all pupils was slightly more than 10 months a year

in spelling and 12.1 months in reading. This included the pupil with the most

significant need, who averaged 3.5 mths a year in spelling and 4 mths a year in

reading and the most improved pupil, who averaged 14 mths a year in spelling

and 19 mths a year in reading.

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Delivery

The programme needs to be delivered at one pack each week – slower than this

and progress will be not sufficient to ensure increased levels of progress. It could be

delivered in a single session – at least 40 mins, but great care needs to be taken with

this. Pupils will also need the over-learning necessary to make sure the spelling are

automatically recalled and this means that in addition to the 40 mins they also need

10 mins twice a week to go over the words. (WordShark is ideal for this – just put the

target words in and the software programme will jumble them up into games) The

accurate answer to how much time is required, is probably sufficient to ensure that a

whole section is completed and that 100% accuracy in reading and 90% accuracy

in spelling is achieved when success is assessed at the end of the week. This is likely

to be different for each pupil. The programme could also be delivered in shorter

sessions (say 10 mins each day) but this needs to be undertaken every day.

Who can deliver it?

Anyone who is experienced in teaching pupils who have learning difficulties so they

can point out strategies to support learning e.g. through highlighting the chunks in a

word, linking phonic knowledge and/or using mnemonics.

Where do you start?

With most pupils, start at the beginning. Ask the pupil to first read and then spell the

words and mark their levels of accuracy. Their results are shared with them so that

they can see their own success and understand their efforts have led to this progress.

This is not a done-to programme. Many pupils have become overplacid and reliant

on support – they just hope that someone is going to come and “cure” them. They

need to link their own efforts to progress – our job is to provide them with the tools to

do so – the effort is theirs and so is the resultant improvement.

What does part 2 contain?

Eight one beat words plus 5 revision (overteaching) sessions so in total 13 sessions.

Each session targets 9 words. In the early part of the programme the sessions have 3

pages but as they become more difficult and require additional overlearning then

there are additional pages.

How should the sessions be delivered?

1. Begin with reading the words out loud – shared reading – linking with words

already known. Explain the vocabulary and encourage the pupil to put the

word in a sentence. Then the pupil reads out the words independently but help

is provided if necessary. Pupils need to be familiar with the words before they

start to learn to spell them.

2. Look, say, cover, write and check in the first column, one word at a time – if

they make an error – examine where it went wrong, emphasising the letters

they have placed in the right place and try again. The extra columns are

provided so LSCWC can be completed again preferably daily.

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3. Tracking. The words are written in the letter sequence twice. So the pupil would

say out loud e.g. “guard” g-u-a-r-d (We have no issue if they say the name or

the sound of the letter as it is the sequence that is important) Then they place

their pen under the first letter, in this case “s”, and draw a line underneath the

letters until they come to the “g” – they loop over this letter – then go onto find

“u” etc. Each time they loop a letter they say it out loud. The word is hidden

twice in the line. They complete the rest of the column.

Other exercises may include:

Anagrams – reordering the letters to link the word and write it on the line –

again saying it out loud to rehearse the sequence of the letters.

Writing out the capital letters. This exercise was included as we realised that

many pupils did not automatically know how to form capital letters or match

them with the lower case – but it also provides another opportunity to practice

writing the words out.

Which word is missing – provides an opportunity to read words previously

taught Useful to hear the pupil reading this section aloud.

Matching the word shapes – all words provided and they fit in one of the boxes

– again another opportunity to write out the words and to notice the relative

size of the letters in order to provide an image of the word shape.

Putting in the missing word – this begins with just single words but as the

programme progresses, it provides an opportunity to practice reading words

the pupil has already covered from the HFW list. It is also used as a device to

rehearse words already learned that might be tricky.

Crossword – this is to write words out again but also ensure they are familiar

with the word meaning – again only the 9 target words are used as the

answers.

Wordsearch – all target words included either horizontally or vertically – again

as they are in upper case the pupil needs to be able to look for the letter order.

After each pack is completed, pupils are assessed on their ability to read/spell the

words. 100% accuracy in reading and only one error in spelling is the target and

success is celebrated and rewarded. It is vital that the pupil retains ownership of the

process and does not pass responsibility for learning to the tutor...

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Checklist

Session 1 Read Spell

guard

height

queue

straight

weird

strength

weight

threw

choose


brought

cloth

near

sight

clothes

course

our

quite

source


site

caught

brief

chose

are

sauce

through

two

does


bought

graph

growth

guess

reign

scene

sign

square

sure

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goes

said

huge

squad

sour

urge

cause

talk

size


split

hour

slight

where

want

cough

scald

warmth

quick


guard

site

goes

height

caught

said

queue

brief

huge


straight

chose

squad

weird

are

sour

strength

sauce

urge

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Session 1

guard

height

queue

straight

weird

strength

weight

threw

choose

guard s b u t o g r e l o n m g p u p o t h a l h s n s r b d r o g i e m n p u r s t g a k h l i mr o t d

height d h a c o r h l a u e o b i h t b g e r h c a e s r t n l h c d b l e s a o i x m t g h n i h t d h e

queue f g q s o b c u m k i d e t u n h r u e b n q g s i k o u b f r d g h s e c b h u o i r e n h h k j

straight r t s l k i h n o t r a b u o i e g h n h u g b t f s w h s t h o r t e h i n b t a g m b i a g h l t

weird a b p w o n r i h s b c d e i s b k l r i n c d g d y w r s tb c d e s h j l i l n m g r p f d l p m t

strength s e c o t d e s l r k o k n e t h b d h n e g e r f s t h j k l o s c r h t b n r m e n a o g r t h

weight g d w i a c a e u o g d u q i n t r s g u e b h g c i t o n w j k u p q w e r b i a g s h u c h t

threw b h t a d m k b c r t o h n g r q a s p e n m k h j l r wn t g d f w o h j k l p r f u e b k l r w r

choose n h j p k c q r h i s t r o r t u b n i c o h s e d i b c a u oe h c b q o o k u n b v c i s n m e

htwer guard .........................................................

dwrie height .........................................................

getrsnht queue .........................................................

uueeq straight .........................................................

hhgtei weird .........................................................

drgua strength .........................................................

gwthei weight .........................................................

oesohc threw .........................................................

tarshtgi choose .........................................................

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Write out these words in capital letters

choose ....................... guard ....................... threw .......................

height ....................... weight ....................... queue .......................

strength ....................... weird ....................... straight .......................

Match the words to the shapes

straight strength weird guard height

queue weight choose threw

strength threw queue straight height guard weird choose weight Put in the missing words

Mum had to stand in a _ _ _ _ _ to catch the bus.

The film was funny but quite _ _ _ _ _ .

We worked out the _ _ _ _ _ _ of the trees.

Can I _ _ _ _ _ _ the sweets that I want?

A triangle is made of three _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lines.

The _ _ _ _ _ _ of the books made the bag handles snap.

The castle had a _ _ _ _ _ standing outside.

The ant has great _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for its small size.

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Crossword

Across

3. To protect

4. Strange or odd in some

way

5. Select

8. How tall an object is

9. A line with no bends

Down

1. How heavy an object is

2. Wait in line

6. How strong something is

7. Past tense of throw

1 2

3

4

5 6

7 8

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Wordsearch

straight

strength

weird

guard

height

queue

weight

choose

threw

s t r e n g t h h

t c c y q u e u e

r h p k j a h v u

a o f t h r e w w

i o w u f d h e m

g s e v l m k i r

h e i g h t j g n

t r r c q w r h f

w l d k k l g t f

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Session 2

brought

cloth

near

sight

clothes

course

our

quite

source

brought s b u t o p r e l o n m g p u p o t h g l h s n s t b p r o a i e m n q p u r s t g m k h l i m o t

cloth d b a c o r h l a u e o b kh t b d e r h c a e s r t n l oc d b l e s a o e x m t r h n i h t d h e

near r t s l k i h n o t r a b u o i e m h a n h u g r b t f s d h n s t h o r t e h i s n b t a g m r h i a t h

sight a b p o n r i h s b c d e i s b k l p i n c d g d y h r s t b c d e s h j l i l n m g q p f h n k l p m t

clothes d e c o t d e s l m k o k n b t h b d h k e c e r f s c h j k l o e c r h t b n m m e h a o e r t s

course g d m i a c a e u o g d u q e n t r s a u e b n g c i l on m j k u p q w e r b d a os b u c e

our b h n a d m k b c r t o b n g h w q a s p u n m k h j l r b n g d f w o b j k l p s f u b k l r s t r

quite n h j p k o q r m i s t r u r t u b n i c g h e d i b t a u oe s c b q p o k u n b v c i t n m b g e

source b f g s o b c e m k i d u t o n h r j y c o u e b n h g s i ko u b f r d g h s e c b h u o i r e n h

hcolt source .........................................................

rceuos quite .........................................................

tubrohg our .........................................................

ruo course .........................................................

eqiut clothes .........................................................

tisgh sight .........................................................

recsuo near .........................................................

shloetc cloth .........................................................

aenr brought .........................................................

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Write out these words in capital letters – say them out loud.

brought ....................... cloth ....................... near .......................

sight ....................... clothes ....................... course .......................

our ....................... quite ....................... source .......................


course brought cloth our quite

clothes near source sight

brought cloth sight near our quite clothes course source Put in the missing words

We threw the old _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the bin _ _ _ _ the house.

The golf _ _ _ _ _ _ was straight down the road.

The guard _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the man to see the King.

He threw the ball _ _ _ _ _ a long way.

The _ _ _ _ _ _ of his strength was said to be spinach.

The weight and height of _ _ _ dog made it hard for the vet to lift onto the table.

The _ _ _ _ _ of the rich _ _ _ _ _ made the lady very happy.

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Crossword

Across

2. Fabric or

material

7. The past tense of

bring

8. Where it begins

Down

1. To do with

seeing

2. What you wear

3. It belongs to us

4. Where you play

golf

5. It rhymes with

fight

6. The opposite of

far

1

2 3

4

5

6

7

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Wordsearch

brought

cloth

clothes

course

near

our

quite

sight

source

q s o u r c e x g

k w s l b o z q c

c c b r o u g h t

l j n p c r g c t

o u r w w s w l w

t n p t o e i o k

h e q u i t e t p

e a u a v e r h z

s r w s i g h t m

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Session 3

site

caught

brief

chose

are

sauce

through

two

does

site s b i u d g r f t o p r e l o mg p p o t h g l h s n s b p r o a i e n q p u r s t g m k h l i m n t e

caught d b a c o r h l a u e o b kh t b g d e r h c a e s r t n l o c d b l e s a o e u x m t g r h n i h t

brief r t b l k i h n o t r a b u o i e m h n h u g b t f s w h b s t h o r t e h i s n b t a g m e b i a f h

chose a c p o n r i h s b c d e i ob k l s i n c d g d y h r e t c d e s h j l i l o m g q p s h n k l p e m

are d e c o a t d e s l m k o k n b t h b r d h k e c e r f s c h j k l a e c r h t b n m m e h a o e r

sauce d m s i a c a e u g d u q e n c r s a u e b n g c i s l n m j k a u p q w e r b d a os u c d e

through t n a h m k b c r t o b n u g h w q a s p o n t m k h j l r b n g d f w o b j k u s f u b g s h r

two n h j t k o q r m i s t r w r t u b n i c h e o i b t u o e s c b q p o k w n b v c i t n mb g f o e

does b f g s o d c e m k i d u t o n h r j y c o u e b h g s i k o u d f r d g h s e c b h u o i r e n h s

dsoe sauce .........................................................

etis caught .........................................................

esohc through .........................................................

ear brief .........................................................

cuesa site .........................................................

hgtuac chose .........................................................

ghhutor are .........................................................

wot does .........................................................

fbeir two .........................................................

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Write out these words in capital letters – say them out loud

does ....................... sauce ....................... brief .......................

two ....................... chose ....................... through .......................

are ....................... caught ....................... site .......................


through caught site brief sauce

does two are chose

chose brief caught

site through two

does sauce are Put in the missing words

He threw the ball _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the window.

The camp _ _ _ _ was near the golf course.

She _ _ _ _ _ salad for lunch as she wanted to lose weight.

The class were asked what _ _ _ _ _ they wanted with their chips.

The sun came out for a _ _ _ _ _ time.

They _ _ _ _ _ _ quite a lot of fish.

He gets his strength from the training he _ _ _ _ .

One and one makes _ _ _ .

We _ _ _ in the queue to go into the gig.

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Crossword

Across

4. Picked

5. A specific place

6. He walked _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the park

7. He _ _ _ _ his homework before he

goes out

Down

1. Between one and three

2. Rhymes with car

3. Very short

4. Past tense of catch

5. Red or brown for instance

1 2

3

4

5

6

7

Wordsearch

are

brief

caught

chose

does

sauce

site

through

two

o u r o n c d a t

w y g n c a j r c

l c d s a u c e f

t h r o u g h c p

d o e s g j y f c

w s m a h m z g l

p e g o t w o l n

g p l b r i e f q

s i t e r w o d f

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Session 4

bought

graph

growth

guess

reign

scene

sign

square

sure

bought b i u d g o p r u l o n m g p p o t h g l t s n s b p r o a i e m n q p u r s t g m k h l i m n o t e

graph d b a c g r h l a u e r b k h t b a d e r h c a p s r t h l og d b l r s a o e u x m t p r h n i h t

growth r t b g k i h n o r a b u o i e m w n g b t f s h b s g h o r t e h i s o b t a g w e b i a t i l f h

guess a c g o n r i u s b c d e i ob k l s i n c s g d h g e t c u e s h j l i l e m g q p s h n k l p e m t s

reign d e c o r t d e s l m k o k n b i t h b r d g k e c n r f s c h j k r a e c r h t i m e h r oe g r t s n

scene g d m s i a c a e u g d u q e n c r s a e b n c i s l o n c j k a u p q w e r b d a n s u c d e h

sign t n a h m s b c r t o n u g h i q a s p o n t m g h j l r b n g d f w o b j k u s f i b g s h g r m n

square k s o q r m i s t r w r t u b n i c g h a o i b t r u o e s c b q p o k u n b a c i t n m r g f o e

sure b f g s o d c e m k d u t on h r j y c o u e b n h g s i ko u d f r d g h s e c b h u o i r e n h s

gobhut sure .........................................................

pghra square .........................................................

ecnse sign .........................................................

segus scene .........................................................

gins reign .........................................................

esruqa guess .........................................................

htwogr growth .........................................................

eusr graph .........................................................

neigr bought .........................................................

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Fill in the missing letters – say them out loud as you do it

square s q _ a _ e , s _ u _ r e , s q u _ r e .............................................

reign r _ i g _ , r e _ g n , r _ i _ n .............................................

growth g r _ w _ h , g _ o _ t h , g r o w _ h .............................................

sure s _ _ e , _ u r _ , s _ r _ .............................................

bought b o _ g _ t , b _ u g _ t , b o u _ h t .............................................

guess g _ e _ s , g u _ _ s , g u e _ s .............................................

sign s _ g _ , s i _ n , _ i g _ , s _ g n .............................................

graph g _ a _ h , g r a _ h , g r _ _ h .............................................

scene s _ e _ e , s c _ n _ , s _ e _ e .............................................

Fill in the missing words

Mum _ _ _ _ _ _ the sauce from the shop.

He had to _ _ _ _ _ the height of the tree.

The _ _ _ _ _ of the king was quite brief.

The _ _ _ _ showed the way to the market _ _ _ _ _ _ .

He was _ _ _ _ that the clothes would fit.

The _ _ _ _ _ showed the _ _ _ _ _ _ of profit over the year.

He was in the first _ _ _ _ _ of the play.

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Crossword

Across

1. Certain

3. Shows the way

5. May not be true

7. Past tense of buy

8. Get bigger

Down

1. Part of a play

2. The time a king rules

4. Used in maths

6. A shape with four sides

1

2

3 4

5 6

7

8

Wordsearch

bought

graph

growth

guess

reign

scene

sign

square

sure

l v g m a g c u y

b v r g r a p h s

s b o u g h t q u

i o w e r v y g r

g u t s i n g r e

n h h s c e n e t

m t a c u p x i c

s q u a r e z g n

e b g r i e g n y

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Session 5

goes

said

huge

squad

sour

urge

cause

talk

size

goes b i u d g o p r u l e o n m g p s p o t h g l t s s b r o a i e m n q p u r s t g m k h l i mn o t e

said d b a c s g r h l a u e r b k i h t b a d e r h a s r t h l o g d b l r s a o e u i x m t p r h d n i h t

huge r t b g k i h n o r a b u o i e m w n g t e f s h s g h o r t e u h i s o b t a g w e b i a t i l f h m

squad a c g o n r i u s b c d q o b k l u s g a d h g e tc u s h j l i l q u e m g q p s a k l p e d m t s

sour d e c o r t d e s l m k o k n b u i t h b r d g k e c n r f s c h j k r o a e c r h t u m e h r o e r t

urge g d m s i a c a e u o g u e n c r g a u e n u c i l o n c j k a u p q w e r b d a g s u c d e h

cause c s b a c r t o b n u g i q a s p o n t e m g h j l r b n c g d f w o a b j k u s f i b g s h g r e n

talk s o q r i s t r w r a t u b i l c g h a o i k b t r u o e s c a b q p o k u l n b a c i t n m r g f o k e

size b f g s o d c e m k i d u t o n z h r j y c o u e b n h g s i k o u d f r d g h s e c z b h u o i r e

uaesc goes .........................................................

duaqs huge .........................................................

oesg said .........................................................

ktla cause .........................................................

geuh sour .........................................................

dasi size .........................................................

eurg squad .........................................................

uors talk .........................................................

zsei urge .........................................................

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Fill in the missing letters – say them out loud as you do it

cause c _ u s _ , c a _ _ e , c a u _ e .............................................

squad s _ u _ d , s q _ a _ , _ q _ a d .............................................

sour s o _ r , _ o _ r , s _ _ r .............................................

goes g o _ s , g _ _ s , _ o _ s .............................................

urge u _ g _ , _ r _ e , u r _ e .............................................

said _ a _ d , s _ i _ , s a _ d .............................................

size s i _ e , s _ z e , _ i z _ .............................................

huge h _ g _ , _ u g _ , h _ g _ .............................................

talk t _ l _ , t a _ k , _ a _ k .............................................

Match the word shapes

talk urge squad goes huge sour size cause said Fill in the missing words and then write out the sentences at least three words at a time on the other side of the sheet

They s _ _ _ that the other rugby s _ _ _ _ was h _ _ _ . Their weight and s _ _ _ was the

t _ _ _ of the team. They had to u _ _ _ the home team to play. This game was sure to

c _ _ _ _ them to lose the cup but this is how rugby g _ _ _ at times.

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Crossword

Across

3. Travels

5. To make it happen

7. Spoke

8. To encourage

Down

1. Very big

2. To speak

4. The height and weight

6. A group of men

7. The opposite of sweet

1

2 3 4

5 6

7

8

Wordsearch

cause

goes

huge

said

size

sour

squad

talk

urge

i t b g s s i z e

s p a c c g v t e

o s q u a d e k r

u v u n u s v c y

r f r x s h u g e

x q g o e s q e i

v u e z r a m v d

t a l k j i i t v

g p m a r d r h r

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Session 6

split

hour

slight

where

want

cough

scald

warmth

quick

split b i u s d o p r u l e n m g p i l s p o t h g l t s s p r o a i e l m n q p u r s t g m k h l i m n o t e d

hour d b a h c s g r o l u e r b k i h t b a d e r h c a p s r t h l o g d b l r s a oe u i x m tp r h d i h t

slight r t s i h n o r a l b u o i e w n g b h t e f s h b s g l h o r te u h i s o b t a g w e l h b i a t i l m

where a c g w o n r i u h s b e i ob k l u r s g a d y h g e t c w u e s h j l i l q u e m g q p r s a k l p e

want d e c w o r t d e s a l m k o n b u i t h b r d g w k e c a n r f s c h j k r o a e c r h t u m e t s n

cough g d m s i a c a e u o g d u e c r s g a u e h b n u c i s l o n c j k a u p q g w e r s j u c d e h

scald c s b a c r a t o b n u g l h i q a d o n t e m s g h j l r b n c g d f w o a b j k u l s f i d h g r e n

warmth k w s a o q r m i s t r w r a t t h u b n i l w c g h a o i kb t r u o e s c m a b q p ot k u l n h

quick b f g s o d c e q m u k i d u t o z h r j y c o u e k b n h q u g s i k o u d f r c s e c z b k y d h s

ourh slight .........................................................

uohgc scald .........................................................

twna quick .........................................................

htglsi hour .........................................................

acdls split .........................................................

hwtarm cough .........................................................

kqcui where .........................................................

tpisl want .........................................................

eerhw warmth .........................................................

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want ....................... slight ....................... quick .......................

warmth ....................... split ....................... where .......................

cough ....................... hour ....................... scald .......................


warmth scald quick split slight want hour where cough Put in the missing words and then write out the sentences on the back of the sheet at least three words at a time

The sour lemon made him c _ _ _ _ .

The h _ _ _ was s _ _ _ _ into parts.

The s _ _ _ _ on his huge arm was quite near his hand.

The fire gave off a s _ _ _ _ _ w _ _ _ _ _ .

I want a q _ _ _ _ talk with you.

W _ _ _ _ is the straight queue?

We w _ _ _ to talk to the man who threw a brick through the window.

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Crossword 1

2

3

4 5

6

7

8

Across

1. Rhymes with bear

4. Just a bit

6. Sixty minutes

7. To ask for something

8. Burnt by hot liquid

Across

1. Heat

2. Rhymes with off

3. Break into parts

5. Fast

Wordsearch

Use the target words to make a wordsearch

cough

where

hour

split

warmth

quick

slight

want

scald

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Session 7

guard

site

goes

height

caught

said

queue

brief

huge

guard b i u s d g o p r u l e o m g a s o t g r l d t s n b p r a g i e n q p u r t g m k a l i m n r o t e d

site d s r b k i h t b a d e r h c s a t i p s s r t h e l o g t d e b i l r s a o e u i x m t t p r e h d n i h t

goes r t b g k i h n o r a b u o i e m w n g b t e f s h b s g h o r t e u h i s o b t a g w e b i a t i l f h

height a c h i u s b c d e i q o b k l u s g a d y h g e tc u e s h j l i l q u e m g q i p s g a k l p e d h t

caught d e c o r t d e s l m k a k n b u i g t h b g e tc n r f s c h r o a e c r h t u h g r o e r t h s n t i

said g m s i a c a e u o d u q i n c r s g a e d n u c i s l o n c j k a u p q w e r b d i a g s u c d e

queue c s b s c r t o b n u g h i q a s u e m g h j l u r b n e wo a q b j k u q s e f i b g s u h g r e n u

brief b m i s t r w r a t u b n i l c g h a o e i k b t r u f o e s c a b q p o k u l r n b a c i tn m e g f o

huge b f g s o u h t o n z u h r j y g o u e b n h g s i k o u d f r d g h s e c z b h u o i r e n h s u g h s

chugat guard .........................................................

druga site .........................................................

euque goes .........................................................

eugh height .........................................................

tise caught .........................................................

thigeh said .........................................................

asid queue .........................................................

esog brief .........................................................

fribe huge .........................................................

26


Write out these words in capital letters – say them aloud

site ....................... guard ....................... goes .......................

height ....................... caught ....................... said .......................

queue ....................... brief ....................... huge .......................

Which word from the list is not used in this passage?

The guard was protecting the site from grave robbers. It was said that anyone

caught stealing from the tomb would be crushed under a huge boulder and their

body left for the vultures to eat. The visitors formed a huge queue to watch the

treasures being brought out from the young Pharoah’s burial site. The sun had

reached its height and the shadows were short and offered brief rest from the fierce

heat.

Put in the missing words

The talk was b _ _ _ _ and to the point.

The h _ _ _ _ _ of the tree caused it to tower over the house.

The boy g _ _ _ to school every day.

The soldiers were left to g _ _ _ _ the palace.

The teacher s _ _ _ “Who has lost a pen?”.

I stood in a long q _ _ _ _ .

The boy c _ _ _ _ _ the cricket ball.

Everest is a h _ _ _ mountain.

The building s _ _ _ is not a safe place to play.

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Crossword

Across

3. Travels to

5. A line of people

7. To protect

8. How tall something is

9. A specific place

Down

1. Very short

2. Very big

4. Spoke

6. The past tense of catch

1 2

3 4

5

6

7

8

9

Wordsearch

brief

caught

goes

guard

height

huge

queue

said

site

d m d h u s a i d

n g o e s n a c y

i u e i u l s f b

c a u g h t i t r

r r p h j m t e i

z d k t q u e u e

e e z w w f p t f

n y h u g e a h n

n z q j i n r r h

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Session 8

straight

chose

squad

weird

are

sour

strength

sauce

urge

straight r t s l k i h n o t r a b u o i e g h n h u g b t f s w h s t h o r t e h i n b t a g m b i a g h l t

chose a c p o n r i h s b c d e i ob k l s i n c d g d y h r e t c d e s h j l i l o m g q p s h n k l p e m

squad a c g o n r i u s b c d q o b k l u s g a d h g e tc u s h j l i l q u e m g q p s a k l p e d m t s

weird a b p w o n r i h s b c d e i s b k l r i n c d g d y w r s tb c d e s h j l i l n m g r p f d l p m t

are d e c o a t d e s l m k o k n b t h b r d h k e c e r f s c h j k l a e c r h t b n m m e h a o e r

sour d e c o r t d e s l m k o k n b u i t h b r d g k e c n r f s c h j k r o a e c r h t u m e h r o e r t

strength s e c o t d e s l r k o k n e t h b d h n e g e r f s t h j k l o s c r h t b n r m e n a o g r t h

sauce d m s i a c a e u g d u q e n c r s a u e b n g c i s l n m j k a u p q w e r b d a os u c d e

urge g d m s i a c a e u o g u e n c r g a u e n u c i l o n c j k a u p q w e r b d a g s u c d e h

direw urge .........................................................

orus sauce .........................................................

grue strength .........................................................

coshe sour .........................................................

ucase are .........................................................

grattish weird .........................................................

ear squad .........................................................

thregnst chose .........................................................

qadus straight .........................................................

29


Write out these words in capital letters – say them aloud

straight ....................... chose ....................... squad .......................

weird ....................... are ....................... sour .......................

strength ....................... sauce ....................... urge .......................


The makers of Zesty tomato sauce believed that their product was popular because

of its rich colour and the strength of its flavour. They felt the customers chose their

brand because it was easy to use straight from the bottle. Other brands were

thought to be a little sour and one had a weird spicy taste that some children

disliked. The makers of Zesty gave free samples away to urge customers to compare

flavours but many customers said that they are sticking to their first choice.


The teacher would _ _ _ _ the boys to run faster.

The lemon was very _ _ _ _ .

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the weight-lifter was amazing.

The road ran _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ past the school.

The soldiers were part of a small _ _ _ _ _ .

The child stood for a long time before he _ _ _ _ _ his bike.

“Please pass the mint _ _ _ _ _ ” said Mum.

The _ _ _ _ _ thing was that it stayed dark all day.

We _ _ _ all going to the party.

30


Make a wordsearch using the target words

Make another word (4a and 4b words)

The spaces marked with a * stay the same letter

s t r e n g t h

* * * *

s i t e

*

g u a r d

* *

h e i g h t

* * *

u r g e

*

s a u c e

*

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Revision 1

guard

site

goes

height

caught

said

queue

brief

huge

guard b i u d g o p r u l e o n m g p a o t g r l d t s n b p r a g i e n q p u r t g m k a l i mn r o t e d

site d s r b k i h t b a d e r h c s a t i p s s r t h e l o g t d e b i l r s a o e u i x m t t p r e h d n i h t

goes r t b g k i h n o r a b u o i e m n g b t e f s h b s g h o r t e u h i s o b t a g w e b i a t i l f h m

height a c h i u s b c d e i q o b k l u g a d y h g e t c u e s h j l i l q u e m g q i p s g a k l p e d h t s

caught d e c o r t d e s l m k a k n b u i g t h b g e tc n r f s c h r o a e c r h t u h g r o e r t h s n t

said g d m s i a c a e u o g d i n c r s g a u e d n c i s l o n c j a u p q w e r b d i a g s u c d e h

queue c s b a c r t o b n u g h i q a s u e m g h j l u r b n e oa q b j k u q s e f i b g s u h g r e n u q

brief b m i s t r w r a t u b n i l c g h a o e i k b t r f o e s c a b q p o k u l r n b a c i t n m e g f o e

huge b f g s o u h t o n z u h r j y g o u e b n h g s i k o u d f r d g h s e c z b h u o i r e n h s u g h s

chugat guard .........................................................

druga site .........................................................

euque goes .........................................................

eugh height .........................................................

tise caught .........................................................

thigeh said .........................................................

asid queue .........................................................

esog brief .........................................................

fribe huge .........................................................

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site ....................... guard ....................... goes .......................

height ....................... caught ....................... said .......................

queue ....................... brief ....................... huge .......................


The guard was protecting the site from grave robbers. It was said that anyone

caught stealing from the tomb would be crushed under a huge boulder and their

body left for the vultures to eat. The visitors formed a huge queue to watch the

treasures being brought out from the young Pharoah’s burial site. The sun had

reached its height and the shadows were short and offered brief rest from the fierce

heat.


The talk was b _ _ _ _ and to the point.

The h _ _ _ _ _ of the tree caused it to tower over the house.

The boy g _ _ _ to school every day.

The soldiers were left to g _ _ _ _ the palace.

The teacher s _ _ _ “Who has lost a pen?”.

I stood in a long q _ _ _ _ .

The boy c _ _ _ _ _ the cricket ball.

Everest is a h _ _ _ mountain.

The building s _ _ _ is not a safe place to play.

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Crossword

1

2 3

4 5

6 7

8

9

Across

2. Very short

6. Very big

8. The past tense of catch

9. Spoke

Down

1. An orderly line waiting

3. How tall it is

4. To protect

5. A specific geographical place

7. Travels

Wordsearch

brief

caught

goes

guard

height

huge

queue

said

site

s m n z u h u g e

v a k q i o i u a

h z l u k g s a c

e k w e d j i r h

i c a u g h t d x

g m x e o d e q o

h b r i e f h x f

t p r h s a i d l

m j e z f x n v c

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Revision 2

straight

chose

squad

weird

are

sour

strength

sauce

urge

straight b i c u s a d g u o t r u l a o s n m i g p e a s h p c t s n b t r a g i e u g p u r t s g m h k t

chose d s c k i h t b z a d o h c s z p e s r t h e z l c o g t h e b z i l r s a o e z u i x s m t t p r e h

squad r t b g s k i h n q o r a b u i e u w n a g b h t e d f s h b r q h o u r t e g u a h i s o t g u d

weird a c w u s b c d h e i o l u r o d h s g e d t c w u e w h j i l q u o e g r p s g a l p e d h t s

are d e c o r t d a s l k a n u i g t h b g e t c n r f s c h r o a e c r h a t u l r o e r t h s n k t e r

sour g d m s t d u o q i n t c r s a u o e n u c i r s l t o n c j k a u p w e r b d i a g o s u c o d e

strength s b d a r t r n s u g h e q a s e m n g s h d j l t r o h w s o a q e t b j k r u s e f i n d g t h

sauce b m i s t r a t u b n i l c g h a r o e i k b w t r u s o t o k u l h r n b a c i t u n m e c w f o e

urge b w f z u r e g o i u e w b n h g s h i k o t s w e c z b h u o i r e n g h s u g t h s e g w u r

direw straight .........................................................

orus chose .........................................................

grue squad .........................................................

coshe weird .........................................................

ucase are .........................................................

grattish sour .........................................................

ear strength .........................................................

thregnst sauce .........................................................

qadus urge .........................................................

35



straight ....................... chose ....................... squad .......................

weird ....................... are ....................... sour .......................

strength ....................... sauce ....................... urge .......................


The makers of Zesty tomato sauce believed that their product was popular because

of its rich colour and the strength of its flavour. They felt that customers chose their

brand because it was easy to use straight from the bottle. Other brands were

thought to be a little sour and one had a weird spicy taste that some children

disliked. The makers of Zesty gave free samples away to urge customers to compare

flavours but many customers said that they are sticking to their first choice.


The teacher would _ _ _ _ the boys to run faster.

The lemon was very _ _ _ _ .

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the weight-lifter was amazing.

The road ran _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ past the school.

The soldiers were part of a small _ _ _ _ _ .

The child stood for a long time before he _ _ _ _ _ his bike.

“Please pass the mint _ _ _ _ _ ” said Mum.

The _ _ _ _ _ thing was that it stayed dark all day.

We _ _ _ all going to the party.

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Crossword

1

2

3 4

5 6 7

8

Across

2. To hurry

5. Degree of strongness

8. Tomato or brown?

Down

1. Without curves or angles

3. Strange

4. Selected

5. A group of soldiers

6. Opposite of sweet

7. The plural of is

i.e. James is, the boys _ _ _ .

Wordsearch

straight

chose

squad

weird

are

sour

strength

sauce

urge

c a s o u r i h f

i i t x b z c t b

s t r a i g h t w

q w e i r d o j u

u w n k h j s t r

a f g l w b e w g

d r t s a u c e e

v z h s i b l n w

v e o d n a r e e

37


Revision 3

cause

size

through

choose

talk

two

does

threw

weight

cause b i c u s a u o t p r u l a o s n m i g p e a s h p c t s n b p r a g i e n u g p u r t s g m h k a e

size d s c b k i h t b z a d o r h c s a z p e s r t h e z l c o g t d e b z i l r s a o e z u i x s m t t p r e h

through r t b g s k i h n q o r a b u o i e m u w n a g b h t e d f s h b r q h o u r t e g u h i s o t g u

choose a c u s b c h e i q o b l u r o d h s g e d t c w u e s wh j o l i l q u o e g r p s g a l p e d h t s

talk d e c o r t d a s l m k a k b u i g t h b g e t c n r f s c h r o a e c r h a t u l r o e r t h s n k t e r

two g d m s t d u o w q i n t r s g a u o e b u c i s l t o n c j k a u p q w e r b d i a g os u c o d e

does s b d a r t o b r n s d u g h e i o q a s e m n g s h d j l t r o h w s o a q e t b j k r u s e f i n d b

threw b m i s t r w r a t u b n i l c g h a r o e i k b w t r u f o to k u l h r n b a c i t n m e g w f o e

weight b w f z u h r e j y g o i u e w b n h g s h i k o t s w e c z b h u o i r e n g h s u g t h s e g w

escoho cause .........................................................

tow size .........................................................

githew through .........................................................

sucae choose .........................................................

dose talk .........................................................

zies two .........................................................

hoghurt does .........................................................

kalt threw .........................................................

whert weight .........................................................

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weight ....................... choose ....................... size .......................

through ....................... does ....................... cause .......................

threw ....................... two ....................... talk .......................


Two of the weight lifters had entered the ring. Their appearance was the cause of a

ripple of excitement that ran through the crowd. The crowd began to talk of the one

they would choose as the winner. One of the men bent down to pick up a large

barrel, the size of a full grown pig, and to the crowd’s amazement he threw it high

into the air.


The boy stood at the sweet counter not knowing which one to _ _ _ _ _ _ .

The ball had been kicked above the net and sailed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the air.

The teacher said “I want to _ _ _ _ to you about your homework.”

The _ _ _ _ of the pumpkin meant that it had to be carried in a barrow.

The scientist knew what had been the _ _ _ _ _ of the explosion.

The girls _ _ _ _ _ the netball quickly to each other.

The _ _ _ _ _ _ of the elephant was too much for the lorry.

_ _ _ babies born at the same time are called twins.

The bee _ _ _ _ a lot of travelling to locate nectar.

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Crossword

Across

2. To speak

4. To select

6. How heavy an object

is

8. An action that

suggests undertaking

something

Down

1. The reason an event

happened

3. He looked _ _ _ _ _ _ _

the window

5. Past tense of throw

7. One and one make

9. How large an object

is

1

2

3

4

5

6 7

8 9

Wordsearch

cause

choose

does

size

talk

threw

through

two

weight

u v r m r c t w o

i l g p t h y e b

c a u s e o t i w

l p t h r o u g h

j s h f g s g h w

z g r e n e s t p

d o e s w f i f e

p h w r j j z s m

v t a l k u e v r

40


Revision 4

cloth

brought

growth

square

sight

reign

split

hour

slight

cloth b i c u o a l u o h t r u l a h o s n i p e a s h p c t s n l e n t u g p o u r t s g m h k a e g h

brought d s c b k i h c r s a o z p e g s r t h u g e h l c o g t b e b l r s a o e z u i x s m t g t p r h t

sight r t b g s k r i h n q o u g o i e m u t n a g h t e d f s h b r q i h o u r t e g u h i s o t g u d e

growth a g c u o s b r c o h e w i o b l t t r o d h s g e d t o r c w u o e s w h j o t l i l q u h d h t s

square d e c o r t q d a s l m k a q k n b u i a t h r q b g e t s n r f q s c u h r o a e q c r h a e e r

reign g d m s t d u o q r i n t e g c r s g a i u o e g b n u c i r s l i e i t n c j k a u p g q w e r b n

split s b d a l r t o p b r n s l d u g t e i i o q a s t m n s g s h d j l t r p o h w s o l a q e t b i j k r t

hour b m i o s t r h r a u t u b n o i l c g h r a r u o e i r k b h t r u f o h t o k u l h r n b a c i h o e

slight b s w f z s l u h r e i y g o i h u e w t n h g s h i l o t s i w e c g b h u o i g s u g t h s t e g w

ering cloth .........................................................

worght brought .........................................................

lipst growth .........................................................

tolch square .........................................................

hutgrob sight .........................................................

uroh reign .........................................................

glhits split .........................................................

higts hour .........................................................

seruaq slight .........................................................

41



cloth ....................... brought ....................... sight .......................

split ....................... hour ....................... slight .......................

growth ....................... square ....................... reign .......................


The reign of the King was being celebrated with an hour long party in the city

square. The King was hoping to impress his subjects with his new clothes made with a

rare cloth brought from the east. However, due to much feasting, the growth in the

King’s girth had resulted in a long split down the jacket. To the tailor’s relief, the King

was not concerned about this slight problem and said that he would make sure that

the shirt he was wearing was the same colour so the split would not be obvious.


A natural _ _ _ _ _ is one where the fibre is produced by animals or insects, such as

wool or silk.

Circles, triangles and _ _ _ _ _ _ s are all shapes.

The _ _ _ _ _ of land after two months at sea was a great relief.

The pupils were told that the exam would last an _ _ _ _ .

The rate of _ _ _ _ _ _ in the young dogs meant that they were puppies for only a short

time.

Ben, Matthew and Sam _ _ _ _ _ _ _ their homework to school on time.

There were too many pupils for one class so it was _ _ _ _ _ into two.

The girl had only made a _ _ _ _ _ _ mistake in her spelling test.

After the present Queen’s _ _ _ _ _ it will be Prince Charles who is king.

42


Crossword

Across

2. A tear or cut

4. An increase in size

6. Rhymes with kite

7. 60 minutes

8. The time a king or

queen rules

Down

1. Fabric

3. The past tense of

bring

5. One of the five

senses

6. A shape with four

equal sides

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Wordsearch

brought

cloth

growth

hour

reign

sight

slight

split

square

p s l i g h t s u

r b f o b c s i d

s q u a r e y g x

p c t h o u r h f

l n p d u b e t v

i u w b g i i b l

t o a q h o g e o

g r o w t h n g o

y i z c l o t h s

43


Revision 5

clothes

course

our

sign

graph

sure

cough

want

where

clothes c u o a l u o h t r u l a h o s m i g p e a s h p c t s n b l e n t u g p o u r t s g m h k a e g s

course d s c b k i h c o r s a u z p r e g s r t h u g e h l c o g t b e b u l r s a o e z u i x s m t p r h t

our r t b g s k r i h n q o u o i e m u t n a g b h t e f s h b r i h o u r t e g u h i s o t g u d e d f

sign a g c u o s b r c d o h e i g o b t r n o d g s g e d t i r g c w u g e s w h g j o t n h d h t s

graph d e g d a s r l a q k p b u i g a t h r q b g e t s c n r f q s a c u h r o p a e q c r h a e e r n

sure g d m s t d u w q r i n t e c r s g a i u e d g b n u c i r s l i e i t o n c j k a u p g q w e r b n

cough s b d c a l r t o b r n s l d u g t h e i i o q s t e m c n s g s h o d j l t r p o h u w s o l g a r h

want b m i o s t r h w r a u t b n o i l c g h r a t u e i r k b w h t r u f a h t o k u l h r n b a c i t o e

where b s w f z s l u h r e i j y g o i h r u e w t n h g s h i l o t s i w e c g b h u o i g r u g t h s t e g

gharp clothes .........................................................

oru course .........................................................

hugoc our .........................................................

reweh sign .........................................................

soruce graph .........................................................

hotslec sure .........................................................

ruse cough .........................................................

nigs want .........................................................

tawn where .........................................................

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clothes ....................... course ....................... our .......................

sign ....................... graph ....................... sure .......................

cough ....................... want ....................... where .......................


The cross country course had been marked out and we were ready to race. It was a

cold day and so we had decided to wear our warmest clothes. I had been suffering

from a chesty cough and so to be sure I would not become ill I took an extra jumper.

We all assembled where the race was to begin and at the given sign we set off. The

race was five miles long and I did really well. I was so pleased with my result that I

want to do it again next week.


I have lost my school books. I wonder _ _ _ _ _ they could be?

_ _ _ _ _ paper has lots of little squares printed all over it.

The road _ _ _ _ suggested that we travel at 20 miles per hour.

We are all going out for a three _ _ _ _ _ _ meal tonight.

I _ _ _ _ a new games machine for Christmas.

We all have to iron our _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on Sunday for school on Monday.

People who smoke often have a bad _ _ _ _ _ .

Please make _ _ _ _ you have checked all your answers.

“When will it be _ _ _ turn to have a go on the rides?” the boy asked.

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Crossword

Across

3. The path of a river

5. Associated with a cold

6. We plot results of an

experiment on this

8. A gesture

Down

1. Belonging to us

2. A question word

3. We wear these

4. Certain

7. Need or would like

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3

4 5

6 7

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Wordsearch

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r c l o t h e s e

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SNIP Literacy Programme Part 2Records using the SNIP literacy programme indicated that over a 4 year span, the average improvement for all pupils was slightly more than 10 months a