Designed to promote and improve specific reading and research skills, as well as fostering a love for the written word, this truly unique resource dovetails beautifully when teaching contemporary texts in order to provide teachers with a broad and balanced reading environment.
Teachers are offered a variety of appealing narratives, including poetry, carefully selected from well-known and best-loved authors of all times.
Each book contains 24 detailed lesson plans and extension activities covering five skills: literal; deductive; inferential, evaluative and research skills.
A CD is also included featuring a biography of each author used in the book, together with differentiated research activities.
The familiar and enduring classics in the books are an essential part of our literary heritage and will captivate young readers at all levels of ability!
Year 3texts include:
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The River, by James Carter
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The Owl and the Pussycat, by Edward Lear
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Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carrol
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The Happy Prince, by Oscar Wilde
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The Sound Collector, Roger McGough
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Winnie the Pooh, by A A Milne
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The Hare and the Tortoise, Aesop
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The Enchanted Wood, by Enid Blyton
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Stig of the Dump, by Clive King
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
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The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley
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Two Little Kittens, Anon
