Notes

20 cards (6 copies each) : colour illustrations + 1 CD-ROM.
PM guided reading cards.
Levels 23-24
Stored in silver coloured box.
Contents: Our superhero chickens -- Aerial shark patrols -- Emergency below the ice shelf -- Parrots around the world -- Adventure camp or forest camp? -- Travelling to school -- The fitness all-stars -- Presenting a school speech -- What's more fun: surfing or snowboarding? -- Race day! -- Level 24: Join the tree-planting project -- The fishbowl jungle -- The School of the Air -- A combine harvester -- Are time capsules important today? -- All about sleep -- A scary knight -- Making a sunset painting -- The bushfire -- My horse Sunny.
Summary: Sentences with two or three clauses and several verbs become more common at this level. Visually confusing elisions such as we're, are introduced and the length of the texts at this level extends to around 1000 words. Silver level books encourage students to empathise with other people and societies. Each four page card links thematically with a PM guided reading book. The digital cards on the CD-ROM can be used on computers or interactive whiteboards.
PM guided reading.
Level 23.
PM guided reading.
Level 24.