Reading Is Awesome | Making Connections | Level 1

PREMIUM RESOURCE | At Emergent Stage students are making a start at reading. They are learning that a book has a special way of telling a story. The resource is designed to support the reading process by helping students to develop strategies in which they can make meaning from text. The twelve Learning Intentions present individual strategies which interact and support each other; then, in combination and with explicit instruction, students will learn how to select and integrate the strategies in the reading process. The resource supports the Level 1 and Level 2 reading programme. It includes twelve Learning Intention charts, a complete list of Learning Intentions, a student Learning Intention-Self-Assessment sheet and a Reading Learning Intention-Self-Assessment template for individual learning. A4 Landscape format.

FREE | Students respond to the Maori legend of Hatupatu and the Bird Woman by creating an illustration to match the text. The completed activity may be made into a class booklet or displayed on the wall for future reading.

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

PREMIUM RESOURCE | The Orange Reading resource supports the Level 15 and 16 reading programme. The resource includes seventeen Learning Intention charts, a complete list of Learning Intentions, a student Learning Intention-Self-Assessment sheet and a Reading Learning Intention-Self-Assessment template for individual learning. A4 Portrait format.