Level 1 - Starting Out in the Zoo is aimed at 4 - 6 year olds who have little or no reading skills. This is where all children can begin to learn to read. By completing the 40 lessons in the Starting Out set, children will learn their first reading skills. This includes learning the sounds and names of the alphabet letters, reading their first sight words, such as the, I, and, is and see. They will also learn the essential phonic skills needed to read three letter words such as cat, fan and Sam. Children will then be able to read their first simple stories featuring Sam the ant.
Level 1 Details
Level 2 - Beginning to Read in the Playground - builds on skills learnt in Level 1 with a focus on short vowel words such as cat, dog, ten, fish and duck and on building reading skills. Children will learn many more high frequency sight words, build word families and read another 40 books. Some of these books will be nonfiction titles with a focus on building vocabulary in these areas – colours, numbers, facial features, and animals as pets.
Level 2 Details
Level 3 - Building Confidence at the Theme Park - covers long vowel words such as cake, kite, rain, cook, seat and cute. These new phonic patterns are introduced and reinforced so that children can read them fluently and spell them correctly. There is an increased focus on reading for meaning, comprehension and understanding longer words and sentences. Children read 40 new longer books. Some of these books will be nonfiction titles with a focus on building vocabulary in a variety of key areas.
Level 3 Details
Level 4 - Reading Fluently in The Treehouse - builds children’s reading stamina and fluency with longer and more challenging texts. Great stories and high quality nonfiction titles sit side by side in this excellent set of 40 new books. These books feature longer sentences, compound and multi-syllable words. There is an increased focus on building content area vocabulary and reading for information with our early science concept books. All this is reinforced with activities that build spelling skills, comprehension and higher order thinking skills.
A driving test is a 20 question quiz that assesses student knowledge in one of three essential reading skills. The three areas we have tests in are: sight words, phonics skills (letters and sounds) and content area vocabulary. To see the skills and words your child has learnt, click on the links below.
