Skills covered in Level 7

This level builds on the skills developed in level 6 and introduces the common vowel digraphs in series.

The books are much more sophisticated and longer, with a mix of fiction and non-fiction titles.

Follow-up activities heavily focus on writing skills, with a range of genres introduced.

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KITS

  • Level 7 Composite kit

    This kit contains:

    • Manual
    • 12 laminated Fluency and Challenge sheets
    • Appropriate sliders
    • 18 books – some suitable for Years 4 – 6, others for Years 7 – 10, and some that work for all ages
    • Set of whiteboard markers
    • 60 second sand timer
    • USB with resources for printing.
    $340.00 + GST
  • Level 7 Junior kit

    This kit contains:

    • Manual
    • 12 laminated Fluency and Challenge sheets
    • Appropriate sliders
    • 18 books suitable for Yrs 4 – 6
    • Set of whiteboard markers
    • 60 second sand timer
    • USB with resources for printing.
    $340.00 + GST
  • Level 7 Senior kit

    This kit contains:

    • Manual
    • 12 laminated Fluency and Challenge sheets
    • Appropriate sliders
    • 18 books suitable for Yrs 7 – 10
    • Set of whiteboard markers
    • 60 second sand timer
    • USB with resources for printing.
    $340.00 + GST

BOOKS

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  • Book 7-01 ‘Stingray’

    Who gets the biggest fright when you encounter a stingray – you or the stingray?

    By Betsy Sewell – 561 words 

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-02 ‘Adrift with a Shark’

    The relationship between a man alone on a life raft, and the shark that arrives every evening to travel with him as he paddles to land.

    By Betsy Sewell – 2939 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-03 ‘Pink Candles’

    Digging for coal in the days when dark tunnels were lit by candles attached to the miner’s helmet; and how to get the better of a mean and selfish boss.

    By Betsy Sewell – 2041 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-04 ‘My Holiday’

    Going on holiday with Dad to Mars. Mum says eat properly, sleep properly, clean your teeth and brush your hair nicely, but how actually do you do that in zero gravity?

    By Betsy Sewell – 2158 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-05 ‘Catching Flying Fish’

    Catching flying fish the traditional way, with flares and nets on moonless nights.

    By Betsy Sewell – 728 words 

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-06 ‘The Beaver’

    Beaver dams and lodges are engineering feats. How the beaver creates its own habitat, for winter and summer.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1455 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-07 ‘The Christmas Truce’

    On Christmas Day, 1914, enemies emerged from the trenches to play soccer. How did this change attitudes to the enemy?

    By Betsy Sewell – 1582 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-08 ‘The Humpback Whale’

    The migratory life of the colossal humpback whale.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1068 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-09 ‘The Runner’

    When the mine collapsed trapping the miners for 69 days, Edison Pena kept his sanity by running, and became the hero of the New York marathon.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1682 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-10 ‘Living in a Yurt’

    The lives of the Turkish nomads, who depend absolutely on their sheep.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1368 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-11 ‘The First All Blacks’

    The 1905 rugby tour of Britain. How a group of unknown footballers turned into heroic rugby players, and rugby became New Zealand’s national game.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1512 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-12 ‘Turtles In Peril’

    The green sea turtle is facing multiple threats to its existence, some natural, some caused by humans.

    Vowels ai, oa, ou, ir, ur, and consonants tch and dge

    By Betsy Sewell – 1692 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-13 ‘The Elephant Problem’

    The farmers of Kenya had a problem with elephants raiding their gardens. They tried everything from electric fences to massive walls, but in the end it was a simple bee fence that kept the elephants well away.

    By Betsy Sewell – 943 words 

    $9.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-14 ‘This Life of Mine’

    A young man living a near subsistence lifestyle on a remote Pacific atoll takes the reader through his day and his thoughts of his future.

    By Betsy Sewell – 2542 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-15 ‘The Hunter and the Bear’

    An unarmed hunter carries his trophy back to camp, and encounters a hungry grizzly bear. The bear has not yet seen him, and all the mistakes he has made flash through his head as he formulates a plan to save his life.

    By Betsy Sewell – 2871 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-16 ‘The End of the War’

    In the days before text messaging, television or even radio, it was the children of New Zealand who spread the news that World War 1 was over.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1056 words 

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-17 ‘Fast and Slow’

    The swift and the falcon are the fastest of earth’s creatures, and the sloth is ever so slow. All rely on this quickness – or slowness – to survive.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1416 words  

    $10.00 + GST
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  • Book 7-18 ‘Rocket Boosters and a Horse’s Backside’

    Why are rocket boosters so skinny? How this relates back to the width of roman carriages, and the horses that pulled them.Possibly a true account, possibly not. For the reader to decide.

    By Betsy Sewell – 1667 words 

    $11.00 + GST
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  • Books, Level 7 Composite selection

    Complete set of Level 7 titles, in a journal box.

    Price for 1-3 sets

     

    $187.00 + GST
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