R M Price-Mohr Books

Miss Lovelace's code gets an upgrade is the third book about Miss Lovelace's amazing code. These books are designed for children in primary or elementary school. They are illustrated in colour throughout. These humorous books are especially appealing to boys. In the first two books, each chapter was a standalone episode, but in this book the chapters are more like a traditional chapter book with each chapter being part of one adventure. The code that is the focus of these stories is object -oriented code using Java based on the WeeBee Code for primary or elementary school children. Although the stories are obviously science fiction, the language used in the code phrases will support children's understanding of the computational principles of object-oriented code. In Miss Lovelace's code gets an upgrade, the children introduced in the second book meet up with another girl while on holiday together. They discover a wicked plot by the owner of the holiday park that will destroy the local ecology and make a plan to foil the eco-criminal's plot. When the children discover that Miss Lovelace's code has a new function, they use this to carry out their cunning plan and are hailed as eco-warriors in the local newspaper. The goodies win and the baddies get their just deserts.

This is the fourth book of the parallel set of books in Series 1 of the weebee reading scheme for beginner readers (Books 1a - 8a). These books are written as an alternative to the mainly phonically-decodable books (Books 1-8). They are intended for children who are more holistic learners, often boys, who either cannot access the blending and segmenting approach or prefer not to. They are also written for children who have 'cracked the code' and can already read when they come to school. This reading scheme, that has been six years in development, is the result of a one-year study across sixteen schools in the UK with children in Reception and into Year 1. The research demonstrated statistically significant improvements for children using these books and the associated teaching resources for comprehension and word recognition. Each of the first eight books introduces a new character known as a weebee. The original concept art for the weebees was done by Rolf Mohr an internationally recognised artist in the world of computer games. These original creatures are designed to appeal to boys and girls and are set in an imaginary valley where there are no cultural or gender constraints. There are full-page colour illustrations throughout.

This is the sixth book of the parallel set of books in Series 1 of the weebee reading scheme for beginner readers (Books 1a - 8a). These books are written as an alternative to the mainly phonically-decodable books (Books 1-8). They are intended for children who are more holistic learners, often boys, who either cannot access the blending and segmenting approach or prefer not to. They are also written for children who have 'cracked the code' and can already read when they come to school. This reading scheme, that has been six years in development, is the result of a one-year study across sixteen schools in the UK with children in Reception and into Year 1. The research demonstrated statistically significant improvements for children using these books and the associated teaching resources for comprehension and word recognition. Each of the first eight books introduces a new character known as a weebee. The original concept art for the weebees was done by Rolf Mohr an internationally recognised artist in the world of computer games. These original creatures are designed to appeal to boys and girls and are set in an imaginary valley where there are no cultural or gender constraints. There are full-page colour illustrations throughout.

This is the eighth and final book in the first series of the weebee reading scheme for beginner readers. This reading scheme is the result of a one-year study across sixteen schools in the UK with children in Reception and into Year 1. The research was a randomised controlled trial carried out at the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York. The research demonstrated statistically significant improvements for children using these books and the associated teaching resources in comprehension. These books have a majority of phonically decodable words, but most importantly the language is predictable and tells a story. Each of the first eight books introduces a new character known as a weebee. Teachers reported that children looked forward to reading these books and were highly motivated by the characters and the associated activities that will be available in the Resource book published alongside these books. The original concept art for the weebees was done by Rolf Mohr an internationally recognised artist in the world of computer games. These original creatures are designed to appeal to boys and girls and are set in an imaginary valley where there are no cultural or gender constraints. There are full-page colour illustrations throughout.

This is the third book in the first series of the weebee reading scheme for beginner readers. This reading scheme is the result of a one-year study across sixteen schools in the UK with children in Reception and into Year 1. The research was a randomised controlled trial carried out at the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York. The research demonstrated statistically significant improvements for children using these books and the associated teaching resources in comprehension. These books have a majority of phonically decodable words, but most importantly the language is predictable and tells a story. Each of the first eight books introduces a new character known as a weebee. Teachers reported that children looked forward to reading these books and were highly motivated by the characters and the associated activities that will be available in the Resource book published alongside these books. The original concept art for the weebees was done by Rolf Mohr an internationally recognised artist in the world of computer games. These original creatures are designed to appeal to boys and girls and are set in an imaginary valley where there are no cultural or gender constraints. There are full-page colour illustrations throughout.

This book contains the teaching resources for the alternative vocabulary in Series 1 (Books 1a-8a) of the weebee Reading Scheme. The colour pages are photocopy-able and are printed single sided so that they can alternatively simply be taken out and, for example, laminated. The games and activities in this book are designed to support the learning of vocabulary and targeted phonic sounds used in weebee books 1a-8a. A list of the new vocabulary introduced with each book, along with the story text is provided for all books. Lists of the high frequency words are also included for each book. The high frequency words are from the 100 most common words in written English that comprise, on average, one half of all reading material. Contemporary theory from a multi-disciplinary perspective has been applied to the design and implementation of these teaching materials. Much of the research evidence used in the development of this reading scheme was undertaken in the last decade. Evidence from neuroscience, eye-tracking technology, computer simulation, psychology and psycholinguistics all contributed to the development of these resources that have themselves been successfully trialled in sixteen primary schools in England as part of research undertaken at the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York. The guiding principle is learning through play.

This is the fifth book in the first series of the weebee reading scheme for beginner readers. This reading scheme is the result of a one-year study across sixteen schools in the UK with children in Reception and into Year 1. The research was a randomised controlled trial carried out at the Institute for Effective Education at the University of York. The research demonstrated statistically significant improvements for children using these books and the associated teaching resources in comprehension. These books have a majority of phonically decodable words, but most importantly the language is predictable and tells a story. Each of the first eight books introduces a new character known as a weebee. Teachers reported that children looked forward to reading these books and were highly motivated by the characters and the associated activities that will be available in the Resource book published alongside these books. The original concept art for the weebees was done by Rolf Mohr an internationally recognised artist in the world of computer games. These original creatures are designed to appeal to boys and girls and are set in an imaginary valley where there are no cultural or gender constraints. There are full-page colour illustrations throughout.

This is the first book of the parallel set of books in Series 1 of the weebee reading scheme for beginner readers (Books 1a - 8a). These books are written as an alternative to the mainly phonically-decodable books (Books 1-8). They are intended for children who are more holistic learners, often boys, who either cannot access the blending and segmenting approach or prefer not to. They are also written for children who have 'cracked the code' and can already read when they come to school. This reading scheme, that has been six years in development, is the result of a one-year study across sixteen schools in the UK with children in Reception and into Year 1. The research demonstrated statistically significant improvements for children using these books and the associated teaching resources for comprehension and word recognition. Each of the first eight books introduces a new character known as a weebee. The original concept art for the weebees was done by Rolf Mohr an internationally recognised artist in the world of computer games. These original creatures are designed to appeal to boys and girls and are set in an imaginary valley where there are no cultural or gender constraints. There are full-page colour illustrations throughout.