'What Happened to the Dinosaurs' investigates why these huge creatures disappeared. The important question, 'How do we know they existed?' is answered with a clear timeline of images. Various theories are suggested, which support knowledge and understanding of climate change, volcanoes, asteroids and evolution of the animals which did survive.
Topaz/ Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
Text type - An information book.
The response page summarises the main theories and could support a presented talk.
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'What Happened to the Dinosaurs' investigates why these huge creatures disappeared. The important question, 'How do we know they existed?' is answe...
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fi...
The Masai have a reputation for courage, independence and a way of life that fits with the grasslands of the East African plains. Find out all about the people, their history and how they live, in this stunning non-fiction book by top BBC wildlife filmmakers and photographers Jonathan and Angela Scott.
- Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.
- Text type - A non-chronological report.
- There is a useful glossary and index on pages 44 and 45 and a diary of the day in the...
The Masai have a reputation for courage, independence and a way of life that fits with the grasslands of the East African plains. Find out all abou...
Everyone at Parkfield School thinks that Spider McDrew is a hopeless case. He is always muddling things up and saying or doing the wrong thing. In this story, his class visit the local museum to learn about life in Roman times. As usual, Spider's mind wanders and he finds himself in the wrong part of the museum looking at other things instead
Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
Text type - A humorous story.
Pages 30 and 31 show the artefacts that caught Spider s eye, providing an opportunity to recap the story.
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Everyone at Parkfield School thinks that Spider McDrew is a hopeless case. He is always muddling things up and saying or doing the wrong thing. In ...
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fi...
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fi...
An account of three true life stories of survival, where people have to act quickly against unexpected disasters. Maps and pictures engage us in the drama of a sailor lost at sea, a man ejecting from his plane and a school girl facing a tsunami. Survival tips are given in the unlikely event of the similar situations happening to us.
Copper/ Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
Text type - Non fiction recount.
A card index chart on pages 30-31 summarises facts and could act as a model for finding out more true life survival...
An account of three true life stories of survival, where people have to act quickly against unexpected disasters. Maps and pictures engage us in th...
Tells the story of a comic duo who play hide and seek, with hilarious consequences. This book is a part of the "Collins Big Cat" series, intended for the ages, 4-7. It also includes practical teaching notes. It also contains a wordless text featuring cat a
Tells the story of a comic duo who play hide and seek, with hilarious consequences. This book is a part of the "Collins Big Cat" series, intended for ...
Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his village in Africa and shipped to America to begin life as a slave. This book recounts his amazing journey to freedom and how he eventually helped to put an end to slavery. The text and pictures graphically portray his life aboard ship, on the plantations and later life in the English gentry.
- Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.
-Text type - A biography
- There is a useful glossary and a timeline of Olaudah's life to...
Olaudah Equiano was kidnapped as a child from his village in Africa and shipped to America to begin life as a slave. This book recounts his amazing...
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that your children will love to read, banded to help you choose the right book for every child
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4--9 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children's authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fi...
