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Instructional Series

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Welcome to the English medium literacy instructional series teaching and learning resources for years 1 to 8.

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    Feeding the Birds

    by Susan Paris

    illustrated by Tom Simpson 

    Ella notices hungry birds on the windowsill and Mum suggests they make a bird feeder for them. They use a plan in Mum’s magazine, visiting a hardware shop to buy their materials and then working in the shed to complete the project. 

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    Series: Ready to Read Colour Wheel

    Learning area: Technology

    Colour wheel level: Yellow

    Curriculum level: 1

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Publication date: January 2016

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    The New Lambs

    Written by Hannah Davison 

    Illustrated by Elspeth Alix Batt

    When Jake and Emily find two abandoned lambs on their farm, they take them home to care for them. Emily’s lamb quickly starts drinking the warm milk, but Jake’s lamb does not… 

    Green 1 

    Series: Ready to Read Colour Wheel

    Learning area: English

    Colour wheel level: Green

    Curriculum level: 1

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Stories that involve caring for animals: A Bird in the Classroom, Feeding the Birds (Yellow 2); Nibbles (Blue 1); Where’s Nibbles? (Green 2) Other stories that involve empathy and kindness: My Brother (Green 1); Mum’s New Job (Green 2); Joe’s News (Green 3)

    Publication date: April 2019

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