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.


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: 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 animal characters and a theme of bullying.

Learning Objectives: 

Word Recognition

Strand 5: Recognize and use alternative ways of spelling the phonemes already taught, for example, that the grapheme ‘oo’ is pronounced differently in ‘Moose’ and ‘took’..

Language Comprehension

Strand 7: Identify the main events and characters in stories.