Oxford Reading Tree & Treetops

Range & Progression

BEGINNER READERS

Stages 1-3 concentrate on enriching language and developing the early literacy skills that children need to achieve reading readiness and go on to become competent readers.
The resources introduce children to a range of text types: stories, information books, poetry and rhymes, as well as extensive support. These have been designed to:

• encourage children to talk and make links to their own experiences
• develop listening skills
• enable children to make the link between text and pictures
• develop an understanding of text and how it behaves
• support the prediction of meaning
• introduce the main Reading Tree characters with whom children can identify
• foster early phonological awareness and introduce rhyme and initial phonemes
• introduce the first high frequency key words
• teach early book-handling skills
• initiate early writing skills
  
  Patterned Stories for reinforcement
  First Phonics practice phonics in context
  Sparrows for consolidation
  Fireflies Non-fiction

BECOMING FLUENT

Stages 4-5 consolidate the early language skills and develop reading confidence, stamina and an increased range of strategies for reading. The range of text types is expanded with stories which move from real life into fantasy worlds, information books which cover a wider number of topics and treatments, and poems and rhymes which are slightly more complex. These, and the numerous teaching resources have been designed to:

• Increase children’s confidence with longer texts and narratives moving from one story to the next.
• offer more complex plots within the books
• provide opportunities for children to be reflective about their reading
• give practice in the use of different strategies for checking that reading makes sense
• develop reading stamina
• offer a wider choice for independent reading
• support the use of phonological strategies in making analogies from one word to another with a shared rhyming spelling pattern
• help children to become young researchers
  
  Sparrows for consolidation reading
  Woodpeckers for phonics
  Fireflies Non-fiction

TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE

Stages 6-9 encourage further reading practice, increased reading stamina and stimulate the imagination with motivational narrative and rhyming stories, rich poetic language and magic adventures that foster reading for pleasure. The information books also extend into a wider sphere and expose children to an increased number of text types. The books at this level, with their teaching support, have been designed to:

• develop children’s insights into feelings and motivation of characters
• expand children’s vocabulary through fiction and non-fiction
• enhance opportunities for creative writing
• be read with enjoyment, expression, fluency, accuracy and understanding
• support an increased numbers of strategies in reading
• help children to read between the lines and make predictions and inferences which are not directly stated.
• help children cope with more complex language structures, language patterns, and ideas
• to make the differences between fiction and non-fiction totally explicit
• to turn children into fully confident and independent young readers.
  
  Robins for extension reading
  Jackdaws for extension reading
  Fireflies Non-fiction
  Oxford Reading Tree True Stories
  Oxford Reading Tree Citizenship Stories

Treetops Fiction Stages 10-16

TreeTops is a series that includes top quality fiction and non-fiction with built-in progression for children aged 7 to 11. Covering a huge variety of genres, and with over 180 titles, TreeTops offers a breadth that will capture your pupils’ imaginations and motivate their reading. All the scope you need to make them want to read more.

TreeTops have been designed to:

• provide support for children who still need carefully monitored language levels
• introduce children gradually to more complex narrative forms end extended reading vocabulary as they progress up the stages
• build children's reading stamina by gradually increasing the length of each story
• emphasize authorship through author biographies at the back of each book
• extend children's reading experience with a team of top class children's authors and talented illustrators
  
  

TreeTops non-fiction offers:

• 42 new titles for Stages 10 to 16 that will excite and enthuse all your readers - particularly boys
• All the non-fiction text types needed to expand your pupil's reading skills, making these titles a valuable resource for the teaching of non-fiction

Maximum teaching support is offered through:

FREE pick-up-and go Teaching Notes for each stage with:

• ideas for individual and guided reading
• speaking and listening activities
• cross-curricular opportunities
• ideas for using ICT

Easy-to-use Reading Notes for parents inside the cover of each book

At Stage 10, children encounter the first of the TreeTops series - a range of high-quality, accessible fiction and non-fiction titles designed to allow readers to move away from Biff, Chip and Kipper, and acquire stamina and confidence.
The books at this stage continue the commitment to entertainment and stimulation, featuring a creature called a Squink, a group of mysterious masked cleaning ladies and a suit made from spaghetti!
New to TreeTops Fiction are:

• Fresh new covers to tempt readers to pick-up the books
• New pick-up and go teaching notes for every pack, crammed full of useful information.
• NEW Guided Reading Cards. Offering a strong comprehension focus and support for a structured Guided Reading session. 
• NEW easy to use Reading Notes for parents and teachers inside the cover of each book.

An exciting new series of non-fiction readers with levelling you can trust
TreeTops non-fiction offers:

• 42 new titles for Stages 10 to 16 that will excite and enthuse all your readers - particularly boys
• All the non-fiction text types needed to expand your pupil's reading skills, making these titles a valuable resource for the teaching of non-fiction
• Valuable cross-curricular appeal.

Maximum teaching support is offered through:
FREE pick-up-and go Teaching Notes for each stage with:

• ideas for individual and guided reading
• speaking and listening activities
• cross-curricular opportunities
• ideas for using ICT

Easy-to-use Reading Notes for parents inside the cover of each book

New exciting non-fiction for your juniors
TreeTops Non-Fiction is a new, exciting range offering 42 new titles for Stages 10 to 16 to excite and enthuse your readers. These are full colour non-fiction books, with levelling you can trust, offering a wide range of themes and authors that will fascinate all your pupils, especially boys.
The series is designed to support and extend your children's reading both at home and in the classroom. Apart from being accessible, fun reads that will fire the imagination, the range also offers links to the QCA Schemes of Work and the Scottish guidelines, and provides you with real cross-curricular opportunities.
Tree-Tops non-fiction extends the TreeTops range to now bring you fiction, non-fiction, and biography! It is the one-stop shop for your junior levelled core reading.

TreeTops Talking Stories
Six Talking Stories from Stages 10 and 11 designed to encourage independent reading and are ideal for use on interactive whiteboards