links for Stage 8Shipwrecks: Bookband level - 10; Currricular subjects - history/geography/technology; ORT links - The Treasure Chest St 6, Mirror Island St 6, The Holiday St 10, ORT True Stories St 11 Titanic Survivor, St 10 Arctic Hero, St8 Travels with Magellan, St 9 Ocean AdventureModern Day Explorer: Steve Fossett: Bookband level - 10; Curricular subjects - geography/technology/citizenship; ORT links - Mirror Island, st 6, Lost in the Jungle St 7, ORT True Stories St 11 Titanic Survivor, st 10 Arctic Hero, St8 Travels with Magellan, st 9 Ocean Adventure, st 11 Man on theMoon, st 9 High Flier, st 8 At the top of the worldIce-Maker, Ice-Breaker: Bookband level - 9; Curricular subjects - geography/science; ORT links - The Treasure Chest st 6, Mirror Island st 6, ORT True Stories st 11 Titanic Survivor, st10 Arctic HeroFreaky Fish: Bookband level - 8; Curricular subjects - science/geography; ORT links - The Treasure Chest st 6, Submarine Adventure st 7Musician: Vanessa-Mae : Bookband level - 10; Curricular subjects - music/history; ORT links - The Finest in the Land st 9, Robin Hood st 6, William and the Pied Piper and Hamid Does His Best R st 9What's inside me?: Bookband level - 10; Curricular subjects - science; ORT links - The Emergency R st 82d:T45a,Oxford Reading Tree Fireflies has 60 titles on a wide range of topics linked to the curriculum. There are 10 stages, one for each term from KS1 Year R Term 1 to KS2 Year 3 Term 1 (P1 to P4 in Scotland and N Ireland).

* Colour-coded to show Oxford Reading Tree and bookband stages

* Linked to curriculum and Oxford Reading Tree themes

* Teaching Notes for every stage

* A Guided Reading Card and a Take-Home Card to go with each book

CROSS REFERENCES TO OTHER OUP RESOURCES - and curriculum links for Stage 7

Making a Space Shuttle: Bookband level - 8; Currricular subjects - art/technology/science

Things that Sting: Bookband level - 9; Curricular subjects - science

Sport Then and Now

Brian Birchall