Structure
Guided Readers
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Finely-graded texts ensure steady progression of reading skills in a highly supportive structure.
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Stories from four different 'Worlds' provide a wide range of settings and genres.
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Correlated to Book Bands.
Storyworlds Plays
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Provide opportunities to practise expressive reading.
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Each play has 6 characters - designed for Guided Reading and group work.
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Each play is based on an existing Storyworlds book, providing a familiar context.
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Each play has teaching notes inside the back cover - ideal for a teacher or classroom assistant.
Every core reader has its own Guided Reading Card providing:
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clear teaching objectives
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practical teaching suggestions for before, during and after reading
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the key words and phonic structures covered by the book.
Storyworlds Big Books
28 Big Books, specially designed for Shared Reading.
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Ideal for the whole-class teaching of text, sentence and word level work.
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Comprehensive coverage of NLS high frequency words and genres.
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Each Big Book is accompanied by a Shared Reading Teaching Card.
Storyworlds Writing
A compact writing resource which provides:
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lively Big Book texts containing excellent models for developing children's own writing
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texts based on popular Storyworlds characters to provide a natural progression from reading to writing
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full references to the English Language 5-14 Guidelines.
Teaching Guides:
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provide information on planning Storyworlds Writing into your teaching
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contain teaching suggestions, annotated facsimiles of the Big Book pages and differentiated photocopy masters
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follow the approach used in the Developing Early Writing Guidelines
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and are fully referenced to the English Language 5-14 Guidelines.
Storyworlds Pupil Activity Software is perfect for introducing ICT into your literacy teaching.
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Two pupil activities for every Storyworlds core reader allow children to practise key literacy skills.
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A selection of games provide structured word and phonics practice.
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Child-friendly navigation so children can use the software with the minimum of teacher supervision.
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A record-keeping feature that allows you to monitor the progress of every child.
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Storyworlds Bridges
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Exciting stories, with more complex vocabulary and grammatical features, to develop the skills of more able readers.
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Ideal preparation for the new challenges of the junior years.
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Written by well-known children's authors - guaranteed to inspire and motivate your most fluent readers.
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Each book is accompanied by a Guided Reading Card.
Teaching Guide
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Helps you to plan Storyworlds Bridges into your literacy teaching.
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Includes Photocopy Masters for word, text and sentence level work.
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Provides a record sheet to make it easier to monitor each group's progress.
Storyworlds Planning Guide
The essential companion to Storyworlds - guaranteed to make lesson planning quicker and easier.
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Gives guidance on using Storyworlds to deliver a structured literacy strategy.
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Contains correlation charts, which show how the scheme can be used to provide thorough coverage of NLS objectives and genres.
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Provides information on using all the components of the scheme alongside the core resources
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Shows how Storyworlds links to Book Bands.
Storyworlds Teaching Guides
The Teaching Guides contain useful background notes and practical suggestions, helping you get the most out of the scheme. They provide:
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photocopiable activities, games and teaching ideas
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record-keeping and assessment sheets
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take-home pages for children to complete outside the classroom.