Reading Is Cool! | Making Connections | Level 2

SMART RESOURCE | The metacognition prompts help the reader to ‘think about thinking’. They assist the student to build a range of comprehension strategies. The ‘Before I read’ prompts help the student to clarify the purpose for reading and to preview the text.

PREMIUM RESOURCE | The Nursery Rhyme connects beginning readers with prior knowledge of rhythm and rhyme. The resource provides an opportunity to explore text features, vocabulary, and letter-sound relationships in a poetic context. The activities focus on word-level features, such as initial letters or word patterns, and playing games such as Word Bingo. Activities are Cut and Paste, Fill in the Missing Word and, Draw and Write for students. Visual Language questions, Vocabulary List, Teaching Ideas, Shared Reading Planner and Emergent Reading / Phonological Awareness Learning Intentions are also included for the teacher. Landscape format

SMART RESOURCE | A set of eleven story themes with explanation cards. An ideal resource for students to use as a motivation for their narrative writing or for a response to narrative reading.

SMART RESOURCE | Fluent Readers recognise words automatically, they sound natural and they make connections between what they are reading and their own background knowledge. The nine general Learning Intentions and Success Criteria support fluent readers by building reading mileage and reading comprehension. The resource also includes a Learning Intention template and a student Self-Reflection sheet. A4 Portrait format. .