I love guided reading. I love to get the children to discover more from every book they read. I like my students to look at the same book from different viewpoints, such as by using Thinking Hats to get more out of each book. I have created a wide range of different worksheets which you can use time and again with different books. Try them today.
This is a collection of different early reader books and teaching resources I think you will really enjoy using. I developed my own thinking scarves reading scheme as a replacement for the thinking hats reading scheme and I even converted a whole set of books which could be used with the scheme. I also created PowerPoint versions of a wide range of different “Can you spot it books” where you need to find all the different objects listed in the picture.
Can you spot it is a fun way of teaching words to children. The students needs to find the objects in the picture. You could either print out the worksheet or you could project it on the whiteboard and complete it as a class.
Title Where am I?
Author Sonali Zohra
Illustrator Sonali Zohra
Reading Level 2 (It is suitable for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.)
Language English
Synopsis: This is a story about a girl learning about her planet and all the wonderful and magical creatures that she shares it with. She learns that her home is a small blue green planet, that looks like a marble and everything that lives on this marble is somehow connected!
Are you wanting to talk about travel and holidays? This bundle comes complete with fabulous presentations from places around the world, historical images of how people spent their holidays in the past, story writing prompts and a complete ESL course on talking and learning about holidays.
We would also recommend you look at our countries bundle for even more teaching resources.
Are you wanting to teach about how we use different materials? This bundle helps students learn how we use a wide range of different common materials. It also comes complete with the key vocabulary they need to learn about the topic and interesting English story writing prompts to help them get the most out this subject. It is a perfect way to explore what properties we are using in each of the uses we use for each material.
I created lots of different guided reading worksheets and ideas which work with any book you already have. These worksheets can be used time and again throughout the year or the reading scheme. Try them today!
Test Your Grammar Skills
Trace the Letters of the English Alphabet – with Lines (A to E)
Trace the letters below – both upper case (big) and lower case (small) – then copy each pair twice in the free space on the right-hand side.
Are you wanting to find lots of different ways of teaching the alphabet? This bundle has lots of different ways of presenting the alphabet. Let your students see it, read it and write it throughout the year.
Test Your Spelling Skills
Mixed Spelling Challenge 1
Look at the words below. There are five words spelt incorrectly in each box. Put a circle around each one and write the correct spelling underneath:
Examples...
earings shoos coat jeens jumper
skirt glasses jackit dress trousrers
Answers included.
Test Your Spelling Skills
Read > Cover > Write > Check > Correct
No. 1 – Days and Months
To improve your spelling, read a word, cover it with your hand, then write it on the first line. Check your spelling. If it’s wrong, write it out again on the second line:
Example words
Sunday _________________ _________________
Monday _________________ _________________
Tuesday _________________ _________________
Book 2 Sam is the second book in the series of beginning readers out of a total of 52 books.
This is just the start of an exciting, growing reading scheme. If you click here, you can buy my I can see Sam flashcards and display board - it is a great of way of filling a whole wall with both their favourite I can see Sam characters, along with all the different words they will be covering in the series.
Reviewed Sounds in Book 2
/a/, /m/, /s/, long /e/, long /i/
Review Words
I, see, Sam
Story Summary:
Mat the Rat gives Sam the Lion a cape and a crown. When Sam wears them, he thinks he can do anything he wants. He sees a calf and decides to play “bullfighter.” It is Sam, however, who gets caught in the cape. Mat helps untangle Sam, and Sam once more is king of the jungle.
The books should be read in order, because the sounds and words in each book build upon those learned in previous books. It is important that students master each book before moving on to the next.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least 5 times in the book in which it first appears and 5 more times in the next 10 books.
The original book was in the public domain, but I have worked incredibly hard to clean the images and make the teaching resources relevant to modern students.
I am now using the public domain SWRL's Beginning Reading Program (BRP) and my children really love it. I thought I would develop a lot more teaching resources for this fabulous product.
I have a set of small and a set of large flashcards. One is for the students and one is for whole class learning.
I See Sam Books are a series of early reader books developed to teach children in kindergarten to read. The original series, written in 1972, as part of Southwest Regional Educational Laboratory's (SWRL) Beginning Reading Program (BRP), contained 52 books. The first book in the series starts with just 3 words: I, see, Sam. Every book or two adds a few words, until by book 52, the readers have read 95 different words. The SWRL Kindergarten Beginning Reading Program was first implemented in U.S. public schools in the early 1970's. Due to its tremendous success at achieving its goal of teaching young children to read, over the years the program has been copied, edited and/or revised by a number of individuals, institutions, and companies.
Book 5 Mat
The reading certificates really do motivate the class to read the book. The books come complete with guided reading questions.
New Sounds
/t/
New Word
Mat - decodable
Plot Summary
Mat the Rat calls Sam to watch him paint. Sam poses
thinking Mat is painting him. Instead, Mat paints a
picture of himself and proudly shows it to his friend.
Sam gets angry when he sees that the picture is not of
himself. He takes the brush and paints a rat trap over
Mat’s picture. Then Mat gets so angry he throws paint
all over Sam.
Book 3 See Sam
*** Now includes a PowerPoint Presentation of the Book!!!****
I have added lots of new and exciting teaching ideas to get more out of every book.
As well as the book, you should also always use these highly motivational reading certificates. In my experience, children enjoy reading and collecting these certificates. It is also a nice way of showing their parents that their students have become active readers!
See Sam is the third book in the series of beginning readers. The students start to read a longer story. Sam falls down a hole and Mat rescues him. I think this would be perfect for anyone wanting to do role playing with the class.
New Word in Book 3:
am
Phonics sounds explored: short /a/, /m/, /s/, long /i/, long /e/
The books should be read in order, because the sounds and words in each book build upon those learned in previous books. It is important that students master each book before moving on to the next.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at least 5 times in the book in which it first appears and 5 more times in the next 10 books.
Story Summary:
Sam the Lion is reading a book while walking towards a hole. He ignores his friend Mat the Rat, who is trying to warn him. Sam disappears. Mat is not sure what has happened and yells for Sam. Sam yells back from down in the bottom of the hole. Finally, Mat rescues Sam with a lowered shovel.
Book 7 Meet Mit
New Word
meet Long /e/
Plot Summary
One day Mit discovers Sam taking a nap. Mit wants to
introduce himself formally to Sam and tries to awaken
Sam. When Sis comes along, they both try to rouse
Sam, but Sam sleeps on. Sam finally does wake up,
but he is in a very grumpy mood — at least until he
meets Sis.
Each new word throughout the program is repeated at
least five times in the book in which it first appears and
five more times in the next ten books.