Transform your literacy outcomes and engage your whole school
in reading. Inspire and delight your children with contemporary,
diverse and engaging texts that will spark a lifelong
love of reading for pleasure.
Get the most out of best-loved children’s books with our bestselling
Read & Respond series - the perfect way to explore
favourite stories in your classroom. This resource book brings you
a wealth of inspiring activities, discussion ideas and guided reading
notes based on Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.
Stimulating content mapped to curriculum objectives
Phonics section
Shared reading and whole-class guided reading section including
non-fiction extracts
Time-saving lesson plans, activities and assessments
Huge variety of speaking, listening and creative activities.
Our Read & Respond series now has a dedicated online space
containing:
Curriculum and teaching overviews with recommendations on
books to read for pleasure
Classic small-group guided reading notes and resources
Teaching reading resources such as ideas for vocabulary and fluency
Access to the additional content referenced in the teacher’s
book. Including media resources and interactive activities (this
content was previously available via a CD-ROM, it is an installable
desktop program for Windows).
Read & Respond helps you build a whole-school literacy
programme based on timeless children’s stories, chosen to inspire
reading for pleasure. Fun-filled activities help children to fully
engage with each story, encouraging a love of reading and building
a range of skills.
Underpinned by a wealth of research the teacher’s guides provide
activities with a strong focus on all of the ‘big five’ plus
oracy and reading for pleasure, as well as concentration on grammar,
punctuation & spelling and writing
Foster reading for pleasure with stories from acclaimed and award-winning
authors
Prepare with confidence with essential teacher’s books and supportive
resources
Save hours of preparation time with ready-to-use print and digital
resources
Boost guided reading in every year group with detailed teachers
notes.
PRAISE FOR READ & RESPOND
‘The resources are wonderful. I like the fact that it has a
mix of fiction and non-fiction activities … and how material can
link to other areas of the curriculum, not just literacy.’
Miss North, teacher
‘Reading for enjoyment and writing for enjoyment are two of
the most powerful ways of getting children interested in books.
Read & Respond provides exactly this.’ Michael Morpurgo, author
‘[Read and Respond] makes it easy to explore texts fully and
ensure that the children want to keep on reading more.’ Chris
Flanagan, Primary teacher.
