This pack is conveniently packaged in a vinyl carrying case for easy access and transport. Each pack contains:

• 1 copy of all 4 Big Books at Level 1 for use in modelling, shared and guided reading and practice
• 5 copies of all 4 Small Books at Level 1 for paired and independent practice
• A Teacher Guide (with CD-ROM) containing teaching notes with embedded professional learning and modifiable Line Masters
• Audio CD containing recordings of each text and aural activity
• eBook CD-ROM containing electronic versions of all texts with built-in audio recordings (narrative texts have 2 versions - one with written text, and one without) - to provide an interactive learning tool to engage students, assess for learning, and differentiate instruction

All priced so it's like getting the eBook and carrying case FREE!

This book recounts a series of unfortunate events in the day of a 10-year-old boy.

• Type/Theme: Fictional humourous narrative
• Level: Beginning
• Comprehension Strategy: Je pose des questions. (Ask questions.)
• Response activity: Students re-enact the story using readers theatre.

This book features a student who does an Internet survey with other students from around the world to find out what they like about their school.

• Type/Theme: Informational text in the first person
• Level: Mid
• Comprehension Strategy: Je fais des prédictions. (Make predictions.)
• Response activity: Students survey fellow classmates about their school preferences.

This book features three friends who love extraordinary bugs. Each member of the trio describes a favourite bug.

• Type/Theme: Informational narrative interspersed with direct speech 
• Level: Late
• Comprehension Strategy: Je vois une image dans ma tête. (Visualize.)
• Response activity: Students create and describe a bug mascot for the class.

This book features a variety of text types (viewing, listening, reading) that are thematically linked to the three other books.

• Type/Theme: Expressive, informative, procedural and persuasive texts
• Level: all
• Comprehension strategy: various
• Response activties include suggestions for student responses in a variety of learning styles.

Audio recordings of written texts, aural texts and aural activities to

• Develop oral communication skills and enhances comprehension.
• Provide a model of fluency, expression, pronunciation and intonation.
• Use for modelling and shared, guided and independent practice.
• Allows students to re-read the text with support independently, at a listening centre or at home
• Download onto MP3 players* to support audio-assisted learning

* within purchasing school

• Embeds teacher professional learning 
• Provides lesson plans for 3 narrative books and 6 Échos mag texts
• CD-ROM includes line masters in PDF format and modifiable Word format (including Fiches d’activité, Fiches d’évaluation, Tableaux de références) and an Image Bank of 3 Visual Dictionaries