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Published edition© Eleanor CurtainPublishing 2004Text © Elizabeth GoldingPhotographs© Eleanor CurtainPublishingFirst published 2004Apart from any fair dealing forthe purposes of study, research,criticism or review, aspermitted under the CopyrightAct of Australia, no part of thisbook may be reproduced byany process, or transmitted inany form, without permissionof the copyright owner. Wherecopies of part or the whole ofthis book are made under PartVB of the Copyright Act, thelaw requires that records ofsuch copying be kept and thecopyright owner is entitled toclaim payment.Developed byEleanor Curtain PublishingDesigned byAlexander StittProduction byPublishing SolutionsPrinted in ChinaISBN 0 7253 3286 71 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 904 05 06How to use this bookThe Alphakids Plus teachereditions support teachers as theyguide children’s reading andthinking during one or more guidedreading sessions. Teachers canobserve children as they read andchoose from the given suggestionsto suit individual needs.Before readingSetting the context, front coverand title page:The suggestions help teachers toset the scene and prepare childrenfor reading the book. Prompts helpto determine children’s priorknowledge. Where necessary,background information isprovided. Teachers are encouragedto check that children understandthe vocabulary listed and to discussthe meanings and/or the structuresof these words. Previous experienceswith similar text types may also bediscussed.During readingPredict, Read, Reflect:Questions encourage children toengage with the text by makingpredictions. They then read asection of the text and reflect onwhat they have read. The focus ison the content, language and textfeatures of the book.Observe and support:Prompts help teachers to focus onthe strategies children use as theyread. Teachers can then select fromand adapt the suggestions accordingto the needs of the individual child.The suggestions aim to develop achild’s reading abilities.Interruptions to the child’s readingshould be minimal.After readingA selection of reading and writingactivities:The last pages of the teacher editionprovide follow-up activities andinclude the assessment focus.Selected text features• A flow chart is provided• Captions explain aspects of thephotographs• Technical language is used throughout:low-loading trucks, root ball, crane,harness, special pegs, wires, roadside,trench, base, replantedVocabularyattached, beautiful, building, council,damaged, easier, harness, preparing,several, successfully, underground