Introduction

Oxford Reading Tree and TreeTops are carefully constructed reading programmes for all your primary school children.

Oxford Reading Tree's teaching materials have been fully revised in line with the 2006 renewed Framework to provide comprehensive support on teaching reading.

• Teacher's Handbooks provide guidance on how Oxford Reading Tree works with the simple view of reading
• Cover Notes now feature on the inside covers of the storybooks for parents and teaching assistants to give guidance on Word Recognition and Comprehension

How Oxford Reading Tree supports the Simple View of Reading

Speaking and Listening

• The simple view of reading places increasing importance on the role of Speaking and Listening in developing your pupils' early reading skills

Oxford Reading Tree has always placed real emphasis on the part speaking and listening plays in early language development. Much-loved Biff, Chip and Kipper stories, and the supporting teaching material and activities all actively encourage talk.

Word Recognition

• The simple view of reading recommends systematic high-quality phonics teaching

Oxford Reading Tree stories have been written using a mix of high-frequency and phonic words which can be blended and sounded out, enabling your pupils to apply their phonic skills. The stories also include high interest vocabulary which helps to develop children's language and comprehension.

Teach and practise phonics with:

• Songbirds Phonics - enabling you to teach and practise synthetic phonics in a systematic way
• Floppy's Phonics - providing the perfect opportunity for consolidation and practice of synthetic phonics, combining word recognition skills and language comprehension

Language Comprehension

The simple view of reading recommends developing language comprehension skills alongside your pupils' word recognition skills.

• Language Comprehension is at the heart of Oxford Reading Tree's Biff, Chip and Kipper stories, as the multi-layered stories follow a group of characters through real, engaging storylines
• Supporting teaching materials, including teaching notes, group activity sheets, workbooks and games are full of activities to further develop pupils' comprehension skills
• TreeTops Comprehension offers a simple and easy to use resource for teaching comprehension skills and strategies to your junior readers