Read & Respond Engage: The Rainbow Fish by Catherine Baker (author), Jean Evans (author), Elspeth Graham (author), Paul Hollin (author), Sarah Snashall (author), Huw Thomas (author), and Donna Thomson (author)

Jean Evans is an early years consultant and nursery inspector. For many years she ran her own nursery school and she has also been head of an LEA nursery unit/Early Years co-ordinator. She is the author of Themes on Display: All About Me, Themes on Display Festivals, Skills for Early Years Constructing and Making, Skills for Early Years Social Skills and Early Years Around the Year Personal, Social and Emotional Development. She is a regular contributor to Early Years Activity Bank and Nursery Education magazine.

Elspeth Graham

Elspeth Graham is a freelance educational writer. She has written for many different publishers, including Longman, OUP and PCET.

Huw Thomas

Huw Thomas is headteacher of a Sheffield primary school. He is the series editor of Scholastic Literacy Centres and Writing Guides. His previous publications include Writing Guides: Scary Stories 7-9 and Pocket Guides: Understanding Texts.

Donna Thomson

Donna Thomson is a primary literacy specialist, researcher and educational writer.

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Structure

Read & Respond

To get started with Read & Respond all you need to do is:

Choose a children’s book, from Owl Babies to Kensuke’s Kingdom, to study with your class
Order the corresponding Read & Respond Teacher Resource Book
Add a Read & Respond Interactive CD-ROM to really get your lessons buzzing!

Read & Respond Teacher Resource Titles

In-depth analysis of each book to get the whole class thinking about the story—and expressing their thoughts aloud and in writing. Within each Teacher Resource Book you’ll find:

Background information
Detailed chapter notes
Plot, character and setting activities
Shared reading section, with three extracts to read as a class
‘Talk about it’ section to get the children discussing feelings and ideas around the book
‘Get writing’ activities to help children structure and express their views about the book
Assessment activities*

Read & Respond Interactive

These multimedia CD-ROMs can be used as standalone products, or to expand upon the corresponding Read & Respond teacher’s book. Read & Respond Interactive is ideal for exploring cross-curricular themes and for inspiring reluctant readers.

Each CD-ROM contains:

Teaching notes, including lesson plans, differentiation, cross-curricular links and editable notes
An author interview or biography
Audio clips
Text extracts
Cross-curricular photos and video clips to help put the story into context
A word bank – linked to the text extracts – containing audio and text definitions
A selection of interactive whiteboard activities.