A poor stone cutter who wished he was a rich man has his wish granted. He then keeps changing his wish, and each wish is granted. Finally he wishes himself back as he was at the start of the story.
Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.
Text type - A story from another culture (Japan).
The flowcharts on pages 22 and 23 illustrate the story in sequence, providing opportunities for speaking and listening, and scaffolding writing.
Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4 7 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. Practical ideas for guided reading are included at the back of each book.
Blue/ Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
Text type - A fantasy story.
The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.
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Collins Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 4 7 edited by Cliff Moon. Top children s authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-...
This fantasy story is about two monkeys, who look smart in their new clothes. Mojo has new shoes, and Weeza has a new hat until it flies away in the wind. In their humorous search, Mojo and Weeza mistake a pan, a nest and a turtle for Weeza's hat, before retrieving it from a muddy pond.
Blue/Band 4 books offer longer, repeated patterns with sequential events and integrated literary and natural language.
Text type - A fantasy story.
The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 allows children to retell the story in their own words.
Curriculum links - Art and Design: Exploring a range...
This fantasy story is about two monkeys, who look smart in their new clothes. Mojo has new shoes, and Weeza has a new hat until it flies away in th...
A deliciously funny and timely tale from the award-winning Sean Taylor and Ross Collins. When Mum and Dad go out for the evening they think they've left their daughter in safe hands with robots designed to get her to bed There's Cook-bot to make great spaghetti for dinner, Clean-bot to do the washing-up, Wash-bot for bath time and even Book-bot for a bedtime story. What could possibly go wrong?"
A deliciously funny and timely tale from the award-winning Sean Taylor and Ross Collins. When Mum and Dad go out for the evening they think they'v...
We are friends on epic adventure to Planet Earth! We got space ship! YEAHHH! Look – it's got steering wheel, space biscuits and party area. OOH LA LA! From the author of Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise and the team behind Don’t Call Me Choochie Pooh! comes a wildly inventive, contemporary picture book comedy about aliens. Boron, Bazoo and Zob are three extra-terrestrials on a mission. They’re going to take something brilliant from Earth and bring it back to their home planet, Zabalooloo. Something like … an enormous elephant! But this goofy, giddy trio are simply too overexcited –...
We are friends on epic adventure to Planet Earth! We got space ship! YEAHHH! Look – it's got steering wheel, space biscuits and party area. OOH LA L...
Why has a reclusive poet from the first-century Roman countryside exerted such compelling influence over two thousand years, over poets as diverse as Jonson, Keats, and Auden? Most widely known for his crisp enjoinder carpe diem - generally translated as "seize the day"- Horace was no mere hedonist. His lyric celebration of the simple joys of life, such as erotic pursuit, friendship, and good wine, are grounded in an almost zen-like mindfulness. His Epicureanism finds its balance in a recognition of the transitory nature of the world and its suffering, and a rather cool detachment. Taylor...
Why has a reclusive poet from the first-century Roman countryside exerted such compelling influence over two thousand years, over poets as diverse as ...
