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Literacy > Core Resources > Big Books > Story Chest Big Books

  Story Chest Big Books  

Ages
7-8
 

Big Books for Shared Reading and Writing
 
Packs of 10
& 22 Big Books
 
     
 
 
 

 

 



Sample double page spread from The Scrubbing Machine - Story Chest Big Books Pack A.

 

 

Multimodal resources:

  • Big Books with CD-ROMs.
  • Ideal for whiteboards.


Sample screens from Mrs Wishy-Washy & Hairy Bear.

Story Chest CD-ROMs

  • 10 titles which contain readings from the author, Joy Cowley where she explains why she wrote each book as well as reading it to the children.
  • The book is set to music, to emphasise the strong rhythmical aspect of the texts.
  • Other sections allow children to take part in activities such as adding speech bubbles to the characters.
  • Activities linked to the text.

The CD ROMs can be used on whiteboards in classrooms or in a computer suite (network licences required) and is a great opportunity for shared reading for the whole class. Many favourites are here ~ The Meanies, Mrs Wishy-Washy, Smarty Pants, The Jigaree and more.

On the CD-ROM:

  • Hear how and why the author wrote the story.
  • Read the story, sing along with the music provided, write along with speech bubbles.
  • Activities on screen with sound buttons.
  • Printable activities.

Story Chest Big Books Pack A (with CD-ROMs) include the following titles:


Dan, the Flying Man

Grandpa Grandpa
BOOK BAND LEVEL 1

Hairy Bear
BOOK BAND LEVEL 5

Meanies
BIG BOOK LEVEL 3

Mrs Wishy-Washy
BOOK BAND LEVEL 4

Smarty Pants
BOOK BAND LEVEL 3

The Hungry Giant
BIG BOOK LEVEL 5

The Jigaree
BIG BOOK LEVEL 1

The Monsters' Party
BIG BOOK LEVEL 3

To Town
BIG BOOK LEVEL 3
   

 

Story Chest Big Books Pack B (without CD-ROMs) include the following titles:


Wishy-Washy Day

Sample Page

Dishy Washy

Sample Page

Splishy Sploshy

Sample Page

The Scrubbing Machine

Sample Page

Mud Walk

Sample Page

A Meanies Party


The Meanies Came to School

Sample Page


Do Not Open This Book!

Sample Page


Mr Bitter's Butter


Move Over

Seven Fat Cats

The Hungry Giant's Soup

Sample Page

The Pirate Feast

Sample Page


The Super Smile Shop

Sample Page

What Next?

Sample Page

Hungry Monster

The Kick-a-lot Shoes

Sing a Song

BOOK BAND LEVEL 3

The Farm Concert
BOOK BAND LEVEL 3


The Red Rose
BOOK BAND LEVEL 3

Who will be my mother?
BOOK BAND LEVEL 4

The Jigaree's Breakfast

Sample Page

   



 

About Big Books

Big Books Year Packs
Foundation (P1) - Pack A
Foundation (P1) - Pack B
Foundation (P1) - Pack C
Year 1 (P2) - Pack A
Year 1 (P2) - Pack B
Year 2 (P3)
Year 3 (P4)
Year 4 (P5)
Year 5 (P6)
Year 6 (P7)

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Story Chest Big Books with CD-ROMs F-Y2 (P1-3)

KS1 Traditional Tale Anthology Big Books with CD-ROMs
KS1 E-Books (without sound
)
KS1 Activities (with sound)


KS2 Big Books with CD-ROMs
KS2 Myths and Fables Anthologies
KS2 Big Books with Anthology E-Books