Literacy: Modelled reading (Early Years Level)

Learning Activity 5.1:
Develop a list of suitable literature for reading to/modelled reading in the early years. Choose a variety of texts and complete the table below.

Text	Text type/ Genre	Purpose
Who sank the boat? (Pamela Allen) The Potato People (Pamela Allen) Can You Keep a Secret? (Pamela Allen) Bears on Wheels (Stan and Jan Berenstain) Sleepytime ABC Three Billy Goats Gruff Mrs. Wishy Washy. Elliot the Piglet. Q2	Fiction- Picture Book Fiction – Picture Book Fiction- Picture Book Fiction- Picture Book Non-Fiction: Picture Book Fiction- Big Book Fiction- Big Book Non Fiction- Picture Book	Humourous story-to develop prediction skills. To discuss about relationships between families, grandparents. Discusses about crowns, kings and rulers and prepositions. Discusses about acrobatics, numbers and bicycles. Introduces letters of the alphabet. Introduces concepts of big, small, middle sized. Talks about familiar animals on the farm. Discusses about a pig who feel secluded due to his size.