Additional Notes
This text is levelled at Yellow 1. In this story, a dad and his son are getting ready to leave the house. The son, who is also the narrator, copies each thing that Dad does. The story finishes with a lighthearted race to the car. Students will enjoy the warmth and humour between the characters, the pattern of the boy repeating Dad's actions, the race to the car, and the repetition of numbers in Māori.my notes
The Ready to Read series provides core instructional materials to support the literacy learning of students in years 1-3 (Levels 1-2 of English in The New Zealand Curriculum). The aims of the Ready to Read series are to develop confident and proficient readers and writers who can apply their literacy skills across the curriculum and achieve academic success. All texts are trialled and levelled according to the Ready to Read colour wheel. There are nine colour segments beginning with Magenta (the emergent level), followed by Red, Yellow, Blue, Green (the early levels) and Orange, Turquoise, Purple, and Gold (the fluency levels)