- pupils could be grouped according to reading level, work on the cards in a particular colour and then discuss and summarise what they have learned with their peers
- capable, independent readers can work through the cards at their own pace, freeing up the teacher’s time to work intensively with different groups in the class.
What’s in the box?
- 150 colourfully illustrated cards with texts covering a variety of genres and text types.
- 15 colour-coded sections.
- Questions on the back of each card.
- Answer cards.
- A comprehensive Teachers guide providing suggestions on how to explicitly teach comprehension strategies along with answers and pupil and teacher recording sheets.
- Scope-and-sequence chart.
Develops 12 specific comprehension strategies using different text types and genres:Â Â
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- identifying the main idea
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- finding similarities and differences
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- point of view and purpose
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 How to use the box
The coloured sections enable the teachers to differentiate the cards and match them to the wide-ranging reading abilities of their pupils.
High-interest reading pieces balance fiction and non-fiction texts incorporating a variety of genres with attractive illustrations.
Helping you decide
Develops comprehension and higher-order thinking skills by using different question levels such as literal, inferential and applied.
Closely integrated with other curricular areas such as science, geography and history providing opportunities for cross-curricular links.
Teachers can devise and implement their comprehension programme and use this flexible resource, which they can put into operation quickly and eefficiently, to support their teaching.
Self-correcting feature of the cards promotes pupil autonomy and independence (separate answer cards are provided), while the recording sheets allow easy monitoring and management of pupil progress.Â
