Author(s): Holden, Pam

Nonfiction Set A

Red Rocket makes reading easy and enjoyable by adding an extra foundation stage - Key Letter Readers. These Emergent titles introduce all the letters of the alphabet and allow students to use their letter knowledge to read text, and: use bold letter font and additional word spacing; introduce and build phonemic awareness and phonic knowledge; introduce the upper and lower case letters together; use red highlighting to emphasize focus letters and punctuation; feature exciting visual story spreads to give clues for word recognition and launch oral discussion and critical thinking.