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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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  • Fantail fantail.

    Fantail, Fantail

    by Margaret Mahy

    drawings by Bruce Phillips

    This very “New Zealand” text is written as a conversation between a fantail and an unidentified person, and it informs the reader about the food that Fantail prefers. The companion text Old Tuatara ends with the same climax – the demise of an unwitting fly.

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    Series: Ready to Read Colour Wheel

    Category: Fiction

    Shared texts

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Publication date: January 2015

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  • Wētā Went Walking

    Wētā Went Walking

    written by Kay Hancock

    illustrated by Fraser Williamson

    When Wētā goes walking in the bush, Rat decides to go hunting ... Will Wētā be safe? Does he know Rat is following him?

    This dramatic, open-ended story is ideal for fostering students’ enthusiasm and confidence as readers. The rhythmic, repetitive language encourages and supports students to read along with the teacher, even from their first day of school.

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    Series: Ready to Read Colour Wheel

    Learning area: Science

    Curriculum level: 1

    Category: Fiction

    Shared texts

    Related titles: Shared books that are particularly suitable for students from school entry: Bubbles; Dad’s Snore; Fantail, Fantail; Greedy Cat; I’m the King of the Mountain; Monster’s Lunch; T-Shirts Texts about New Zealand bush creatures: “Clickety-clack Cicada”, “Just a Touch”; Fantail, Fantail and How Kiwi Saved the Forest (shared); Old Tuatara (Magenta); In the Bush (Red 3) Shared non-fiction texts about New Zealand creatures: Stick Insects, Camouflage, New Zealand Birds

    Publication date: April 2019

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