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Repetition and a variety
of contexts help to build comprehension and develop children's enjoyment |
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Allows children to easily
access informational texts |
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Helps children to build
a vocabulary of 300 most commonly used words |
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Guide notes for First
Wave, Emergent and Early, Fluency, Shared Reading
and Poetry books |
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lgnites children's creativity |
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Big books in Shared Reading
series are available for use in whole-class teaching situation |
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A unique feature
of the First Wave books is the visual story frames which provide
a springboard for oral discussion and critical thinking.
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Guide
notes inside each book provid readily acceccible support for
teachers. |
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A
variety of layouts eith strong visual element that incorporate
trails, labelled picture and speed bubbles. |
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Focus
words reappear on pages 14 and 15 in a further "visual story"
that provides another platform for oral discussion and story retelling.
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Guide Notes
are provided at the end of each text. These notes give practical suggestions
for developing the three language processes (thinking critically,
exploring language and processing information).
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Emergent
and Early levels provide students with varied examples of visual language.
Each text has a visual focus like advertisements, recipes, signs,
lists, panels, maps, postcards, speech bubbles and more!
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Many
of the text forms have been introduced at the Emergent and Early levels
as components of the visual literacy elements. At the Fluency level,
text forms are now fully explored. The texts provide children with
models that demonstrate the purpose of writing and how writers communciate
feelings, information and ideas, in a structured way. |
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A
unique feature of the Fluency Level books is the double page spread
on pages 18 and 19 of each book. The specific structures of the text
forms are explained step by step for children as a model for their
own writing.
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Reading and Poetry |
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