Books

Jess hops on the bus, looking for a person to live with.

More th words.

By Betsy Sewell-543 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.

Some of the family like pepper in their batter, some do not. Trying to get it right for everyone can go terribly wrong.

ed and er suffixes

By Jan Farr-716 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.

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.

Dad is annoyingly mad on soccer, and claims he was once a star. No-one believes him, until the evidence comes to light.

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.

What is involved in long distance haulage in a big rig, over ill-maintained roads and in threatening weather.

By Betsy Sewell

823 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 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.

A bug goes up to the deck to finish off the dog’s dinner, but gets stuck lying on her back. What can she do to free herself?

Many ck words, le suffix.

By Betsy Sewell – 604 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

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.

A seagull chick must learn to survive, to avoid becoming a snack for the cats and ferrets that roam the colony. But what do the cats and ferrets live on once the chicks learn to fly? This chick wants to find out and becomes a spy.

ck,and le,et,ly suffixes

By Betsy Sewell – 1689 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.

It is embarrassing going on the bus with Gran. Every time she sees something that she does not like, she stops the bus and interferes.

cInitial blends, er, y and le endings, some ck words.

By Betsy Sewell – 714 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.

A duckling brought up by a child can be very demanding. But when she becomes a mother herself, she is more demanding still. A true story, more or less.

By Betsy Sewell – 1549 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 legend of how rugby was invented from a flat soccer ball at Rugby School.

By Betsy Sewell – 456 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.

Why does a Daddy Long Legs live in your house, and is it a friend or a foe?

By Betsy Sewell – 1169 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 little fox survive the winter in the Arctic, facing the challenges of hunting for food on the one hand, and avoiding capture by trappers after his pure white fur on the other? By cunning, extraordinary cunning…

By Betsy Sewell – 1351 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.

All summer long, the lazy cricket mocks the ant hard at work storing food for the winter, but when winter comes, he wants to be friends.

By Betsy Sewell – 916 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.

As a cricket match progresses, the ball deteriorates. How do the best international bowlers exploit this to get a batsman out

By Betsy Sewell – 2448 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.

What sort of creature am I? The clues come, and the child must put the clues together to identify the creature.

By Betsy Sewell – 1265 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.

A girl makes friends with a ghost trapped under her bed.

By Betsy Sewell – 1006 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 the shag fishes, how it brings up its young, and how traditional fishermen in Japan trained shags to bring in their catch.

By Betsy Sewell – 762 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.

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.

By Betsy Sewell – 830 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.

Logging in mid-19th century Canada, its dangers, and using the ice on the tracks to bring the logs down.

By Betsy Sewell – 1277 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.

Otters that have taken to living in the sea must live and raise their young quite differently to their cousins living on the land.

By Betsy Sewell – 2611 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 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.

By Betsy Sewell – 1395 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.

After the earthquake, the landscape is altered, and the map the trampers have bought in good faith is quite wrong.

By Betsy Sewell – 731 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.

What an absolutely fascinating little creature the limpet is! What ingenious ways it has of protecting itself against its enemies!

By Betsy Sewell – 1018 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 incredibly complex social and farming systems of these ants.

By Betsy Sewell – 759 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 Aswan Dam has changed Egypt, but there have been some downsides. The story of the changes the dam has brought to Egypt, told from the point of view of those who live along the riverbanks.

silent e pattern,ee,ea,or

By Betsy Sewell – 1868 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.

From the gold fields of Central Otago. Finding gold is not quite as easy as the rumours suggest, and then when you do, that is when your problems really begin.

By Betsy Sewell – 1404 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.

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

By Betsy Sewell – 561 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.

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 .

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.

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.

The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.