Blueberry Hill Level D/5&6 Collection

Overview: The fiction books at this level contain seven story strands with recurring characters that inhabit stories filled with humour and excitement! The nonfiction and informational narrative books at this level introduce factual information in an engaging format.

Details:

Level D/5&6 Collection: 21 titles                                                 

Overview: The fiction books at this level contain seven story strands with recurring characters: Fluffy and Charlie, Little Chick & the Farm Animals, The Beaver Family, Bear & Monkey, Three Best Friends, three 'A Tale of Two Puppies' and Super Hammy stories. The nonfiction books at this level (Creature Features - Books Three & Four, Baby Rabbits and  Baby Hedgehogs) contain the same format, giving the early reader a structure that scaffolds the introduction of new vocabulary and language structures.

Titles - Level D/5: An Autumn Day with Fluffy & Charlie, The Chicks are Coming!,

             Baby Beaver is Born, Where is Jess?, Walking the Cat, Danger in the Forest,

             Creature Features - Book Three, Super Hammy Can’t Find His Hat, Super Hammy

             Meets Baby Hammy, Super Hammy Dances with Donna Dog, Super Hammy Runs a

             Big Race, Super Hammy Goes Camping

             Level D/6: Charlie’s Bad Hair Day, The Gift That Ran Away, The Mother Mix-up,

             Danger, A Path in the Forest, Charlie’s Autumn Day Disaster,

             Creature Features - Book Four, Baby Rabbits, Baby Hedgehogs
Page Count: 16 (17 titles), 17 (4 titles) 

Topics: Friendship, Family, Recurring Characters, Animal Attributes
Genre: Fiction, Nonfiction, Informational Narrative
Graphics Type: Photographs (9 titles), Illustrations (12 titles)
On RRCNA booklist: Yes (17/21 titles)

Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient™: D (18/21 titles)

                                                                  E (3 titles)

Note: The majority of the time, the Blueberry Hill levels align with the Reading Recovery levels/Fountas & Pinnell text level gradients. When they don’t, careful consideration is given to the words, sentence length and language structures before a decision is made to keep the Blueberry Hill level the same.
ISBN #: 978-1-77387-065-6