Betty is struggling to teach the parrot new words and phrases, but after a bizarre interaction with the gas man, Polly suddenly has several new comments to repeat at unlikely times.
By Betsy Sewell-1019 words
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
The story of young Nick who at 11 ran away to sea with Captain Cook, and who first sighted Young Nick’s Head on the East Coast. His duties on board, and the fear of falling off the end of a flat earth. Suitable for older children.
Many ck words, and le and en suffixes.
By Betsy Sewell – 1001 words
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
The hero of this story is determined to get to work on time, but just how many different things can go wrong? Does he, in the end, get to keep his job?
By Betsy Sewell – 740 words
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Sam must wear a hat and top to go and feed the pigs, so that he does not get sunburn. But the pig’s mud looks like fun, and the piglet thinks Sam’s hat and top are so much better than mud.
By Betsy Sewell
602 words
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Three men sit in the hot sun, cutting rocks. So why does one think this is an utterly boring job, another think it is an honour to do this work, with the third thinking something else again?
By Betsy Sewell – 828 words
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The two pigs were the best of pals, mostly, more or less, but when one became ill the other went to extraordinary lengths to care for her pal. A true story.
By Betsy Sewell
893 words
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The villagers are struggling to survive and pay the land tax, when a ship loaded with valuable metal sinks close to the village. When the owners come to salvage the goods, no-one in the village knows where the ship lies, no-one saw a thing… Suitable for older children.
By Betsy Sewell – 1297 words
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The young people may be untidy, and noisy, but they are dedicated to hip-hop and rap. They and the old man next door have little tolerance for each other, until they find a common bond in music and dance.
By Betsy Sewell
905 words
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
How does a trained Search and Rescue tracker find a missing person? What signs do they see that the rest of us may miss? Told through the eyes of a tracker at work, as he reminisces about his own experience of being lost in this very forest as a seven-year-
By Betsy Sewell – 2178 words
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Cod, once hugely abundant in the North Atlantic, are now facing possible extinction. How did that happen? The story is told through several generations of one family of fishermen.
By Betsy Sewell – 1403 words
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The characters try deception to get a rugby hat for nothing, only to realise that the red hat may be free, but an embarrassment at an All Blacks game. Comprehension suitable for older children.
ck, and ay and y words.
By Betsy Sewell – 642 words
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
