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Read & Respond: Why the Whales Came

by Jillian Powell (author)

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Suitable for 8 - 11 years

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Get the most out of best-loved children’s books with Read & Respond – the perfect way to explore favourite stories in your classroom. This resource book brings you a wealth of inspiring activities, digital resources and guided reading notes based on Why the Whales Came.

  • Stimulating content mapped to curriculum objectives
  • Digital CD-ROM with printable activities and extras
  • Grammar, punctuation and spelling section for Key Stage 2
  • Shared reading section including non-fiction extracts
  • Time-saving lesson plans, activities and assessments

Read & Respond helps you build a whole-school literacy programme based on timeless children’s stories, chosen to inspire reading for pleasure. Fun-filled activities help children to fully engage with each story, encouraging a love of reading and building a range of skills.

Each book contains photocopiable/printable activities, guided reading notes, speaking and listening activities, writing projects and creative ideas – all from a bestselling, tried-and-trusted series that’s a firm favourite with teachers.

“The resources are wonderful. I like the fact that it has a mix of fiction and non-fiction activities … and how material can link to other areas of the curriculum, not just literacy.” Miss North, teacher

“Reading for enjoyment and writing for enjoyment are two of the most powerful ways of getting children interested in books. Read & Respond provides exactly this.” Michael Morpurgo

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Product Details

Catalogue number

6920 in Primary Schools Catalogue 2019/20

Series

Read & Respond

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781407160689

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

January 5th, 2017

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  • 48 pages
Condition

New

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Read & Respond

Read & Respond

Author/Illustrator

Jillian Powell

Jillian Powell is experienced in teaching and in writing for all age ranges and key stages of the National Curriculum from Early years through Key Stage 4. She has written both fiction and non-fiction for reading schemes as well as the trade (eg Ginn, Heinemann, Longman, Watts). She is the author of Writing Guides: Adventure Stories (9-11).

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