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.

Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper Level 3 First Stories have been specially written to introduce and practise a range of everyday words and to develop children's reading skills and confidence. These four engaging and colourful Biff, Chip and Kipper storybooks include tips for reading together and talking about the story, puzzles and fun activities.

The Stage 1 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 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 atthe same 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 See The 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 first edition of this highly successful book received praise from many practioners in the field of language and learning difficulties. "Any practioner with an interest in the acquisition of literacy who takes the time to study Overcoming Dyslexia in some detail...will gain fresh insights iinto how they might approach the teaching of reading and spelling." --British Journal of Special Education The second edition of this practical book has been richly nourished by the experience of teachers and pupils usiing the first edition in the classroom. The authors have created new links between multisensory learning and the National Literacy Strategy and have applied these to the National Literacy Framework and the structure of the Literacy Hour. Part one gives an informative account of ther development of literacy skills and the barriers to learning for the dyslexic learner. Part two, 'Skills in Action,' provides a clear route to the development of Individual Education Plans, and will appeal to SENCOs and teachers and assistants working with the updated Code of Practice, providing additional support at school level and 'School Action Plus.' Part three, 'The Step by Step Programme,' details a systematic approach to learning letter sounds and high frequency words that can be used as part of a specialist programme or within the Literacy Hour.

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.