Collins Big Cat Reading Lions - Level 1,2,3: Fluent Reading at Home - 18 Books Box Set Collection

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As my daughter progressed through the levels I found it invaluable to have a general estimate of the length of a book she’s expected to be able to read. It allowed me to instantly eliminate books that would be too difficult — but it only works one way. Lower band books cannot be long, but the upper band books can be very short as long as they use a more complex vocabulary and structure. In addition, factual books are shorter than fiction and poetry books are always significantly shorter than everything else. Early Book Bands A popular reading scheme in schools for a long time we know, but we are big fans of the Collins Big Cat range. For breadth of range, scheme design, and the look and feel of the books in your hands, we think it is hard to beat them. The range is exciting, features top authors, different text types and a wide variety of subjects and styles. We offer a variety of Big Cat schemes. Big Cat books for Key Stage 1& Key Stage 2

A series of beautifully presented books fully aligned to Letters and Sounds and is banded from Lilac to Turquoise. Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised Collins Big Cat Phonics - Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised | Big Cat for Little Wandle Fluency SetsCreated to support your Key Stage 2 struggling readers, ensuring that your pupils practise their decoding skills with books that appeal to their maturity. Each title features illustrations, photographs and subject matter suitable for KS2 children at an accessible KS1 book band level. Big Cat Letters and Sounds 7+ These varied titles offer pupils breadth in their overall reading experience. Starting out with predictable and patterned texts, titles broaden to poetry, traditional tales, varied genre fiction, information books, play scripts and biographies from a host of popular children’s authors. Each book looks unique and enticing, guaranteeing your pupils never get bored of reading their Big Cat scheme books. Big Cat for Phonics for Letters and Sounds A challenging read, may need some help from a parent or a dictionary. Will probably require a second read through to fully understand it. The book band system is invaluable for schools, but it’s not a system optimized for reading at home or 1-to-1 tuition situations like homeschooling. It’s a system made for teachers and classrooms. As a parent, don’t get caught up in book bands outside of a supervisory capacity. It’s great to be able to understand the system and keep an eye out for slow or too rapid progress, or as is often the case, your child’s reading book not matching their reading level, but that’s pretty much the most use you’re going to get out of it.

Most Primary Schools in England use book bands in conjunction with synthetic phonic schemes to teach children how to read. Each book band matches their reading level as well as their level of understanding, allowing them to gain confidence and independence without ever feeling that reading is ‘too hard’. The Book Band Colour Coded SystemThe Reading Lions series contains 6 clear levels from First Reading to Independent Reading, allowing you to select the right books for your child Brown (Year 3–5): Readers now mainly read silently and afterwards discuss what they’ve read afterwards. During discussion, they are able to find references by skimming the text to support their opinion. You may now read your book whilst they read theirs. Developed in collaboration with two English Hubs, Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School and validated by the DfE. It comprises classroom resources to support the Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised SSP and a range of phonic readers that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics. Big Cat Progress The most important aspect of learning how to read is enjoyment. Read wide and read every day. Continue to select books based on interest level, fill your bookshelves with the classics and encourage children to read absolutely everything. We always have a few book banded books on the shelf, but mainly we fill the shelves with a variety of classic fiction, poetry, a wide range of factual books and educational magazines. The best rule of thumb for selecting appropriate books at home is much better than the book band system.

Learning how to read is a hideously complicated endeavour for both children and their parents. In UK schools, reading is taught using synthetic phonics and it takes about 3–5 years (or more) to create fluent, confident readers able to enjoy books like The BFG, The Secret Seven or The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. During this time, their reading books are graded by difficulty levels known as book bands.

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Children reading books from bands 1 – 7 (Pink to Turquoise) are early readers who are still developing their understanding of phonics. To reflect this, many books in these bands are written to complement phonics teaching. This means that children can apply their growing phonics knowledge when reading independently or with a teacher or parent.