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Design Manager: Niki Meret, ww whitehamdesign.co.nt Reading ideas author: Clare Dowdall Pleture researcher: Frances Vargo Acknowledgement Cover NHPA/David Chapman; pl Alamy/Davi Hosking: 2: Alamy/Mark Sykes p: FLPAMinden Pictured & Hans Jeroen Roch: pts NHPA/George Bernard pS Alamy/ WILDLIFE Gm: po: Ala Edward Walsh 7: Alamlrfotoagen ur DB: Dreamstime comy/hjholaVlyhko,pP Dreamstime com/KaoplO:Alomy/Nathan Like, pT: AlmnyDavi Hosking, p12 ‘lomy/Fist Light pl: photlbrry.com Fin Cllecon/ule Habel, back cover: Oreste com /Meinda Nogy Collins would lke to thank the teachers and children atthe folowing schools who took part in the development of Collins Big Cat: Chudleigh C.£ Community Primary School Henry Green Primary School John Betts Primary School Kingstone & Thruxton Primary School Meicombe Primary School Oifley Endowed Primary School The Echelford Pnmary School ‘Wadebridge Community Primary School ‘Whitehill infant School Printed and bound by RR Donnelley APS. ‘eat oli i at rows a wwnw.callinsbigcat.comWritten by Elspeth Graham CollinsIt is an egg. 2Tap! Tap! The egg cracks.#The chick gets big. She will be a hen.A hen can run and flap. 6A hen can cluck and peck.; SS era A reriPas Pati et est fet ATTA T PATRAS A hen is fed grain. 8iter + A hen pecks at grain.A hen has a nest box. 10The hen sits on the nest.The hen clucks. She gets up. 12)The hen has laid an egg.Chick to henIdeas for reading Written by Clare Dowdall PhD Lecturer and Primary Literacy Consultant Learning objectives: read simple words by Curriculum links: Knowledge and sounding out and blending the phonemes _understanding of the world: Find out about, all through the word from left to right; and identify some features of living things read some high frequency words; read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences independently; show an _Fast words: to, the, she : i fi es understanding of how information can be Word count: 75 found in non-fiction texts; hear and say sounds in the order in which they occur; extend their vacabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words Focus phonemes: ai, ck, €, sf, hb I Getting started Read the fast words she and the together quickly using flash cards. r) ‘© Look at the focus phonemes ai, ck. Ask children to suggest words that contain these phonemes or graphemes and model writing them, e.g. rain, pain. ‘© Read the title together. Add sound buttons and practise blending the sounds to read Chick to Hen Look at the pictures on the front and back covers together. Discuss what children know about chicks, and what will happen to the chick as she grows. Reading and responding ‘Ask children to read the book from the beginning to the end, taking time to look at the pictures. * Move around the group, listening to them blending through words independently, praising their blending and fluent reading© Stop the whole group reading and focus on blending longer words, e.g. f- cluek; grain P: © Invite fast finishers to share the book with a partner, finding three interesting things to say about the hen. Returning to the book # Ask children to find any new words and model how they blended them to read them. © Ask children to find words in the book containing the ai grapheme, and to make these words using magnetic letters. Using the pictures on pp14-15, ask children to describe the life cycle of the hen, returning to the book where necessary. Introduce the term life cycle and discuss its meaning. Discuss how hens and chicks change and what they look like at different stages. Checking and moving on # Discuss what hens look like and collect words to describe the hen’s appearance. Ask children to draw a hen and label its special features, e.g feathers, beak. Reading more Pet Cat, Big Cat (Red A/Band 2A) looks at the differences between your pet cat and a big cat in the wild.Collins BIG CAT Phonics i 5 @ It is a chick. Co She will be a hen. Brows the corp Calinscatogue at ‘woww.collins.co.uk BN 978-0-00-7 | @ ° ww. colinsbigeat.com ry ) @