Oxford Reading Tree

This Read At Home pack contains 6 storybooks at Level 1 of the UK's best-selling home reading series: Funny Fish, The Snowman, Silly Races, Picnic Time, Dad's Birthday and Mum's New Hat.Read at Home is a fun, innovative series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 30 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasyadventures, are carefully graded across 5 levels, and contain vocabulary repetition and gradual progression within each level, from Book A to Book C.There are 6 storybooks available at Level 1. Flashcards and activity books at this level are also available to reinforce and practise key reading and writing skills.Approx ORT level: Stage 1 - 1+This Read at Home pack contains:Funny Fish - Biff, Chip, Kipper, Floppy and Friends go fishing, but who gets the funny fish?The Snowman - The children build a snowman, but then the snowman's hat falls on Floppy.Silly Races - Biff, Chip, Kipper, Mum and Dad have silly races at home and win silly prizes.Picnic Time - The family tries to enjoy a picnic, but there are lots of unexpected guests to share in the food!Dad's Birthday - Dad gets a birthday surprise!Mum's New Hat - The wind blows Mum's hat off and a chase ensues.

Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper Level 1 First Stories have been specially written to introduce a range of key first words and to develop early reading skills. These four engaging and colourful Biff, Chip and Kipper storybooks include tips for reading together and talking about the story, puzzles and fun activities. Each book contains two stories.

The teaching notes for the Oxford Reading Tree Biff, Chip and Kipper books are full of practical suggestions for using the storybooks, saving you hours of preparation time. They have been updated in line with the simple view of reading and the renewed Primary Framework for Literacy. They nowinclude guidance for group/guided reading, comprehension and word recognition, and assessment. These replace the existing Teaching Notes and Guided Reading Cards.The storybooks are unchanged, but notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants have been added to the inside covers. These notes replace the existing Take-Home Cards.

The Stage 6 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide humorous storylines to engage and motivate children. The popular characters and familiar settings are brought to life by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. The stories are unchanged from the previous edition but the cover notes have been updated to support adults in sharing the story with the child.

The Stage 4 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills.Stories, More Stories A, More Stories B and More Stories C help children to progress from teacher-supported reading at the early stages to more independent reading.The new-style inside cover notes provide advice and support to help adults read and explore the story with the child, supporting their decoding and language comprehension development.Each pack of 6 includes a Group/Guided Reading Notes Booklet with a Vocabulary Chart listing high frequency tricky words and a Curriculum Coverage Chart for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Each story has individual notes and suggested activities for Group and Independent Reading,Speaking, listening and drama and Writing, with each section showing the relevant objectives covered. Decoding and Language Comprehension opportunities are highlighted throughout.