Alex Brychta Books

Oxford Reading Tree Read with Biff Chip and Kipper Phonics Level 5

Level 5 Book 5c of the Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home Series

Oxford Reading Tree remains the nation's favourite reading scheme and countless children have learnt to read with Biff, Chip, and Kipper. We are delighted to unveil its fresh new look for today's children, teachers and parents, with lively new covers and fresh artwork.Engaging new artwork and coversAlex Brychta's unique style of artwork enthrals and entertains children, and the fresh new look will heighten their pleasure in reading the stories. With freshly drawn artwork for all the favourite core stories at Stages 2 - 5 and fantastic new covers, Oxford Reading Tree is more appealing thanever!Stories children loveThe Oxford Reading Tree stories have always captivated children's imagination, inspiring them to read - and the stories and characters in the new editions haven't changed at all. Apart, that is, from an exciting new story at Stage 3, The Egg Hunt, which replaces the Dolphin Pool.Simplified structureWe have also simplified the structure of the scheme in response to feedback from Owls Storybooks become Stages 6 and 7 Storybooks; magpies become Stages 8 and 9 Storybooks; wrens at Stage 2 have become patterned stories at Stage 1+; and wrens at Stage 3 are now patterned stories at Stage 2.New teaching support materialIn addition to the existing guided reading cards, perfect for use in guided reading sessions, we have brought out new teaching materials to reflect the needs of teachers in today's DT Flexible, friendly teacher's notes included FREE with each pack of Oxford Reading Tree books - these are easy to store and will save you hours of preparation!DT New Take-Home cards for every Storybook from Stages 1 - 9 to help parents or carers get the most out of reading with their childDT Free resources website at www.oup.com/uk/primary with downloadable photocopy mastersDT New Teacher's Handbook and special edition for Scotland

Provides a range of activities to support reading skills such as puzzles and games. Parental support includes tips and ideas to be used during discussion.

Read at Home is the best-selling home reading series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life andfantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 5 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout.Stories provide clear parental support within and beyond the * a "Tips for Reading Together" page, giving parents practical ideas for helping with their child's reading* a "Think about the Story" page providing stimulating ideas for parents to talk about with children when they are discussing the story* a "Useful common words" panel to highlight high frequency words used in the story which have a close correlation with the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy.Shrinking Powder is Level 4b for children Building Confidence in Reading - those children who can recognize 30-50 words by sight, can read harder sentences, with less support, and can use sounds to help make words. The story is written with simple but more varied sentence structure and vocabularywith three to four sentences per page.This book is at the same reading level as Hungry Floppy.Approx ORT Stage 4

Using the familiar characters Biff, Chip, and Floppy, and vocabulary of the Oxford Reading Tree, this dictionary introduces young readers to the important features of a dictionary. It contains over 300 words in alphabetical order, with a simple definition and an interesting colourful picture.

Read at Home First Skills are fun early learning books, which use your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce important first skills to your child. Your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters make learning fun and memorable. Read at Home First Skills books are the perfect accompaniment to all your Oxford Reading Tree Read at Home storybooks. In this fun story, the reader follows Kipper through his busy day and learns to tell the time. As with all Read at Home books, the story ends with fun activities for parent and child to enjoy together. Kipper Tells the Time helps your child to: BLLearn to tell the time in a fun and memorable way BLRecognise the difference between the hour and minute hand BLUnderstand the concepts of past and to the hour BLUses the Oxford Reading Tree characters to introduce telling the time BLUses story to help children learn to tell the time in a fun and memorable way BLHelps the reader recognize the difference between the hour and minute hands BLIncludes analogue and digital clocks throughout

This series contains enjoyable and entertaining stories which enable children to practise their letters and sounds just as they do at school.

Biff, Chip, Kipper, Floppy and Friends go fishing, but who gets the funny fish? Read at Home is a new series designed for young, beginner readers. It features all the popular Oxford Reading Tree characters in 12 exciting stories specially written for parents to support their children's reading at home. These entertaining stories, with real life and fantasy adventures, are carefully graded across 4 levels, and contain built-in progression and vocabulary repetition throughout. Funny Fish is for Level 1a children Getting Ready to Read - those children who can recognize their own name, match some words and recognize some letter sounds. The story has a high degree of patterning and vocabulary repetition with one sentence per page. Level 1 corresponds roughly to ORT Stage 1+.