Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 5

Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum 

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• Link to Free Teaching Notes for Level 5
• Link to Free Teaching Notes for every Level 5 book:
• Camel-Back Mountain, fiction
• Highest Mountain, Deepest Canyon  non-fiction
• The Treasure Map, fiction
• Map, Compass, Explore!  non-fiction
• The Strange Beast, fiction
• Beast Feasts, non-fiction
• Link to Answer key to Handbook activity sheets
• Topic-matching to your wider curriculum 

Features

• Topic-linked pairs of imaginative character stories featuring well-loved characters and compelling non-fiction books.
• The books in each pair are linked to each other, so that children reading the fiction will be motivated to read the matching non-fiction afterwards, and vice-versa.
• All pairs focus on a science, geography, history or art topic, so that they support the wider curriculum and link in with subjects being taught in the classroom.
• The series develops the comprehension skills children need to reach the expectations of the 2014 British National Curriculum, with comprehension questions included in every book.
• Engaging phonically decodable text is appropriate for developing readers, featuring a limited number of high-interest topic words to enrich and add interest and support vocabulary development.
• Fiction books feature all the characters from the Biff, Chip and Kipper stories. Real-life scenarios and humorous illustrations as well as dramatic magic key adventures inspire and motivate the reader.
• Non-fiction books feature stunning photographs and the varied texts engage readers with new and wide-ranging information.
• All books are accompanied by teaching notes and handbooks, which focus on developing comprehension alongside developing decoding skills, and inside cover notes, which provide targeted support for parents and teaching assistants.