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Level 5 Senior kit
This level builds on the skills developed in level 4, and adds in final blends. The kit includes 18 books. They are longer and more sophisticated, with a much bigger emphasis on comprehension. All are suitable for 11 -14 year olds. Follow up activities involve planning and writing.
$330 + GST
The contents of this kit teach children how to apply their developing awareness of sounds in words to reading and spelling. To develop this awareness of sounds, you will need either Wordchain 2, or a set of letter tiles, or both. Letter tiles can be added to this kit for $35.00 + GST. Relevant activities are included in the manual. Total cost with letter tiles $365.00 + GST
Details of composite and junior kits at this level coming soon.The Books
One Man and a Donkey
Story by Betsy Sewell
$9.50 + GST – 1596 words
$8.00 + GST each for four or more books
The true story of Jack Simpson, who used a donkey to bring injured men off the field of battle at Gallipoli to the Red Cross tents on the beach.
Me with the Paddles
By Betsy Sewell
$7.50 + GST – 1265 words
$6.00 + GST each for four or more books
What sort of creature am I? The clues come, and the child must put the clues together to identify the creature.
Agnes and Mrs. Smith
By Betsy Sewell
$7.50 + GST – 623 words
$6.00 + GST each for four or more books
Agnes the spider and Mrs. Smith live in the same house. When both have mothers coming to stay, the conflict begins.
Under the Bed
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1006 words
$7.00 + GST each for four or more books
A girl makes friends with a ghost trapped under her bed.
The Godwits
By Betsy Sewell
$7.50 + GST – 938 words
$6.00 + GST each for four or more books
The story of the godwits’ incredible flight to the tundra in Alaska, and back to New Zealand.
The Chest in the River
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1005 words
$7.00 + GST each for four or more books
A chest is found in the river. The children try many ways to retrieve it, expecting riches and treasure. In the end, they find something unexpected.
Mum’s Garden Plan
By Betsy Sewell
$7.50 + GST – 830 words
$6.00 + GST each for four or more books
Mum wants a new garden, and begins by taking the rubbish to the dump. But the kids have plans of their own for the garden, and find what they need at the dump.
The Robins
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1476 words
$7.00 + GST each for four or more books
The story of the incredible little New Zealand robin.
My Days in a Skidder Gang
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1277 words
$7.00 + GST each for four or more books
Logging in mid-19th century Canada, its dangers, and using the ice on the tracks to bring the logs down.
My Days as a River Pig
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1645 words
$7.00 + GST each for four or more books
Sequel to My Days in the Skidder Gang. The logs are stacked on a frozen river, and when the ice melts, the river pigs must ride the logs down the river to prevent tangles and log jams.
River Otter, Sea Otter
By Betsy Sewell
$9.50 + GST – 2611 words
$7.50 + GST – each for four or more books
Otters that have taken to living in the sea must live and raise their young quite differently to their cousins living on the land.
A Jar of Jam
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1137 words
$7.00 + GST each for four or more books
Mum loses the jar of jam she has just bought, and it is found by one person in need of sustenance after another, until Mum finds it just where she left it, containing nothing but a fat slug with a single red foot. What does Mum think has happened?
Jin the Otter
By Betsy Sewell
$9.50 + GST – 1576 words
$7.50 + GST each for four or more books
When Jin the Otter escaped from the (Auckland) zoo, the public, the police, the army were called in to help track her down. Her ability to evade them all gripped the nation.
Getting to the Summit
By Betsy Sewell
$8.50 + GST – 1395 words
$7.50 + GST each for four or more books
The story reads as if a man is making his way to the summit of a mountain, negotiating the obstacles. But by the end, the reader realises that interpretation is quite wrong.
Whiskers Black
By Betsy Sewell
$9.50 + GST – 2506 words
$7.50 + GST – each for 4 or more books
Who is this terrifying bearded stranger, and is he really as terrifying as he looks? Why does he choose to live like this, carrying his swag from farm to farm? What do his songs tell us about his life? A glimpse into social history through the story of one man.