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Two Tiger Tales
retold by Barbara Beveridge
illustrated by Caroline Campbell and Ali Teo
This book contains two folk tales in which tigers are outwitted by smaller animals. In “The Clumsy Tiger”, a tiger asks a cat to teach him to become quick and clever. The tiger learns fast, but there is one thing the clever cat realises he shouldn’t teach him! “The Competition” describes how a small but clever frog is able to scare away a tiger.
The two stories are available as individual audio files for download:
Purple 1
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Dad’s Snore
by Heather Lovich
illustrated by Donovan Bixley
In this humorous narrative Dad’s snore is affecting everyone in the household. This text is available as a big book, and there is an audio version online.
This title is also available as a NZ Sign Language e-book on iTunes and GooglePlay.
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The Story of Rona (from Night is a Blanket)
retold by Fran and Leon Hunia
illustrated by Murray Grimsdale
This text is a retelling of the dramatic Māori legend of Rona and gives an explanation for the markings that can be seen in the moon. You could listen to the audio for support with the pronunciation of the Māori vocabulary.
Gold 1
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That’s the Way
by Lino Nelisi
illustrated by Elspeth Alix Batt
This dramatic narrative describes Animoe’s exciting experience of achieving her goal of playing in her mother’s kirikiti team. The text draws out the friendly, lively nature of island cricket and of Animoe’s parents’ pride in her performance. It’s available in five Pacific languages in the Tupu series, and audio versions in both English and Niuean are on Tupu CD Two, item 10625.
Purple 1
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The Ant and the Grasshoppers
by Dawn McMillan
illustrations by Fraser Williamson
This book for shared reading introduces the format of a play and is a retelling of the well-known fable.
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The White Mouse
by Leon Davidson
The White Mouse tells the true story of Nancy Wake, a courageous and adventurous woman who helped end the German occupation of France in the Second World War. This illustrated biography tells of the experiences that shaped Nancy’s determination to fight the Nazis and relates some of her exploits in France during the war years. Pages 3, 5, and 9 provide background information about the Second World War, the French Resistance, and the Special Operations Executive. It may be helpful to build prior knowledge for students by reading and discussing the information on page 3 with them before reading the text. During reading, you could pause at the end of each of the other two journal pages to discuss the information there and support them to make connections with the details in the biography.
This story is supported by audio with embedded support. The embedded support in the audio version for this non-fiction text is designed to assist students to use visual features, such as photographs and diagrams, to help them make meaning of the text.
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Weka's Boat
Everyone wants to float on Weka’s boat, but can everyone fit on it?
Focus sounds: -oa
Target decodable words: float(s/ing), boat, moans, boasts, soaked, load
New high utility words: told, okay, afloat
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Sports Day
It is sports day at kura. The kids encourage each other to do their best.
Focus sound: -ing
Target decodable words: flapping, huffing, puffing, clapping, jumping, tripping, running, feeling
New high utility words: love, sports, kia kaha, trying, going, oh
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Splashing in the Stream
Ruru is out at night. He finds Frog and the froglets are out at night having fun in the stream.
Focus sounds: -ea
Target decodable words: beams, stream, sneaks, team, leap, leaf, neat, teach, cheat
New high utility words: how, close, froglets
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