My Wellbeing Journal
High School
Teachers’ Manuals include: a multi-faceted program that promotes academic engagement, wellbeing and resilience curriculum linking chart background information for all levels of experience explicit step-by-step lesson notes for each journal page meaningful discussion prompts with suggested answers engaging hands-on activities to introduce or consolidate social and emotional learning embedding opportunities across the curriculum learning intentions and success criteria 29+ extra blackline masters
My Wellbeing Journals provide a personal space for students to express their feelings, fears, goals, struggles and opinions without fear of judgement from others.
Grammar Conventions is a refreshingly di erent initiative in the teaching of grammar. The series is designed to teach students the fundamentals of grammar. The content has been carefully organised into bite-size, achievable units.
Addresses Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Functional and traditional grammar
Types of text – imaginative – persuasive – informative
Multimodal text examples
Engaging graphics and diagrams to aid understanding
Curriculum linking chart
Teacher’s Book with Games
Schools who can prove that they have bought class sets of Grammar Conventions student books and the relevant teacher’s book will be able to access free website material for that class or grade for the current year.
The website will provide: new introduction videos to assist with lesson development a full-colour, non-printable copy of the students book for lesson preparation and whiteboard use a full-colour, non-printable copy of the teacher book printable games and further activities.
Teachers’ Books 1-6
The Grammar Conventions Teacher’s Book with Games is a new resource designed to assist teachers with the implementation of a syllabus-based grammar program. Each Teacher’s book contains; explicit instruction on the teaching of the weekly units Interesting background information a multitude of play-based educational games ideas for assessment an assortment of useful and speci c blackline masters.
Integrated text types
Lauren O’Brien • John Walters
Lauren O’Brien • John Walters
Lauren O’Brien • John Walters
Lauren O’Brien • John Walters
Lauren O’Brien • John Walters
Individualised Reading and Comprehension
Reading Boxes
Are perfect for di erentiated learning
Address the gap between decoding skills and comprehension ability
Ask literal, interpretive, inferential and critical questions
Are self-managing and motivational
Include complete sets of answer cards
Levels 6 to 27+
Reading Ages 5.6 to 11
Suitable for Years 1 and 2
150 full colour laminated cards spread over 15 levels
Levels 10 to 30+
Reading Ages 6 to 12
Suitable for Years 2 to 4
150 full colour laminated cards spread over 15 levels
Levels 16 to 34+
Reading Ages 7 to 13.9
Suitable for Years 4 and 5
150 full colour laminated cards spread over 15 levels
Types of Text
Allow for totally individualised learning
Are suitable for all readers including reluctant readers
Have a simple test to start children
Provide excellent NAPLAN skills
Are written by experienced Australian teachers
Levels 22 to 36+
Reading Ages 8 to 15.5
60 Rapid Readers for early nishers
Suitable for Years 5 to 8
144 booklet cards spread over 12 levels
Student Progress Chart
Foundation Font
Handwriting Conventions NSW guides students through a sequential syllabus-speci c program, with a continuum that develops a uent, legible handwriting style, beginning with unjoined letters and transitioning to joined handwriting. Teachers and students love the quirkly artworks and activities designed by award-winning artist, and primary school teacher, Steve Murray.
$16.95 each inc. GST
A FREE slope card is included within each (Year 1-6) book, as well as regular embedded assessment opportunities.
From years 3-6, each book follows an educational theme, so students are not only learning the foundations of handwriting but are learning about the world around them also. These themes include the animal kingdom, Australian landmarks and landforms, the human body, and amazing inventions.
YEARS K – 6
Research suggests that learning to form letters while handwriting activates the neural pathways associated with strong reading skills, thus forming an important early literacy component. Studies also show that writing by hand (instead of typing) can improve memory and retention of learning new ideas.
Queensland Cursive Font
This series guides students through a sequential program, with a continuum that follows Australian Curriculum for Queensland guidelines. Teachers and students love the quirky artworks and activities designed by award-winning artist, and primary school teacher, Steve Murray.
From years 3-6, books follow an education theme, so students are not only learning the foundations of handwriting but are learning about the world around them also.
Modern Cursive Font
As per syllabus guidelines, lessons are designed to be regular and not too lengthy. Workbooks contain regular embedded assessment opportunities.
YEARS P – 7
$16.95 each inc. GST
Uses red and blue guidelines
The delightful P-6 content guides students to develop a uent, legible handwriting style, beginning with unjoined letters and transitioning to joined cursive handwriting.
YEARS P – 6
An F-2 curriculum-aligned, structured synthetic phonics approach to spelling.
Features
Phonics
Str uctured
Phonics and Spelling
Synthetic Phonics and Spelling ic uctured
syllabus-suggested, 3-year synthetic phonics sequence with additional high-use (tier) words and extension words vibrant, child-centred design animated sound bar videos for each sound, plus the blending and segmenting of words, plus other digital resources accompanying teachers’ books outline a structured synthetic phonics sequence that is both explicit and systematic.
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Years P-6
This colourful new series guides students through a sequential program, with a continuum that follows Australian Curriculum for Queensland guidelines.
From Years 3 to 6, books follow an educational theme. This cross-curriculum approach ensures students learn the foundations of handwriting and a lot about the world around them too.
$16.95 each inc. GST
Book Sample Year F
class sets of SSPS Student Workbooks.
Year 2
The cover artwork is by First Nations artist Steven Jabaljarri Sutton. The unique crosshatching in his work represents his grandmother’s Country, the Roper River region in the Northern Territory.
A New 2nd Edition curriculum based, structured and developmental whole school approach to spelling
Spelling Conventions has been totally revised to address recent changes to the Australian curriculum.
Features
Comprehensive phonics lists
High frequency word lists
Basic word lists
Di cult word lists
Space for ‘My Words’
$18.95 each inc. GST Years F-6
Focused on building strong spelling skills including visual, morphemic, phonological and etymological.
Games – a large variety of supporting games available in the teachers’ books
Di erentiation – the spelling units provide a variety of spelling lists to provide for di erent abilities.
Teachers’ Books F-6
Curriculum linking chart
Spelling Conventions Teacher’s Book with Games is a new resource designed to assist teachers with the implementation of a syllabus-based spelling program. Each teacher’s book contains: speci c instruction on the teaching of the weekly units. Interesting background information a multitude of games including full-colour board games (2-6) great ideas for assessment an assortment of useful and speci c blackline masters
Schools who can prove that they have bought class sets of Spelling Conventions Student books and the relevant teacher’s book will be able to access free website material for that class or grade for the current year.
The website will provide: new sound bar videos to assist with phonics lists a full-colour non-printable copy of the Students’ Books for lesson preparation and whiteboard use a full-colour non-printable copy of the Teachers’ Books printable games and further activities.
Book Sample Year 3
SPECIAL OFFER Free Online Resources for Schools
Pupil
New Outcomes 2023
Developing Inferential Reading Skills and Australian Curriculum Focuses
Metacognitive Strategies, Curriculum Focuses and Features
Predicting – making predictions about texts/text endings
Visualising – creating mental images
Summarising – reviewing meaning
Making connections – students’ own experiences/prior knowledge
Questioning – literal, inferential, interpretive and critical
Making connections between print and images
Reading Conventions is an engaging series designed to assist teachers to improve students' reading and comprehension skills. It has a speci c focus on inferencing. The aim of Reading Conventions is to systematically provide all students with interesting and achievable activities, based on ful lling national comprehension and reading requirements. Every unit has a central focus built around persuasive, imaginative or informative texts. These focuses add another dimension to the series by speci cally targeting Australian Curriculum content.
Monitoring – commenting on things learned
$19.95 each inc. GST Years 1-6
Identifying the author’s purpose/point of view
Monitoring – re-reading and reading on to make decisions about unknown words
Finding the main idea and supporting details
Story elements – characters, setting and plot
NAPLAN skills
Analytical images
Types of text - imaginative - persuasive - informative
Multimodal texts
Pull-out answer section
Curriculum linking chart
New Curriculum Second Edition
Science Now is an initiative in the teaching of primary science. This series of six books is designed to assist teachers in developing science skills through the various strands: Science Understanding, Science as a Human Endeavour and Science Inquiry Skills. The content has been carefully organised into bite-sized units that work towards the achievement of the relevant content descriptions. The series is full of hands on learning opportunities.
The books are motivational and beautifully presented in full colour. Great artwork, diagrams, texts and follow-up questioning assist children to think and work scienti cally.
Features
Develops understanding of:
Physical sciences
Earth and space sciences
Biological sciences / living world
Chemical sciences / material world
Provides hands-on learning through scienti c investigations
Curriculum linking chart
Addresses Australian Curriculum content descriptions
Engaging Multi-Levelled Problem-Solving Based on the Australian Curriculum
Problem Solved is a six book series that contains challenging problems that cover all strands of the mathematics curriculum. The books re ect the way mathematics is encountered in real-life situations.
This amazing phonics scrapbook is designed to assist Foundation Year students with letter recognition and related letter sounds. It is an ideal practice book for students. Exercises also develop handwriting skills with activities employing o cial curriculum fonts. $15.95 each
New Curriculum 2nd Edition
History Now is an exciting new series which aims to give students a sound understanding of the people and events that have shaped Australia’s society, culture and landscape, and how their own life and personal history ts into a broader context. The series aims to enhance Students Historical Knowledge and Understanding and Historical Skills.
Features
Based on the content decriptions and elaborations of the NEW Australian Curriculum
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HistoryNow
ThecompletelyupdatedsecondeditionofthesuccessfulHistoryNowseriesdirectlysupports theHistorycomponentoftherevisedAustralianCurriculum:HumanitiesandSocialSciences.
$21.95
ThecompletelyupdatedsecondeditionofthesuccessfulHistoryNowseriesdirectlysupports theHistorycomponentoftherevisedAustralianCurriculum:HumanitiesandSocialSciences. TheemphasisoftheHistoryNowseriesisAustralianhistoryinaworldcontext.Studentsare introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersandevents,eachofwhichhashelpedinsome waytoshapemodernAustralia.Studentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajor eventsonthenationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenableslearnerstofully appreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothelivesofpeopleinthepast.Thetext includesrecountsofhistoricalevents,biographies,portraits,retrievalchartsandtables, contemporaryandmodernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, breakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts. Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactualandinferential responsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthecontentinfreshwaysandtorelatethe contenttotheirownlives.
theHistorycomponentoftherevisedAustralianCurriculum:HumanitiesandSocialSciences. Theemphasisofthe
seriesdirectlysupports theHistorycomponentoftherevisedAustralianCurriculum:HumanitiesandSocialSciences.
seriesisAustralianhistoryinaworldcontext.Studentsare introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersandevents,eachofwhichhashelpedinsome waytoshapemodernAustralia.Studentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajor eventsonthenationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenableslearnerstofully appreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothelivesofpeopleinthepast.Thetext includesrecountsofhistoricalevents,biographies,portraits,retrievalchartsandtables, contemporaryandmodernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, breakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts. Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactualandinferential responsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthecontentinfreshwaysandtorelatethe
HistoryNow
Thecompletelyupdatedsecondeditionofthesuccessful
Theemphasisofthe
HistoryNow
TheemphasisoftheHistoryNowseriesisAustralianhistoryinaworldcontext.Studentsare introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersandevents,eachofwhichhashelpedinsome waytoshapemodernAustralia.Studentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajor eventsonthenationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenableslearnerstofully appreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothelivesofpeopleinthepast.Thetext includesrecountsofhistoricalevents,biographies,portraits,retrievalchartsandtables, contemporaryandmodernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, breakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts.
each inc. GST
HistoryNow
Students respond to each unit both factually and inferentially.
Inquiry questions addressed.
Thecompletelyupdatedsecondeditionofthesuccessful
seriesdirectlysupports theHistorycomponentoftherevisedAustralianCurriculum:HumanitiesandSocialSciences.
TheemphasisoftheHistoryNow
seriesisAustralianhistoryinaworldcontext.Studentsare introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersandevents,eachofwhichhashelpedinsome waytoshapemodernAustralia.Studentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajor eventsonthenationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenableslearnerstofully appreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothelivesofpeopleinthepast.Thetext includesrecountsofhistoricalevents,biographies,portraits,retrievalchartsandtables, contemporaryandmodernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, breakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts.
Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactualandinferential responsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthecontentinfreshwaysandtorelatethe contenttotheirownlives.
Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactualandinferential responsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthecontentinfreshwaysandtorelatethe contenttotheirownlives.
Each unit is comprised of stimulus texts followed by activities that further develop students’ knowledge, skills and understandings.
Curriculum linking chart
seriesisAustralianhistoryinaworldcontext.Studentsare introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersandevents,eachofwhichhashelpedinsome waytoshapemodernAustralia.Studentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajor eventsonthenationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenableslearnerstofully appreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothelivesofpeopleinthepast.Thetext includesrecountsofhistoricalevents,biographies,portraits,retrievalchartsandtables, contemporaryandmodernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, breakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts. Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactualandinferential responsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthecontentinfreshwaysandtorelatethe contenttotheirownlives.
Informative, well presented information
HistoryNow www.teachers4teachers.com.au
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34 units of work (Years 4 – 6) and 30 units of work (Years 1 – 2).
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History Now sample units
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Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS)
Including Civics and Citizenship, Economics and Business $21.95 each inc. GST
Geography Now Years 1 to 6 directly supports the Geography and Civics and Citizenship strands of the Australian Curriculum. It focuses on both personal and global interactions, and assists students to understand local and global future challenges.
seriesisAustralianhistoryinaworld context. Students are introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersand events,eachofwhichhashelpedinsomewaytoshapemodernAustralia. Studentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajoreventsonthe nationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenables learnerstofullyappreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothe livesofpeopleinthepast.Thetextincludesrecountsofhistoricalevents, biographies,portraits,retrievalchartsandtables,contemporaryand modernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, breakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts. Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactual andinferentialresponsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthe contentinfreshwaysandtorelatethecontenttotheirownlives.
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GeographyNowisanexcitingserieswhichdirectlysupportstheGeographyandCivics andCitizenshipstrandsoftheAustralianCurriculum.TheSecondEditionhasbeen StudentscompletelyupdatedtoalignwithAustralianCurriculumVersion9.aregivenawiderangeofinformationandsupportingactivities,whichenhance theirunderstandingof“humanbehaviourandinteractioninsocial,cultural,environmental, economicandpoliticalcontexts”(ACARA,AustralianCurriculum,HumanitiesandSocial Sciences).Thefocusisonbothpersonalandglobalinteractions,andassistsstudentsto understandlocalandglobalfuturechallengesandtheirroleinmeetingthosechallenges. GeographyNowlooksatglobalissuesexplainedinanAustraliancontext.Studentsare wayintroducedtoarangeofgeographicalconcepts,eachofwhichhascontributedinsome toshapethehumanandnaturalworld.RelatedcontentinCivicsandCitizenshipisincluded. Informationispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenableslearnerstofully theirappreciatetheinformationandgivesinsightsintotheinteractionsbetweenpeopleand environment. Thestimulustextsincludeinformationreports,tables,maps,illustrations,photographs, Abreakoutboxesandlists.Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways. tomixoffactualandinferentialresponsesencouragesstudentstorelatethecontent theirownlivesandcommunities,andtoanalysewhattheyhavelearnt. Geography
Harnessingstudents’curiosityandimagination Harnessingabouttheworldinwhichtheylive…students’curiosityandimaginationabouttheworldinwhichtheylive… GeographyNowisanexcitingserieswhichdirectlysupportstheGeographyandCivicsStudentscompletelyupdatedtoalignwithAustralianCurriculumVersion9.aregivenawiderangeofinformationandsupportingactivities,whichenhance theirunderstandingof“humanbehaviourandinteractioninsocial,cultural,environmental,GeographyNow wayintroducedtoarangeofgeographicalconcepts,eachofwhichhascontributedinsome toshapethehumanandnaturalworld.RelatedcontentinCivicsandCitizenshipisincluded. theirappreciatetheinformationandgivesinsightsintotheinteractionsbetweenpeopleand Thestimulustextsincludeinformationreports,tables,maps,illustrations,photographs, Abreakoutboxesandlists.Studentsrespondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways. tomixoffactualandinferentialresponsesencouragesstudentstorelatethecontent
The series assists students to understand local and global future challenges and their role in meeting those challenges.
ThecompletelyupdatedsecondeditionofthesuccessfulHistoryNow theHistorycomponentoftherevisedAustralianCurriculum:HumanitiesandSocialSciences. seriesisAustralianhistoryinaworld introducedtoarangeofinterestingcharactersand events,eachofwhichhashelpedinsomewaytoshapemodernAustralia. nationStudentsdevelopanunderstandingoftheimpactofmajoreventsonthe Informationasawhole,andonthelivesofordinarypeople.ispresentedinbothtextualandvisualform.Thisenables liveslearnerstofullyappreciatetheinformation,andgivesinsightsintothe biographies,ofpeopleinthepast.Thetextincludesrecountsofhistoricalevents, portraits,retrievalchartsandtables,contemporaryand modernmaps,contemporaryillustrations,photographs,timelines, Studentsbreakoutboxes,lists,journalentriesandeyewitnessaccounts.respondtoeachtextinawidevarietyofways.Amixoffactualcontentandinferentialresponsesencouragesstudentstothinkaboutthe infreshwaysandtorelatethecontenttotheirownlives.
Maths Boxes Lime, Orange and Aqua have been written to speci cally address the rigours of the Australian Curriculum. They are a unique multi-levelled resource that provide activities designed to improve the mathematical skills, strategies, knowledge, reasoning and problem-solving ability of students.
Enormously varied and engaging problem-solving.
30 Australian Curriculum topic card sets addressing all strands - Number and Algebra - Measurement and Space - Statistics and Probability
Great for di erentiated individualised learning, group or whole class instruction.
Teachers can easily nd activities to target the speci c needs of children in their class.
Allows for in-depth study of a topic by providing sets of graded cards developing the topic being taught.
Structured and graded cards on each of the 30 topics
Speci c Problem Solving:
Open-ended Problems
Number Story Investigations 1 & 2
Visual Problems
Conceptual Problems
Multi-step Problems 1 & 2
Structured and graded cards on each of the 30 topics
Speci c Problem Solving:
Open-ended Problems
Number Story Investigations 1 & 2
Conceptual Problems
Multi-step Problems 1 & 2
Structured and graded cards on each of the 30 topics
Speci c Problem Solving:
Visual Problems
Number Story Investigations
Open-ended Problems
Conceptual Problems
Multi-step Problems 1 & 2
Diagnostic quizzes to assist teachers with assessments or pinpoint weaknesses.
Schools that purchase a new Maths Box can access a fabulous electronic version of the Maths Box in PDF format which can be projected in the classroom. The o er is for 1 year. The PDF version is not printable. Access all graded card sets, projectable answers, assessment quizzes, simpli ed and detailed contents continuum, teacher’s manual and printable student progress charts and response sheets.
Thisbeautifullypresented,detailedandextensiveseriescoversan enormousamountofcontentinits34structuredunitsofwork. EssentialMentalsorHomeworkActivities
Curriculum Specific Mathematics or homework activities
(Y2-Y6)isacurriculum-specific seriesbasedontheAustralianCurriculumMathematics2022.Itcanbe usedinclassorathomeforcurriculumspecificmathematicalinstruction. Itsystematicallydevelopsmentalarithmeticskillsbyintroducingcurriculum contentthatteachesthefundamentals.Upto83strategiesorhelpful informationbarsarepresentedatthetopofthesetsofworktoassistthe children.Parentswillalsofindthisextremelyhelpful. EssentialMentalsdoesnotpresentanunplannedcollectionofquestions. Thiscanprovestressfulasquestionsetscancovertoomuchcontent,and sometimesincludecontentthathasn’tbeentaught.Rather,thequestions inEssentialMentalsorHomeworkActivitiesareplanned,sequentialand builtonstrategies,toprovideessentialteachingorreinforcementof mathematicalconcepts. Answers Downloadableareprovidedinapull-outsectioninthemiddleofthebooks.andprojectableanswersforthisseriesareavailablefromthe downloadsectiononthehomepageoftheTeachers4Teacherswebsite. www.teachers4teachers.com.au CurriculumlinksfortheAustralianCurriculumcanbefoundontheinside ofthebackcoverofthisseries. NSWoutcomelinksareavailablefromthedownloadsectiononthehome pageoftheTeachers4Teacherswebsite.www.teachers4teachers.com.au
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Systematically develops numeracy across the curriculum by introducing curriculum content that teaches the fundamentals. Helpful strategy explanation bars to assist students, teachers or parents. Great to use in school for essential curriculum-based work, revision or homework.
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A new Australian product that assists teachers to cover the syllabus outcomes. Addresses the major components of mathematics which include Number and Algebra, Measurement and Space, and Statistics and Probability. Curriculum linking chart included.
My Useful Word Books have been Australia’s best-selling early learning word books since 1988. They provide key high-frequency words for each letter of the alphabet as well as ample room for children to add their own words. Why buy an imitation when you can buy the original best-selling word book so inexpensively.
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Challenging Developmental Maths
YEARS 1 – 6
Enhancement Maths is a six book series from Year 1 to Year 6. Mathematically able students will enjoy the challenges. The children will need to use their logical and deductive thinking skills to complete the exercises and problems presented in the series.
The Reading Diary and Word Books are combined, motivational books designed to support and encourage children to read not only at school, but at home as well.
Features
Comprehensive word book that children can use during writing activities
Children rate their own books 1 to 5 stars
Recording grid for each week’s reading
Space to record level of book if levelled readers are sent home from school
Inbuilt Book Reviews provided Certi cates of Achievement as children work through the book
Recommended Reading list of quality age appropriate literature
