This collection of stories at Stage 1+ develops children's early reading skills and supports speaking and listening as you discuss their favourite characters and the stories' familiar settings. The notes inside the cover of every storybook include help with language comprehension opportunities, word recognition opportunities, and school/home links with extension opportunities. This class pack consists of 36 Stage 1+ titles. A mixed pack of six books is also available.

The Stage 1+ More First Sentences Pack A provides another set of six full-sentence stories introducing National Literacy Strategy key words for Reception Year pupils. Together with Stage 1+ First Sentences, the stories provide a bridge between Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Oxford Reading Tree. The stories are all based on familiar Oxford Reading Tree characters: Biff finds out just what dogs like; Dad has some nice surprises after a nasty accident; Floppy goes to a dog show; Biff has her hands full looking after a little friend; Mum gets very muddy; and Floppy meets his match This class pack contains six copies of each of the six titles.

Stage 1+ More First Sentences Pack A offers an additional set of six full-sentence stories introducing National Literacy Strategy key words for Reception Year pupils. Together with Stage 1+ First Sentences, the latest stories provide a bridge between Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the Oxford Reading Tree. The stories are all based on familiar Oxford Reading Tree characters: Biff finds out just what dogs like; Dad has some nice surprises after a nasty accident; Floppy goes to a dog show; Biff has her hands full looking after a little friend; Mum gets very muddy; and Floppy meets his match

Stage 1+ More First Sentences B are six exciting new titles at Stage 1+ of Oxford Reading Tree written by Roderick Hunt. The Best Sandcastle, Floppy's Bone, A Box of Treasure, Hook a Duck, Chip's Robot and One Wheel.Each of these stories introduce NLS Reception Year words using full, simple sentences, whilst at the same time engaging the children with interesting storylines. Lively illustrations by Alex Brychta. All six titles are Bookbands colour coded.The 24pp Teaching Notes included in the pack of six stories is the same format as the pupil books for easy classroom management. Included in the Teaching Notes booklet are a Vocabulary Chart listing Year R high frequency words/context words, and a Curriculum Coverage Chart listing activities andoutcomes for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Each story has individual notes and suggested activities for Group and Independent Reading, Speaking and Listening and Writing, with each section showing the relevent NLS objectives covered. Within each section are prompts and suggestionsfor responding to the story, personal expereinces, cross-curricular links, role play and further suggestions on how to observe pupils' progress. All in a helpful and easy-to-use layout.

The Stage 1 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories, written by Roderick Hunt and illustrated by Alex Brychta, provide both wordless stories and a rich story context to help develop language comprehension and decoding skills with simple first words and sentences.Wordless Stories A and Wordless Stories B introduce the characters and children learn that the pictures tell a story, where a story begins and how to turn the pages. First Words and More First Words introduce children to simple words and the characters' names.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.

Stage 1 More First Words Pack A are six exciting new titles at Stage 1 of Oxford Reading Tree. Written by Roderick Hunt with lively illustrations by Alex Brychta.The stories continue to use the familiar characters and settings from Stage 1 wordless books. Each of the stories support early phonics learning, using two or three Year R high frequency decodable words and the familiar character names. The text is contructed in full, simple sentences, whilst at thesame time engaging the children with interesting storylines. All six titles are Bookbands colour coded.Titles:* Is It? * Get On * Floppy Did This * Get Dad * Up You Go * I SeeThe 24pp Teaching Notes booklet included in the pack of six stories is the same format as the pupil books for easy classroom management. it includes a Vocabulary Chart listing Year R high frequency words/context words, and a Curriculum Coverage Chart listing activities and outcomes for England,Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Each story has individual notes and suggested activities for Group and Independent Reading, Speaking and Listening and Writing, with each section showing the relevant NLS objectives covered. Within each section are prompts and suggestions for responding to thestory, personal experiences, cross-curricular links, role play and further suggestions on how to observe pupils' progress.

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.