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Transform your literacy outcomes and engage your whole school in
reading. Inspire and delight your children with contemporary, diverse
and engaging texts that will spark a lifelong love of reading
for pleasure. 'Reading for enjoyment and writing for enjoyment are two of
the most powerful ways of getting children interested in books.
Read & Respond provides exactly this.' Michael Morpurgo,
author '[Read and Respond] makes it easy to explore texts fully and
ensure that the children want to keep on reading more.' Chris
Flanagan, Primary teacher Get the most out of best-loved children's books with our bestselling
Read & Respond series - the perfect way to explore
favourite stories in your classroom. This resource book brings you
a wealth of inspiring activities, discussion ideas and guided reading
notes based on
The Smeds and the Smoos by Julia Donaldson.
- Stimulating content mapped to curriculum objectives
- Phonics section
- Shared reading and whole-class guided reading section including
non-fiction extracts
- Time-saving lesson plans, activities and assessments
- Huge variety of speaking, listening and creative activities.
Our
Read & Respond series now has a dedicated online space
containing:
- Curriculum and teaching overviews with recommendations on
books to read for pleasure
- Classic small-group guided reading notes and resources
- Teaching reading resources such as ideas for vocabulary and fluency
Read & Respond helps you build a whole-school literacy
programme based on timeless children's stories, chosen to inspire
reading for pleasure. Fun-filled activities help children to fully
engage with each story, encouraging a love of reading and building
a range of skills.
- Underpinned by a wealth of research the teacher's guides provide
activities with a strong focus on all of the 'big five' plus
oracy and reading for pleasure, as well as concentration on grammar,
punctuation & spelling and writing
- Foster reading for pleasure with stories from acclaimed and award-winning
authors
- Prepare with confidence with essential teacher's books and supportive
resources
- Save hours of preparation time with ready-to-use print and digital
resources
- Boost guided reading in every year group with detailed teachers
notes.
