Collins Big Cat | Read On

Big Cat Read On
Support upper KS2 children to read more and read widely with exciting chapter books created to build reading stamina, build comprehension and fluency skills and nurture a love of reading.
Teaching resources
Explore comprehensive teacher notes that follow the guidance in the DfE Reading Framework to support children to develop their fluency and comprehension skills. Ideas for book talk are also included to encourage inference, retrieving and summarising skills alongside additional writing and homework activities.

Big Cat Read On - Mission: Space

Big Cat Read On - Planet Protectors

Big Cat Read On - Station X

Big Cat Read On - Sea Wolf

Big Cat Read On - Shakespeare's Monkey

Big Cat Read On - Titanic

Big Cat Read On - Mission: Space

Big Cat Read On - Planet Protectors

Big Cat Read On - Station X

Big Cat Read On - Sea Wolf

Big Cat Read On - Shakespeare's Monkey

Big Cat Read On - Titanic

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Fiction books

Stories that challenge readers in both vocabulary and theme.

Non-fiction books

Covering topics including inspirational true stories and narrative non-fiction, with links to cross-curricular topics.

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Reading comprehension and oracy

Book talk, prediction, retrieval and supporting children to understand and speak about the books with confidence.

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Fluency and spoken language

Promoting fluency, prosody and inference skills with spoken language opportunities in the stories.

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Reading for pleasure

How the look, feel and content of the books will inspire children to read for pleasure as they graduate from banded readers.