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Key Letters
Red highlighting supports the introduction of upper and lower case letters. Stimulating visuals provide letter clues and an element of fun.
Red highlighting supports the introduction of upper and lower case letters. Stimulating visuals provide letter clues and an element of fun.
Visual Storyboards
Reading strategies are supported by carefully crafted visual storyboards. These also allow a focus on comprehension strategies - to predict, infer or respond literally.
Reading strategies are supported by carefully crafted visual storyboards. These also allow a focus on comprehension strategies - to predict, infer or respond literally.
Text Features
Extra spacing, bold font and red highlighting of punctuation offer support of reading strategies.
Extra spacing, bold font and red highlighting of punctuation offer support of reading strategies.
Recurring Characters
Students are introduced to engaging characters who will recur in higher level stories.
Students are introduced to engaging characters who will recur in higher level stories.
A first introduction to the basic conventions of print, Key Letter
Readers help children get off to a flying start. Unlike traditional "abc" alphabet books, the letters are presented within a story context so that, using pre-existing letter knowledge and picture clues, children can decode the text and experience first reading success.
All 26 letters of the alphabet are included in the 16 fiction readers and again in the 16 non fiction titles. Key Letter Readers allow students to use their letter knowledge to read text, and:
• use bold letter font and additional word spacing
• introduce and build phonemic awareness and phonic knowledge
• introduce the upper and lower case letters together
• use red highlighting to emphasize focus letters and punctuation
• feature exciting visual story spreads to give clues for word recognition
and launch oral discussion and critical thinking
• Extension Activity: Key Letter Flashcards
Readers help children get off to a flying start. Unlike traditional "abc" alphabet books, the letters are presented within a story context so that, using pre-existing letter knowledge and picture clues, children can decode the text and experience first reading success.
All 26 letters of the alphabet are included in the 16 fiction readers and again in the 16 non fiction titles. Key Letter Readers allow students to use their letter knowledge to read text, and:
• use bold letter font and additional word spacing
• introduce and build phonemic awareness and phonic knowledge
• introduce the upper and lower case letters together
• use red highlighting to emphasize focus letters and punctuation
• feature exciting visual story spreads to give clues for word recognition
and launch oral discussion and critical thinking
• Extension Activity: Key Letter Flashcards
