Boost literacy and develop close reading skills with finely
levelled short texts





Box 4

Non-Fiction

Interest Age: 8+

Reading Levels: 25 to 28

Lexile Range: 610L - 800L

Colour Bands: Emerald/Lime & Ruby


 

Each box includes 40 reading cards with six copies of each and
a teacher's guide.





Develop deep comprehension skills with close reading

Challenging high-interest topics for children to explore and
explain

Motivate the whole class with snappy, fast reads

Build writing skills with 'Write about Reading' tasks

Ideal for group reading sessions


 
Each Teacher's Guide covers 40 group reading sessions including
discussion topics and independent writing tasks. The Teacher's
Guide contains for each of the texts:





overviews for the teacher

focus questions to help prepare the children for the first reading


detailed questions about the text features

content to help the teacher guide pupils back to the text for
the second reading

discussion questions that encourage re-reading, summarising and
synthesising

writing tasks that require re-reading and higher order thinking
skills.



All of which help develop close reading skills.


 
What is close reading?


Close Reading (sometimes called Repeated Reading) describes the
careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text. Research
links the close reading of text to significant gains in reading.
The careful study of a short text passage helps build a deep,
critical understanding of the text. Children learn to comprehend
text, analyse, synthesise and critically examine information.



 

SERIES INFORMATION


Short Reads are deliberately short to focus children on
purposeful reading, re-reading and responding. Children learn about
the topic through rich vocabulary development and deep comprehension.



Each of the 5 fiction boxes and 5 non-fiction boxes for reading
interest ages 5+ to 9+, contain six copies of 40 different reading
cards and a teacher's guide. Non-fiction text types covered:
Description; Explanation; Procedure; Report; Discussion. Fiction
genres covered: Humour; Poetry; Fantasy; Mystery; Greek Myths.






Box 1

Non-Fiction OR Fiction

Interest Age: 5+

Reading Levels: 1 to 8

Lexile Range: BR - 200L

Colour Bands: Pink/Magenta, Red & Yellow





Box 2

Non-Fiction OR Fiction

Interest Age: 6+

Reading Levels: 9 to 18

Lexile Range: 210L - 400L

Colour Bands: Blue, Green, Orange & Turquoise






Box 3

Non-Fiction OR Fiction

Interest Age: 7+

Reading Levels: 19 to 24

Lexile Range: 410L - 600L

Colour Bands: Purple, Gold & Silver/White





Box 4

Non-Fiction OR Fiction

Interest Age: 8+

Reading Levels: 25 to 28

Lexile Range: 610L - 800L

Colour Bands: Emerald/Lime & Ruby





Box 5

Non-Fiction OR Fiction

Interest Age: 9+

Reading Levels: 29 to 30+

Lexile Range: 810L - 1000L+

Colour Bands: Sapphire