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Having crash-landed in a remote part of the Earth-cloned planet Eco, Valdez has to struggle with a life-threatening virus, worries about the fate of his co-pilot, and fears that his scientist sister may be harbouring a terrible secret.

Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 10-11 (Year 6) Book band: Red Plus A Phonics phase: n/a

 

In the Olympic Games, a fraction of a second can make all the difference between winning and losing. New technology has helped athletes improve their skills, and the use of computers to record accurate times makes every split second count! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn about elapsed time and build their STEM skills.

Explore the layers of the ocean! Students will learn about the animals and plants that live in the various zones: the sunlit zone, the twilight zone, the midnight zone, and the abyss zone. Along the way, students will learn about different units of measurement including meters, yards, feet, pounds, and ounces. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn units of measure and build their STEM skills.

It doesn't need to be Shark Week to learn all about these fascinating creatures! Learn about the cartilage, gills, teeth, and fins that make sharks unique. You will also learn about different units of measurement in relation to sharks, and how to convert measurement from pounds to ounces, feet to inches, and liters to milliliters. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn units of measure and build their STEM skills.

The Red Squirrel Reading Road series supports older primary school students to consolidate and master their phonic knowledge through reading age-appropriate engaging texts. The relatable fiction titles include characters that will appeal to older students and the non-fiction titles provide easily accessible information about varied topics.Reading Road can be used as an intervention series to give students who may not believe that they can tackle books written for their age group confidence in reading. It is also appropriate for all students who would like to reinforce their existing phonics knowledge with longer books and a larger word count.Each book includes teacher notes on the inside front and back covers which focus on some of the sounds and focus words in each book and provide suggested discussion points for after reading. Teaching notes and student worksheets to support each title are also available as free downloads from the Raintree.co.uk website.The books in Reading Road Level 2 feature simple and complex code including consonants, consonant digraphs, short vowels, vowel digraphs and trigraphs, and r-controlled vowels, as well as adjacent consonants with short and long vowel sounds. They are decodable by students who have reached the end of Red Squirrel Level 5 or Letters and Sounds Phase 4, and so can be used to support students that have been taught using a wide range of different SSP programmes.This is a Level 2 book. Picture the scene: a dark, wet, muddy cave. Coins lost somewhere deep within it, long ago. And a tale about a mysterious man with a stick, still searching for the treasure. But Dev and Kath don’t need to picture the scene. They are in that cave. And they can hear something odd.

The Red Squirrel Reading Road series supports older primary school students to consolidate and master their phonic knowledge through reading age-appropriate engaging texts. The relatable fiction titles include characters that will appeal to older students and the non-fiction titles provide easily accessible information about varied topics.Reading Road can be used as an intervention series to give students who may not believe that they can tackle books written for their age group confidence in reading. It is also appropriate for all students who would like to reinforce their existing phonics knowledge with longer books and a larger word count.Each book includes teacher notes on the inside front and back covers which focus on some of the sounds and focus words in each book and provide suggested discussion points for after reading. Teaching notes and student worksheets to support each title are also available as free downloads from the Raintree.co.uk website.The books in Reading Road Level 2 feature simple and complex code including consonants, consonant digraphs, short vowels, vowel digraphs and trigraphs, and r-controlled vowels, as well as adjacent consonants with short and long vowel sounds. They are decodable by students who have reached the end of Red Squirrel Level 5 or Letters and Sounds Phase 4, and so can be used to support students that have been taught using a wide range of different SSP programmes.This is a Level 2 book. Rally cars and solar cars. Cars that can swim and cars that can fly. Fast cars and big cars. Old classic cars and new, shiny sports cars. What’s your idea of a cool car?

Tecnología olímpica (Olympic Technology) teaches students about sports technology and timing accuracy for Olympic sports. This intriguing classroom resource provides mathematical charts and graphs to help students develop problem-solving skills and content-area literacy in mathematics. This Spanish classroom resource includes practice problems, a glossary, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills.

This nonfiction Spanish book provides problems for students to practice converting units and solving measurement problems while learning about marine ecology. Mathematical charts and diagrams help children advance their content-area literacy in math and science. Text features include an index, a glossary, captions, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to direct students back to the text for multiple readings.

It doesn't need to be Shark Week to learn all about sharks! Students will enjoy performing math functions as they read about sharks in this fascinating, fact-packed book. Concepts addressed in this classroom text include measurements and various units for length, weight, speed, and the amount of liquid consumed by a whale shark. Practice problems, math charts, and diagrams help students improve their measurement skills. This Spanish book includes a glossary, an index, engaging images, and easy-to-read text to help students build their math and reading skills.

The New Zealand Police Armed Offenders Squads are never far from the headlines.  Called out to the wost-case scenarios in which lives are in danger, their exploits make them a media magnet.  But despite this, little is known about the people behind the masks. In conjunction with the TV documentary series Line of Fire, this book seeks to go behind the public facade of the AOS to get inside the heads of men and women who have served in the squads through the five decades of their existence.  To find out what sort of person willingly steps into the line of fire to ensure that the country we live in is a safer place.

THE DETECTIVES OF THE NEW ZEALAND POLICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH (CIB) ARE CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING AND SOLVING SERIOUS CRIME.To outsmart and defeat New Zealand''s hardened organised crime rings, the CIB employ the most sophisticated techniques and technologies available.  But at the end of the day, fighting crime demands an unflinching commitment to the case and an old-fashioned nose for the truth.In conjunction with the television documentary series NZ Detectives, this book goes behind closed doors to meet former and current detectives dedicated to the pursuit of the truth – men and women whose grit and dedication cracked some of the country''s biggest criminal cases.