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SPaG: Verb Tenses
The Mouse, The Frog and The Little Red Hen
This is a rhyming version of the traditional tale with quirky illustrations guaranteed to make you smile. The ending will please children who may be reading this simple text for the first time.
Comprehension: Read, listen to and discuss repeating stories
No Thank You
Children will enjoy the humour of this bright and engaging book. Bobo and Muna want to feed the animals but they get a little muddled up, luckily the animals solve the problem and get their dinner in the end.
Year 1 Group Readers (Fiction)
No friends
This lovely story about a hedgehog called Tammy, who starts at a new school, is a great way to discuss issues around friendship. Children will enjoy seeing how Tammy’s newly learned strategies for making friends work out so well for her in the end.
Core Unit 1 – Read, recognise and enjoy a text about superheroes
Superheroes All Sorts
A quite superb book which points out that there are many types of superhero – human and otherwise! All children (and adults) will love the illustrations which can make us laugh out loud. This text is perfect for beginning readers.
Year 1 Group Readers (Fiction)
The Dog and the lost Mum, by Ruth Merttens, is suitable for children right at the very start of their reading journey. Phonically decodable cvc words predominate in this simple story about a hungry dog.
Comprehension: Group/paired reading; discuss a story; building sentences
Boris and Sid Make a Mess
Boris and Sid Make a Mess, by Ruth Merttens, is a humorous story told in a very familiar setting. The illustrations make children laugh out loud, and the text is easily decodable by beginning readers.