Collins Big Cat Phonics - Get Fit: Band 02A/Red A

It’s fun to get fit! Find out different ways professional sports people keep fit, and how easy it is for us to do the same, in this highly photographic non-fiction recount.

This is a Red A/Band 2A book in the Collins Big Cat reading programme which offers predictable text with familiar objects and actions, combined with simple story development for early readers.
A simple non-fiction recount, children can recap and discuss the different ways they can get fit on pages 14–15. This book would link well with the physical development: move with control and coordination curriculum topic. This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Get Fit is one of the top 10 books found to be ‘easiest’ to read – most accessible and appropriate for the reading level – in the 2019 What Kids are Reading report from Renaissance Learning. Other top 10 ‘easiest’ books to read from the report include Bad Bat (9780007412891), No, Sid, No! (9780007421923), Sam and the Nut (9780007334995), The Magic Egg (9780007329182), Cat and Dog in a Mess (9780007235827), Cat and Dog in a Mess (9780007235827) and Got It! (9780007421930).

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