Suitable for:

• Key Stage 1 & 2 - Primary Schools
  

What it is:

• Guided, Independent and Home Reading
  programme for the whole school
  
  
• 588 titles
  
  
• Used in Wave 3 intervention programmes such as Reading Recovery and Catch up, as well as other programmes such as Hi-Five and Accelerated Reader
  

What is Kingscourt Reading?
An ideal guided reading scheme for any school.

A complete guided reading programme for the primary years which will develop reading and writing skills over a wide range of text type through books that children find fun.

Can be used for Wave 3 intervention programmes such as Reading Recovery, Every Child A Reader, Catch Up, Better Reading, Hi Five. Click here for further details

• KS1 Core Books Book Band Levels Pink to Purple
  - 20 finely graded steps (100 titles).
  - Take starter readers to working within Level 2B
  - A mix of text type including fiction and non-fiction

• KS2 Core Books Reading Ages 8 to 12 yrs
  - 4 graded levels to teach higher order reading skills.
  - Covering reading ages 8-12.
  - A mix of text type including fiction and non-fiction.

• KS1 Extension Books Book Band Levels Pink to Magenta
  - 156 Book Banded Readers.
  - Take starter readers to working towards Level 3C.

• KS2 Extension Books
  - 32 Levelled Readers.
  - Take readers to working towards Level 5

• Home Readers

• Content

• Kingscourt Reading is used in the following ways

• Kingscourt Reading used for Wave 3 programmes
  

Teaching Notes support all 348 Guided Reading Titles

• Saves teachers time as planning already done for you
  
  
• Both teachers and teaching assistants can deliver lessons
  
  
• Format means consistency of delivery
  
  
• Synopsis provided so teachers save time not having to read the whole book
  

Each of the 348 guided reading titles has detailed Teaching Notes to develop skills and to test comprehension. They vary throughout the programme depending on the skills being taught.

Everything you need to deliver the literacy framework and raise standards in your school!

• 14 graded levels take starter readers to higher order reading levels
  
  
• Covering reading ages 5-12 Reception/First/P1 to Y6/Second/P7
  
  
• A mix of text types including fiction and non-fiction
  
  
• Take readers to working towards Level 5 of the National Curriculum / Third in the Curriculum For Excellence
  
• Including the Home Readers, Kingscourt Reading covers Reading Recovery Levels 1-30
  
  
• Book Bands Pink-Red (Reading Recovery Levels 1-5) contain all 44 phonemes