About this text:

Title: Big Bat’s Lunch
Synopsis:  In this book, a frog, a rat and a bat mistake a fruit-eating bat for a meat-eating bat.
Year level(s): F
Reading level: 5
Text type: Narrative
Curriculum link: Science: Living things
Content vocabulary: apple bananas bat/s eat/s fish frog/s insects mother pond rat/s
High frequency words: a am and at big can do for going her I is it little look/ed lots me no not of out play said some the there they this to too went what
Key concepts: There are different types of bats. Different bats eat different food – some eat plants, others eat animals.
Reading strategies: Self-monitoring – checking that what you read makes sense
Phonics: Hearing initial sounds in words
Paired text: What Do Bats Eat?
Supporting material: Lesson Plans - What Do Bats Eat? / Big Bat’s Lunch
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

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• title-level correlations to the Australian Curriculum
• information about the research that underpins the series
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