Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Teaching - Subjects - Reading & Phonics

A picture story about three hungry ants. The ants want to know what is for breakfast but they are not keen on dad s sweet offerings. Finally he suggests an apple; an offer that everyone is happy with. The book includes several discussion features, such as speech bubbles and a clock that shows the passing of time.

Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.

Text types - A story with a predictable structure and patterned language.

A story trail on pages 14 and 15 summarises...

At the dawn of time, the Maker is having problems with the animals he makes. His beaver and his ants are too big, his moose is the same size as a mouse and his elephant can hide behind a blade of grass Maker is forced to think again about the original plans for the animals, adjusting their size to the way they are today.

Lime/Band 11 books have longer sentence structures and a greater use of literary language.

Text type - A story by a significant author.

An illustrated diagram on pages 30 and 31 reminds the reader of how the animals looked before and after the maker finished...

Meet children who live on islands all over the world in this non-fiction book. They tell us how they live, what they do and what it s like in their different communitites. Photographs dramatically capture the beauty of varied landscapes.

Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

Text type - A non fiction recount

A chart on pages 46-47 summarises information about each child and could act as a model for further research.

Curriculum Links - Geography: Knowledge and understanding of places: Describe and...

This fascinating book, written in conjunction with the London National Portrait Gallery, examines what portraits are and what they can tell you about the sitter (and the artist) through examining some of the world s greatest portraits.

Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

Text type - Information book

There is a useful glossary and index of pictures on pages 44-45 and a quiz on page 47, where readers have to guess the portrait from a given detail.

Curriculum links - Art and...

Follow a week in the life of a boy who loves to run, swim, rollerblade and trampoline, in this simple non-fiction recount, illustrated with action-packed photographs. Simple text reinforces the days of the week.

Red B/Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.

Text type - A simple non-fiction recount.

A pictorial diary summary is included on pages 14 and 15."

What do I do? This non-fiction book looks at the different types of work that adults do. Photographs show children having fun
dressing up with the appropriate props, while a series of illustrations for each job reveals a range of typical activities. The professions covered are; doctor, vet, teacher, postman, builder and firewoman.

Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that gives information through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how information books work.

Text type - Information book

The photographs of the dressed-up children repeated on pages 14 and 15 give...

Every child s dream; a robot that tidies your room But in this wordless picture book, the advantage-taking boy discovers his wised-up robot messing everything up again Hiding the mess, the boy goes out to play before all is revealed and Mum turns to the robot herself.

Lilac/Band 0 - wordless book that tells a story through pictures and is designed to develop understanding about how stories work.

Text type - Fantasy

A picture summary on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to recap and retell the story in their own words.

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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 photographic non-fiction book tracks the life of a turtle. Initially meeting the mother, we stay with her eggs and follow a hatched baby turtle along the dangerous sands to the sea. A story of survival, the turtle returns to the beach to lay its own eggs.

Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language.

Text type - A non-fiction recount.

A flow-chart on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity to recap and discuss the story.

Curriculum links - Science: Life processes and living things; Humans and other animals.

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A non-fiction book about a group of children making a monster. Each stage of the monster-making process is shown from the body and head, to the eyes, teeth and claws. Repetitive text asks what is being made, and then reveals the answer on the following page.

Red B/ Band 2B books offer simple but varied text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development and a satisfying conclusion.

Text type - A non-fiction recount.

The complete labelled monster on page 14 and the separate labelled parts on page 15 remind children how the monster was put together.

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A non-fiction report about different types of weather over the course of a week. Photographs of each weather accompany illustrations of how people might act and dress in different weather conditions, while the repetitive pattern of text reports on each day s weather.

Red A/Band 2A books offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development.

Text type - A non-fiction report.

A summary Weather Report on pages 14 and 15 provides children with the opportunity to recap the different weather types and days of the week.

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