Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Part of Rigby Star Guided series this is the only programme built specifically for guided reading. Its rich, multi-layered stories and non-fiction texts by top quality authors and illustrators are guarantreed to captivate children and facilitate discussion.

Genre: Animal Fantasy story

Learning Objectives: 

Language Comprehension

Strand 8: Engage with books by exploring interpretations.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 9: Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in deciding and planning what and how to write (e.g. using text as a model for structuring own writing).


Genre: Modern realistic story with predictable structure and patterned language.

Impersonal sentence structure.

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read simple words by sounding out and blending the phonemes all through the word from left to right.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Retell narratives in the correct sequence, drawing on the language patterns of stories.


Genre: Realistic story in a familiar setting, with patterned language.

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read simple words by sounding out and blending the phonemes all through the words from left to right.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Show an understanding of the elements of stories, such as main character, sequence of events and openings.


Genre: Modern rhyme with patterned language and predictable structure.

Learning Objectives:

Word Recognition

Strand 5: Identify the constituent parts of two-syllable and three-syllable words to support the application of phonic knowledge and skills.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Explore the effect of patterns of language and repeated words and phrases.


Genre: A fantasy story with a familiar setting and predictable structure.

Learning Objectives:

Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read phonically decodable two-syllable and three-syllable words.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Make predictions showing an understanding of ideas, events and characters.



Genre: Animal story with predictable structure and patterned text.

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Show an understanding of the elements of stories, such as main character, sequence of events, and openings.


Genre: Realistic story

Learning Objectives:

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Give some reasons why things happen or characters change.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 9: Select from different presentational features to suit particular writing purposes (e.g. shopping lists and recipes).


Genre: Traditional stroy

Learning Objectives:

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Explore how particular words are used, including words and expressions with similar meanings.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 9: Sustain form in narrative, including use of person and time (e.g. writing about story characters).


Genre: Simple realistic story with patterned language

Learning Objectives: Word Recognition

Strand 5: Link sounds to letters.

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Know that print carries meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom.


Genre: 'just so' story

Learning Objectives:

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Use syntax and context to build their store of vocabulary when reading for meaning.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 9: Draw on knowledge and experience of texts in deciding how to write (e.g. how to write a 'just-so' style story).



Genre: Realistic story

Learning Objectives:

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Give some reasons why things happen or characters change.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 9: Sustain form in narrative, including use of person and time (e.g. continuing the story).


Genre: Fantasy time-travel story

Learnuing Objectives:

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Draw together ideas and information from across a whole text, using simple signposts in the text.

Writing Opportunities

Strand 10: Use planning to establish clear sections for writing (e.g. plan an alternative ending using a flow-chart.).