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The Teacher's Guide
Each Flixies book has its own teacher’s guide. The guide includes:
An explanation of the teaching strategy used.
An explanation of which comprehension strategy is used and which step of the teaching strategy should be applied
in that speci c book.
Highlights in the text, with a side-panel modelling the teaching strategy and highlighting key points in the text for application.
Key words are provided to display and use in the introductory discussion.
Worksheets with comprehension based on the story are added to of the guide.
activities the end
Series
The development of the earth. Natural resources.
The evolution of plant and animal life on earth.
The roles and functions of plants and animals on earth.
The threats to biodiversity, including pollution and development.
Flixies cultivates ecological and environmental awareness using the learned comprehension strategies.
The Themes
of the Flixies
Integrated Learning
The Flixies series is ideally suited to integrated learning, because of the themes it touch on.
Subjects that lend themselves to integrated learning via Flixies include:
• Life-skills
• Maths
• Natural Sciences and
Technology
• Social Sciences
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