The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales Handbook has been designed to help you get then most from this selection of best-loved stories. It contains valuable advice and resources to make these timeless tales fun, engaging and easily integrated into your children's phonics practice. It includes: *40 photocopiable activity sheets to support comprehension, storytelling and writing. One sheet per story at Levels 1-9. *24 photocopiable extended stories to develop rich language and storytelling skills. For all stories at Levels 1-5. *Homework ideas for every story. *Advice on independent reading and the language of traditional tales. *Support for storytelling. *Information for parents to help you achieve successful home-school links. *Background information on the tales and the authors and illustrators. Find inspirational support for teachers - professional development plus storyteller videos, story maps, teaching notes and eBooks on www.oxfordprimary.co.uk

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford Reading Tree-Traditional Tales .

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Oxford University Press .

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