About this text:

Title:What's for Breakfast
Synopsis:  What’s For Breakfast? is a factual book that reports on the types of breakfast foods that children from different places eat.
Year level(s): 1  2
Reading level: 11
Text type: Recount
Curriculum link: Health and Physical Education: Food and nutrition
Content vocabulary: beans bread cheese coffee cook dates dip eat eggs family father fish food freshly baked jam mother mushroom rice porridge sausages school sister spices stew
High frequency words: New: into morning these
Key concepts: Most people eat breakfast. People eat different types of food for breakfast. People in different places often eat different foods.
Reading strategies: Reading text written in the first person Comprehension  implying meaning
Phonics: Identifying the /f/ sound represented by ff  as in coffee
Paired text: The King's Breakfast
Supporting material: Lesson Plan - What's for Breakfast / The King's Breakfast
Series: Flying Start to Literacy
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Series information:

Flying Start to Literacy is an award-winning comprehensive literacy program. It reflects best practice in literacy instruction and supports the systematic development of students’ reading strategies and skills.

Each Student Book is part of connected pair, a narrative book and an informative book, both presenting the same key concepts and vocabulary. These titles have been trialled with a range of readers, including English language learners.

Each pair of Student Books is supported by a Lesson Plan. These visually appealing resources are durable and easy-to-use.  They integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.

Reading strategies, phonics and phonemic awareness and repetition of high-frequency words are all developed through this series, enhancing the reader’s fluency and comprehension. With an array of engaging titles to choose from, readers will laugh, explore and share in the adventure whilst learning and expanding their vocabulary.

Flying Start to Literacy resources are suitable for use as part of an early intervention program and provide effective support for English language learners.

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Flying Start to Literacy is supported by an array of free teacher resources, including:

• scope and sequence documents
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• information about the research that underpins the series
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