Collins Big Cat
3 total works
Faster than a speeding boat, and more exciting than a trip on a bobsleigh, this fact-packed non-chronological report looks at the fastest animals and machines in the world. Action-packed illustrations and photographs accompany text explaining what enables each featured animal or machine to be so fast.
- Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.
- Text type – A non-chronological report.
- The table on pages 22 and 23 summarises the features that make each animal and machine a contender in the "Going Fast" category.
- Curriculum links – Science: Forces and movement.
- This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
An account of three true life stories of survival, where people have to act quickly against unexpected disasters. Maps and pictures engage us in the drama of a sailor lost at sea, a man ejecting from his plane and a school girl facing a tsunami. Survival tips are given in the unlikely event of the similar situations happening to us.
- Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.
- Text type – Non fiction recount.
- A card index chart on pages 30-31 summarises facts and could act as a model for finding out more true life survival stories.
- Curriculum Links – Citizenship: Developing a healthy, safer lifestyle, to recognising the different risks in different situations and then deciding how to behave responsibly.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.
Meet children who live on islands all over the world in this non-fiction book. They tell us how they live, what they do and what it’s like in their different communitites. Photographs dramatically capture the beauty of varied landscapes.
- Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.
- Text type – A non fiction recount
- A chart on pages 46-47 summarises information about each child and could act as a model for further research.
- Curriculum Links – Geography: Knowledge and understanding of places: Describe and identify what places are like and where places are.
- This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.