Collins Big Cat Guided Reading Handbooks provide a continuous program of teaching and assessment that take every reader from phonics to fluency. Collins Big Cat Guided Reading Handbooks provide a continuous program of teaching and assessment that take every reader from phonics to fluency. • Detailed support for both collaborative guided reading sessions and independent sessions for every Big Cat book. • Supports practice of reading comprehension strategies through focused, targeted lesson plans and worksheets, ensuring every pupil reaches age-related expectations. • Includes advice for demonstration and modelling in every lesson plan, supporting pupils in developing key skills such as inference and deduction from the start. • Vocabulary Boost sessions for every book to extend pupils’ expressive and receptive vocabulary. • Formative and summative assessment opportunities to fully assess pupil progress in reading. • Matches to the current programmes of study for English, Science, History and Geography.