Reading Champion: Dragon Knight: Independent Reading 17
Key stage: Key Stage 2
No. of pages 32
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
In this fantasy adventure, a dragon is terrorising London - or is it? Leo isn't sure ... and his meeting with the legendary St George confirms his suspicions about dragons!
This first colour chapter book is a perfectly levelled, accessible text for Key stage 2 readers aged 10-11. Reading Champion offers independent reading books for children to practise and reinforce their developing reading skills.
Fantastic, original stories are accompanied by engaging artwork and activities to provoke deeper response and encourage writing. Each book has been carefully graded so that it can be matched to a child's reading ability, encouraging reading for pleasure.
This book is part of a book series called Reading Champion .
This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.
There are 32 pages in this book. This is a chapter book. Publishers market early chapter books at readers aged 6-10 years. This book was published 2019 by Hachette Children's Group .
ADAM BUSHNELL is an author and storyteller working in the UK and internationally in both state and private education. He is the author of nine books of fiction including Snakes Legs and Cows Eggs which was selected by the School Library Association for the Boys into Books list for 2008). He is also the editor and author of two academic books for teachers on how to help children to write creatively. Adam travels to schools to deliver creative writing and storytelling workshops on a daily basis and he has over 13, 000 followers on Twitter. DAVE SILK is the Learning Officer at Newcastle Castle. He has been working in heritage education since 2008, employed in various museums around the North East of England (including Bede's World, South Shields Museum and Arbeia Roman Fort) and as a freelance storyteller, historical interpreter and artist.
This book has the following chapters:
- 4: Dragon Attack!
- 7: George and the Dragon
- 10: Curfew in London
- 14: To the Tower
- 19: Into the Dragon's Lair
- 22: The Music of Dragons
This book is in the following series:
Reading Champion
Reading Champion is an innovative new series, designed to support and enrich childrens reading experiences. It is the first ever officially levelled independent reading programme linking to the guided reading that pupils are doing in the classroom. Developed in consultation with University College London (UCL) Institute of Education (IOE). The scheme supports children to practise and embed their developing reading skills with independent reading books linked to the guided reading book band they are using at school. It engages children in reading with original stories featuring a broad range of interests, real-life experiences and diverse characters, so that children can identify with characters and settings. Levelling you can trust; each book has been produced in collaboration with the consultants at UCL IOE to ensure it provides the right level of challenge for reading independently. Books have been specifically written to support independent reading, using clear sentence structures and accessible vocabulary that children are able to understand easily or decode. The scheme provides plenty of opportunity for practice and lots of choice with a minimum of six books in each band. It deepens engagement and encourages enjoyment of reading with fun activities to reinforce learning at the end of each book, as well as providing a whole school solution to independent reading, from Reception to upper Key Stage 2 (or children aged 4-11).
