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Off I Go! by Lee and Errol Peta
Luka is getting ready to go skateboarding. He puts on his safety gear item by item, and then off he goes! The photographs and the framework of high-frequency words scaffold the introduction of some basic skateboarding vocabulary. There is a list of Luka’s safety gear on the inside back cover. Suitable for guided reading at the Magenta level.
Item 31364.
Going to Grandpa’s by Ngaere Campbell
Baby and her family are on their way to Grandpa’s place. Along the way, Baby starts crying and her brothers try everything to cheer her up, but nothing seems to work until at last they arrive at Grandpa’s. This text has a lovely rhythm, quirky humour (in the text and illustrations), lively dialogue, and poetic features such as rhyme, alliteration, and repetition. It supports the comprehension strategies of making connections, inferring, and analysing and synthesising. Suitable for guided reading at the Blue level.
Item 31457.
Stuck! by Jack Gabolinscy
Isabella has lost her tennis ball down a hole in the playground, and no one seems able to get it out – until Isabella herself comes up with a clever solution to her problem. This text conveys ideas about determination, persistence, and creative thinking and is rich with language features, such as alternatives to “said”, a wide range of verbs, and expressive dialogue. It supports the comprehension strategies of making connections, forming hypotheses, identifying the main idea, and inferring. Suitable for guided reading at the Orange level.
Item 31456.
Distribution
Copies of these resources were distributed in July to schools with junior classes on the basis of roll size.