The New Kite : Band 03/Yellow

This story with a familiar setting is about Lenny's family who go to the local park to fly his new kite.Lenny takes great care to hold on to his kite, but then Mum has a turn.She holds on tightly too, but trips over the dog, and falls into the pond.The other children try to help, so they all arrive home soaking wet and muddy! Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language. Text Type – A story with a familiar setting. The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to retell the story in their own words. Curriculum links – Science: pushes and pulls. This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: The Wind by Monica Hughes (Band 3/Yellow). This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.