Hotlinks

What are Hotlinks?

• Hotlinks is a reading and language resource for 4 to 8 year olds
• It contains 20 titles (each one is a collection of 10 texts)
• They are carefully levelled, providing resources for Book Bands 1 to 8.
• Help children to catch up.
• Covers the NLS objectives from Y1 T1 to Y2 T1.
• Each book presents stories, facts, puzzles, and poems linked by a common theme in a magazine format.
• The stories selected for each collection are levelled for guided reading and include a range of genre, such as personal narrative, fantasy, recount, expository text, and plays.
• These books are high quality resources that offer you great value for money.
  
  Key Helpful Features:

• Book Band Levelling
• Variety of genre and text types for KS1 & Y3
• Interactive games and activities
• Phonemic features
• Cross Curricular and ESL
• Prompts for writing - Writing frames
• Teachers notes and planning aids linked to NLS
• Digital Texts

Gatefold Spread

Each Hotlink book has a gatefold section that opens with a poem to share that present an opportunity to develop phonemic awareness and additional reading and writing skills. It contains puzzles and make- and- do ideas that develop language and writing skills as well as Higher Order Thinking Skills.
Description
Additional reading and writing. A cross-curricular theme based book for Key Stage 1 and 2 (19 other titles also available in series). Hotlinks include a range of genre, and lesson plans and activity sheets are available on CD-ROM. Activities cover subject areas: Music, History, PSHE, Art and design, PE, Science, Design and technology, Maths, IT, Geography, History. Title promotes guided reading and writing, and also useful for independent reading, and phonemic awareness. Size: 18.4cm wide by 20.4cm high. 52 pages. Published 2003.