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The New Kite: Band 3/Yellow
This story with a familiar setting is about Lenny`s family who go to the local park to fly his new kite. Lenny takes great care to hold on to his kite, but then Mum has a turn. She holds on tightly too, but trips over the dog, and falls into the pond. The other children try to help, so they all arrive home soaking wet and muddy! * Yellow/Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language. * Text Type – A story with a familiar setting. * The storyboard on pages 14 and 15 provides an opportunity for children to retell the story in their own words. * Curriculum links – Science: pushes and pulls. * This story is paired with a non-fiction book on the same theme: The Wind by Monica Hughes (Band 3/Yellow). * This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.