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Character Development
Well loved and strong characters, including many from traditional tales, recur throughout the series. This provides a context of fun and familiarity, supporting the ability to take on new challenges.
Well loved and strong characters, including many from traditional tales, recur throughout the series. This provides a context of fun and familiarity, supporting the ability to take on new challenges.
Background Knowledge
Non-fiction topics help students build background knowledge - a key element for literacy success.
Non-fiction topics help students build background knowledge - a key element for literacy success.
Critical Thinking
Visual interest launches oral discussion and critical thinking.
Visual interest launches oral discussion and critical thinking.
Fun!
Key elements of humor and fantasy engage student interest and develop an enjoyment of language.
Key elements of humor and fantasy engage student interest and develop an enjoyment of language.
The mastery of more complex strategies
will enable students to read with
increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation,
freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
With the Red Rocket Fluency levels of Orange, Turquoise, Purple and
Gold students will:
• reinforce the reading strategies of earlier levels
• be encouraged to apply newly acquired skills to more challenging texts
• focus on more challenging vocabulary, print conventions, phonological
patterns and phonic knowledge in context
• further develop thinking skills and comprehension
FICTION STRAND
• master more than 50 new words at each colour level
• Extension Activity: Word Whiz
NON-FICTION STRAND
• explore high-interest topics and reinforce and extend subject area content
• further develop non-fiction literacy skills with more complex text
• Extension Activity: Glossary
will enable students to read with
increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation,
freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
With the Red Rocket Fluency levels of Orange, Turquoise, Purple and
Gold students will:
• reinforce the reading strategies of earlier levels
• be encouraged to apply newly acquired skills to more challenging texts
• focus on more challenging vocabulary, print conventions, phonological
patterns and phonic knowledge in context
• further develop thinking skills and comprehension
FICTION STRAND
• master more than 50 new words at each colour level
• Extension Activity: Word Whiz
NON-FICTION STRAND
• explore high-interest topics and reinforce and extend subject area content
• further develop non-fiction literacy skills with more complex text
• Extension Activity: Glossary
