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The Skillswise CD-ROM has many sections. This is
a quick guide to where to find everything.
Words
Numbers
'Your stories'
'In the news' quizzes
Tutor centre
Have your say
Words
The Words part of the CD is split into Spelling, Listening and Puzzles.
There is one Spelling module - 'Look, say, cover, write and check', and
one Listening module - 'Listening for specific information'.
Each module has many resources such as factsheets, worksheets, games
and audio.
If you like what you see here you can find more Words modules on the
Skillswise website.
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Numbers
The Numbers part of the CD-ROM has two maths modules and some numbers
puzzles. The modules are 'Times tables' and 'Mental addition and subtraction'.
Each module has printable factsheets and worksheets, quizzes and games.
There are lots more Numbers modules on the Skillswise website.
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'Your
stories'
'Your stories' is a magazine that appears on the Skillswise website with
material written by students. Students have sent us their reports, stories
and poems. There is one edition of 'Your stories' on this CD-ROM.
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'In
the news' quizzes
This section has multiple choice quizzes based on stories from the BBC
news website. There are stories for the following topic areas: entertainment; news; numbers; sport;
and a video story.
Each story has an audio reading and a printable quiz.
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Tutor
Centre
This section is designed to provide useful information and links for
Basic Skills tutors. There's an Expert
column which provides advice and information on basic skills issues
from experts in the field. Read some Teaching
inspirations from other tutors and ideas for using BBCi as a resource.
Printable lesson plans contributed by tutors are in Lesson
plans with details on submitting your own lesson plans too.
All of the sections above contain material relevant to the Words and
Numbers modules on this CD-ROM - you can find lots more on the Skillswise
website.
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Have
your say
'Have your say' is a chance for you to let us know what you think of
this CD-ROM. Skillswise is built through your feedback so tell us what
we can do for you.
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