Flying Start to Literacy Shared Reading: Big Books - Sharing Fruit (Pack 9)

This pack contains:

• 1 Big Book
• 1 Lesson Plan
• 1 Vocabulary Starter

Title:Sharing Fruit

Synopsis: Sharing Fruit is a photographic book about two children who share a variety of fruits. They find different amounts of each type of fruit and they work out how to share them evenly. Sharing Fruit is written in rhyming verses with a catchy refrain on every double-page spread.

• Year level: F
• Reading level: Pre K
• Text type: Informative

Curriculum link: Mathematics: Number, fractions

Content vocabulary: apples bananas berries cherries crispy crunchy grapes juicy lemons munch oranges plump squirty squishy squashy sweet tasty

High frequency words: a and are for have in on the to you

Key concepts: Fruit can look and taste different. Fruit is good for you and it is a healthy food choice.

Phonics: Identifying the /f/ sound as in fruit

Phonemic awareness: Recognising the same sounds in words close together

Paired titles: Nil

Supporting material: Lesson Plan, Fruit Vocabulary Starter

Series: Flying Start to Literacy

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.

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.