About this text:

Title:Look At My Clothes
Synopsis:  This book shows the clothes people wear for a range of activities.
Year level(s): F
Reading level: 5
Text type: Report
Curriculum link: Health: Identity
Content vocabulary: build cook dance drum hat horse jacket kick pants play ride shoes skirt
High frequency words: and at do I look/ed my on put the to what
Key concepts: People wear different clothes when they do different activities. For some activities, people wear particular items of clothing for protection
Reading strategies: Using the photographs to identify unknown words
Phonics: Identifying the /sh/ sound as in shoes
Paired text: Where Is My Mother?
Supporting material: Lesson Plan - Look At My Clothes / Where Is My Mother?
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.

This series is supported by a wealth of teacher resources, which can be obtained by visiting www.flyingstarttoliteracy.com.au

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

• scope and sequence documents
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• reading and writing across the curriculum overviews of text types, text features, curriculum links, key concepts, and content vocabulary for the books at each of the reading stages
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• getting started tips and guidance
• title-level correlations to the Australian Curriculum
• information about the research that underpins the series
• percentage of decodable words tables for Levels 1—10.

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