Series Overview: Leveled Readers
At Flying Start Books we believe literacy is the key to success in life, so we’re passionate about giving children a flying start by launching them into literacy. This core belief is at the heart of our Red Rocket™ Readers Series.
Developed by New Zealand reading specialist and author Pam Holden, this exciting, award-winning reading program offers more than 600 illustrated fiction and photographic non-fiction titles, at meticulously graded levels.
All Red Rocket Readers™ titles feature colorful, entertaining illustrations that support the text, launch oral discussion and develop student comprehension. The classic story structure (tension, climax and resolution) ensures children will want to engage with the texts.
Foundation Level | Lilac
The Alphabet Explorers Set features individual titles for each letter of the alphabet, plus one each focusing on the key digraphs Ch, Ph, Sh and Th.
Alphabet Explorers presents the correct upper and lower case letter forms together in a highly appealing way, supported by real-life photographic images.
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Children need several different means of identifying letters. As well as learning to read and write all letter forms, it’s essential they discover letter names and sounds.
The Red Rocket Alphabet Explorers Boxed Set features thirty 8-page books; individual titles for each letter of the alphabet, plus one each focusing on the key digraphs Ch, Ph, Sh and Th.
Red Rocket Alphabet Explorers will help children to become familiar with all the letters of the alphabet in the following ways:
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Pre-Reading Level | Pink
Blend Explorers
Red Rocket Blend Explorers reinforce the learning gained with the Alphabet Explorers and take the next step in building understanding of the blends.
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Once children have individual letter and sound association knowledge secure, the next essential literacy skill is the blending of consonants – to make onset blends.
Red Rocket Blend Explorers introduce 22 common consonant combinations where each individual letter-sound is heard – helping children to become familiar with these initial blends in several ways:
Sound Explorers
Red Rocket Sound Explorers reinforce the learning gained with the Alphabet Explorers and Blends and take the next step in building understanding of the digraphs and vowel sounds.
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Some letters commonly make more than one sound. Exploring hard, soft, long, and short letter-sounds and having that knowledge secure is an important skill for emergent students to master.
Red Rocket Sound Explorers introduce the alternative sounds letters can make, along with the unique single-sound some consonant combinations create, and help children to become familiar with these sounds in several ways:
Key Letters
An essential first introduction to the basic conventions of print, Pre-Reading Level titles help children get off to a flying start. Unlike traditional ‘ABC’ alphabet books, the letters are presented within a story context so that, using pre-existing letter knowledge and picture clues, children can decode the text and experience first reading success.
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Key Letter Readers allow students to use their letter knowledge to read text, and:
Emergent Level | Magenta
Emergent Level Readers engage students with wonderful fiction and non-fiction texts, fully supported by attractive illustrations and photographs.
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Emergent Level Readers engage students with wonderful fiction and non-fiction texts, fully supported by attractive illustrations and photographs, and:
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Rainbow and World Explorers | Magenta
Our new series – Rainbow and World Explorers – has been developed as a direct response to demand for more Emergent Level titles in the Red Rocket Readers series. Rainbow Explorers look at Colors, and World Explorers looks at everyday experiences.
The 16 new Explorers help children observe and categorize the things they see in the world around them, laying the foundations for literacy by building vocabulary, developing book handling skills, and recognizing word and picture associations.
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Early Level 1 | Red
Red level texts consolidate and build on the basic conventions of print learning introduced in the earlier levels. Red level texts provide level appropriate challenges, such as meeting new controlled language sight-words within slightly longer storylines.
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Through a carefully controlled sequence of challenges at the Early levels of Red, Yellow, Blue and Green, students will:
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Early Level 2 | Yellow
At Yellow Level, progress is seen as children work through a carefully controlled sequence of challenges, meeting controlled language high-frequency words and taking the vital early steps into literacy. Children will further develop their oral language, comprehension, and critical thinking skills
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Through a carefully controlled sequence of challenges at the Early levels of Red, Yellow, Blue and Green, students will:
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Early Level 3 | Blue
At Blue Level children meet and master more complex vocabulary and print conventions – all while enjoying a wide range of entertaining fiction stories and developing skills for reading informational, expository text.
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Through a carefully controlled sequence of challenges at the Early levels of Red, Yellow, Blue and Green, students will:
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Early Level 4 | Green
Green level text focuses on more challenging vocabulary, print conventions, phonological patterns, and phonic knowledge in context. Mastering control of the strategies at green will lay the foundations for a successful launch into fluency levels.
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Through a carefully controlled sequence of challenges at the Early levels of Red, Yellow, Blue and Green, students will:
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Fluency Level 1 | Orange
The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
With the Red Rocket Fluency levels of Orange, Turquoise, Purple and Gold students will:
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Fluency Level 2 | Turquoise
The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
With the Red Rocket Fluency levels of Orange, Turquoise, Purple and Gold students will:
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Fluency Level 3 | Purple
The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
With the Red Rocket Fluency levels of Orange, Turquoise, Purple and Gold students will:
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Fluency Level 4 | Gold
The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
With the Red Rocket Fluency levels of Orange, Turquoise, Purple and Gold students will:
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Advanced Fluency Level 1 | Silver
Scaffolding on knowledge and skills acquired in the earlier Red Rocket levels, the new Advanced Fluency levels of Silver, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire will increase students’ reading ability and boost their confidence by engaging interest using a variety of appealing text types and genres.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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Advanced Fluency Level 2 | Emerald
Scaffolding on knowledge and skills acquired in the earlier Red Rocket levels, the new Advanced Fluency levels of Silver, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire will increase students’ reading ability and boost their confidence by engaging interest using a variety of appealing text types and genres.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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Advanced Fluency Level 3 | Ruby
Scaffolding on knowledge and skills acquired in the earlier Red Rocket levels, the new Advanced Fluency levels of Silver, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire will increase students’ reading ability and boost their confidence by engaging interest using a variety of appealing text types and genres.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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Advanced Fluency Level 4 | Sapphire
Scaffolding on knowledge and skills acquired in the earlier Red Rocket levels, the new Advanced Fluency levels of Silver, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire will increase students’ reading ability and boost their confidence by engaging interest using a variety of appealing text types and genres.
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The mastery of more complex strategies will enable students to read with increased pace, flow, phrasing and intonation, freeing their attention to the meaning within text.
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