My Little Sister – Set B

A girl looks at the features of her baby sister.
Building Basic Skills – High-frequency words – My, This, is, my, She, a, big, – Content words – Little, Sister, fingers, toes, eyes, nose, ears, mouth, noise, – Repeated phrase – She, has, little, – Phonics and phonemic awareness – Sh (She), S (Sister), n (nose, noise); plural “s” on nouns, – Punctuation – full stops, capital letters, exclamation mark – Special Feature – Rhyming text, Skills and Strategies My Little Sister can be used to introduce and reinforce: – predicting the story line using illustrations from the book, – rereading the text at difficulty and searching for meaning, – recognising the relationship between letters and their sounds, – writing labels for a specific purpose, Materials – copies of BLM, pencil, markers, – pairs of items to compare size, for example, building blocks, pencils, books, shoes, – water-based paint, wipeable tabletop, – magazines, scissors, glue, card.

The themes covered in this book are: Relationships, Maths

Reading Level: 1-2 (Magenta)

Book dimensions14.5cm x 16.5cm; 16 pages