Cop and Robber Includes some initial blends. A foolish robber and a not very bright cop, but everyone is happy in the end.
By Betsy Sewell – 657 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 the children build a man from tins and boxes, he comes alive, and tells them what to do.
Many ay words, er, y, ed and ing suffixes. Some ck words.
By Betsy Sewell – 713 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.
Josh takes a short cut, and gets his bus stuck in the mud. Who can pull him out?
Many sh words, er and y endings.
By Betsy Sewell
413 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.
Based on a true event. A particularly difficult whale stranding, and what must be done to save them.
By Betsy Sewell – 1390 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.
By a process akin to Chinese whispers, the little kitten becomes a big black ox.
By Betsy Sewell – 874 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.
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 .
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Foxes are smart and cute, but do they make good pets? The pros and the considerable cons!
By Betsy Sewell-739 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.
Many creatures make their home in a rotten log, until Tom sees its potential, and destroys it for them all.
By Betsy Sewell – 661 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 tad, a dot, a jot, a dab – they all mean not a lot of dinner on the plate.
By Jan Farr – 233 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 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.
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 runaway slave makes his precarious way to freedom, not knowing who he can trust. And then he comes back to rescue his little family…
By Betsy Sewell – 2521 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.
Boys build and furnish a hut in the plum tree, only to have it taken over by a possum.
By Betsy Sewell – 804 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 is Mr. Ducket to stop the pick-pocketers on his way to the bank? He goes to the pet shop to buy a big dog, but the owner suggests a ferret in his pocket…Suitable for older children.
Many ck words. et and en suffixes.
By Betsy Sewell – 1147 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 slapstick cop and robber story.
By Betsy Sewell – 728 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 true story of Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage to Antarctica, and how the crew survived the loss of their ship.
By Betsy Sewell – 3545 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.
Nessie the Loch Ness monster corresponds with Angus who lives by the lake. How can he possibly doubt her existence? Nessie spells her name Nessy, and calls her home a lake.
By Betsy Sewell – 1328 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.
A gloriously funny poem about various animals acquired to get rid of the rats.
By Jan Farr – 571 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 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.
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 true story of a puppy rescued from the brink of starvation from a German army camp, who went on to become the most famous film star of his day.
By Betsy Sewell – 1425 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.
Complete set of level 6 titles, in a journal box.
Complete set of level 5 titles, in a journal box.
Just a few bones and no complete skeletons remain of the mighty T. Rex, so how have scientists figured out what he looked like and how he lived?
By Betsy Sewell – 2213 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 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.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.
Libby was the first woman to win the grueling dog sled race across Alaska, and she did it by taking a risk, and putting the needs of the dogs ahead of her own.
By Betsy Sewell – 1717 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 the incredible little New Zealand robin.
By Betsy Sewell – 1476 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 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.
By Betsy Sewell – 1005 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 hard to imagine a more innocuous little fish, until it is under threat. Then the extraordinary defence tactics begin.
By Betsy Sewell – 1225 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.
Complete set of Level 8 titles.
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.
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 migratory life of the colossal humpback whale.
By Betsy Sewell – 1068 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.
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.
The best parties do not involve spending lots of money.
By Betsy Sewell – 662 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.
The sequel to A Voyage in Antarctica. Taking to the lifeboats in Antarctic waters, and survival on Elephant Island.
By Betsy Sewell – 3630 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.
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.
Jane and David become separated by war, and then spend most of a lifetime trying to find each other.
When they finally do meet, will they recognise each other?
And will the emerald pendant Dave gave Jane help track her down?
silent e pattern,ee,ea,or
By Betsy Sewell – 1847 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 actually do you capture a snake basking on your deck?
By Betsy Sewell – 1058 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 fascinating life of the starfish.
By Betsy Sewell – 1014 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.
Any excuse will do to get out of the maths test, but one lie leads to a complicated tangle…
By Betsy Sewell – 752 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 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.
The price is for a class set of 4 copies of this title and includes one copy of the teacher’s comprehension scripted version.