Sports Zone

Interst Age 11-14, reading ages ranging from 6.5 years to 9.5 years.

Sports Zone is a series of Special Needs readers that taps straight into the real interests of 10-14 year olds with tales about sports. Encourage your pupils to read through these gripping tales with fast moving story lines written in natural language, and help motivate struggling readers. There are 18 books at three controlled levels using sporting themes such as snowboarding, football, mountain biking and Formula 1, with reading ages ranging from 6.5 years to 9.5 years.

 
Level 1 is suitable for reading age 6.5 to 7.5 and contains 6 different titles, Up for It (Football), Trail Bikes (Mountain Biking), Snow Trek (Snowboarding), Hot Skates (Ice Hockey), Head to Head (Athletics) and A Crazy Sport (Triathlon).
Additional Information:
  • With their non-educational feel and a wide variety of different sporting theme, Sports Zone uses a fresh approach to provide top quality, lower ability reading materials.
  • Encourages readers by using topics of interest including snowboarding, football, mountain biking, wind-surfing, ice-hockey, Formula 1, athletics and swimming.
  • Improves readers' ability across three controlled levels of reading difficulty (6.5 to 9.5).
  • Features short, highly illustrated, manageable chapters capturing the attention of readers.
  • Attractive covers and paperback style remove the stigma of special needs.
  • Provides an integrated approach by offering supporting material online including downloadable worksheets, extra stories and interactive activities.
 
Level 2 is suitable for reading age 7.5 to 8.5 and contains 6 different titles, Rock Face (Rock climbing), Speed Bikes (Speedway), Running into Trouble (Marathon Running), Skating to Danger (Ice-skating), Hit It! (Water-skiing), Goalie's Nightmare (Football).
Additional Information:
  • With their non-educational feel and a wide variety of different sporting theme, Sports Zone uses a fresh approach to provide top quality, lower ability reading materials.
  • Encourages readers by using topics of interest including snowboarding, football, mountain biking, wind-surfing, ice-hockey, Formula 1, athletics and swimming.
  • Improves readers' ability across three controlled levels of reading difficulty (6.5 to 9.5).
  • Features short, highly illustrated, manageable chapters capturing the attention of readers.
  • Attractive covers and paperback style remove the stigma of special needs.
  • Provides an integrated approach by offering supporting material online including downloadable worksheets, extra stories and interactive activities.
 
Level 3 is suitable for reading age 8.5 to 9.5 and contains 6 different titles Match Ref (Football), Dive and Survive (Diving), Pit Stop (Formula 1), Deep Trouble (Potholing), In at the Deep End (Swimming) and Close to the Wind (Windsurfing).
Additional Information:
  • With their non-educational feel and a wide variety of different sporting theme, Sports Zone uses a fresh approach to provide top quality, lower ability reading materials.
  • Encourages readers by using topics of interest including snowboarding, football, mountain biking, wind-surfing, ice-hockey, Formula 1, athletics and swimming.
  • Improves readers' ability across three controlled levels of reading difficulty (6.5 to 9.5).
  • Features short, highly illustrated, manageable chapters capturing the attention of readers.
  • Attractive covers and paperback style remove the stigma of special needs.
  • Provides an integrated approach by offering supporting material online including downloadable worksheets, extra stories and interactive activities.
 

 

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