Backpack Gold: catchy songs and chants, stickers, games, stories, projects, TPR activities for Primary learners

Backpack Gold

Reach into Backpack Gold for a richly illustrated, seven-level communicative-course that motivates primary learners and supports teachers. Backpack Gold is packed with child-friendly topics, catchy songs and chants, stickers, games, stories, hands-on projects, extensive reading and writing materials and TPR activities.
Young learners will succeed with Backpack Gold!

New features:

All new music helps students engage with songs
New values curriculum teaches citizenship and strengthens the home-school connection
New Picture Dictionary (Starter), Sound and Spelling Handbooks (levels 1-3) and Grammar and Writing Handbooks (Levels 4-6) in the Students Books and Workbooks provide support and practice
New Assessment Package offers teachers’ tips, techniques, tests and a test generator
Updated Interactive Whiteboard Software engages students and helps sustain motivation

: Find inspiring ideas for your primary classroom, discover new techniques and solutions that work, connect with other primary teachers, and share your own stories and creativity.
Register now for your free Teacher Primary Pack!

: Meet the authors; Read about co-authors Mario Herrera and Diane Pinkley and watch a video of Mario talking about the features of Backpack Gold.

Latest Resources

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Interactive Clock
Author(s): Mario Herrera and Diane Pinkley
Date Added: February 2010
The Backpack Gold Teacher’s Resource Book contains valuable teaching tips and techniques, time guidelines, information on student learning styles, learning strategies and critical thinking skills, along with a wealth of reproducible games and activities that can be adapted to any lesson plan.

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Shapes Bingo Game
Author(s): Mario Herrera and Diane Pinkley
Date Added: February 2010
As part of our Backpack Gold Teacher Resource Book, this reproducible master features a board game, with cut-out shapes, and instructions on how to use it in the classroom.

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Backpack Gold Unit Walkthrough
Author(s): Mario Herrera
Date Added: 30th January 2010
Co-author Mario Herrera, narrates a unit walkthrough from Backpack Gold Student Book 1, unit 5 from the unit objectives, to the features in the new edition, and the wealth of teacher resources available for the Backpack Gold course.

Now It's Your Turn!

Have you created a resource to accompany Backpack Gold?
If so, go to our IdeaShare website for more information on submitting your resource.

Latest Articles

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Teaching Vocabulary Effectively
Author(s): Diane Pinkley
Date Added: 30th January 2010
Part of our Children Learning English as a Foreign Language series, offers different approaches to teaching vocabulary to primary students covering the most useful criteria for vocabulary selection and what types of instruction and activities facilitate teaching vocabulary, including examples of activity types teachers can duplicate on their own.

Professional Development for Primary Teachers

The world’s leading ELT experts provide powerful online professional development.

Program features:

Internationally recognized First TESL/TEFL Certificate from the ELT Institute, Hunter College, City University of New York after successfully finishing four modules
Interactive instruction using video, audio, and text
Classroom video segments show practical application of methodology
Ongoing assessment
Easy-to-use course management tools
Appropriate for self-study or for instructor-led groups

You can find more information on the Teacher Development Interactive website