Sunshine Starter Level 1: I Look
ISBN : 9789814854009
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 1: Bedtime
ISBN : 9789814854030
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Before going to sleep, a little girl has fun on the bed.
Ask students what they usually do to get ready for bed. What are some things
they do when they are “fooling around” instead?
High-frequency Words: I, can Content Words: jump, skip, roll, flip, slide, hop, dive,
flop
Recognize that words can be broken into individual sounds and produce them
Letters and Sounds: c Words to Blend and Segment: cat, can, cab, cap, cot
Sunshine Starter Level 1: Flower
ISBN : 9789814854054
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 1: Under the sea
ISBN : 9789814854092
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
See the coloured fish under the sea.
Connect to prior knowledge: What animals do you know that live under the sea?
High-frequency Words: I, the, a, see, am Content Words: sea, under, blue, fish,
red, yellow, purple, pink, sea star.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /s/
Letters and Sounds: s Words to Blend and Segment: sat, sap, sam, sad, sit
Sunshine Starter Level 2: I Go Up
ISBN : 9789814854016
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 2: Little and Big
ISBN : 9789814854023
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 2: I Dance with a Monkey
ISBN : 9789814854047
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 2: Mud
ISBN : 9789814854061
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 2: One Big Milkshake
ISBN : 9789814854078
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
The kangaroo has a fun way to make a milkshake.
Making predictions: Help students to use the title and cover illustration to
make predictions about the story. After reading, check on predictions made at
the beginning. Do you think that would be a fun way to make a milkshake?
High-frequency Words: I, one, two, big, make Content Words: banana, three,
pears, four, plums, five, strawberries, six, hops, milkshake.
Recognise and produce words that words that begin with the same sound: /y/
Letters and Sounds: y Words to Blend and Segment: yum, yak, yes, yet, yam
Sunshine Starter Level 2: I can Juggle
ISBN : 9789814854085
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
A girl succeeds in juggling many different things with a surprise ending.
High-frequency Words: I, of, can, and Content Words: juggle, lots, frozen, peas,
three, blocks, cheese, cakes, bears, bottles, pears, apples.
Recognise and produce words that words that begin with the same sound: /p/
Letters and Sounds: p Words to Blend and Segment: pat, pan, pad, pin, pit
Model fluent reading of a section of the text for students to repeat
Sunshine Starter Level 3: I have My Mum's Hair
ISBN : 9789814854115
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
What is the girl looking for in her bedroom.
Making predictions: Help students to use the title and cover illustration to
make predictions about the story. After reading, check on predictions made at
the beginning and understanding of humor at the end. Do you look like someone
in your family.
High-frequency Words: I, my, them, have, want, back Content Words: mum,
hair, dad, skin, eyes, smile, frown, legs, boots.
Recognize and produce words with the medial sound: /a/
Letters and Sounds: a Words to Blend and Segment: dad, mad, cat, hat, can
Sunshine Starter Level 3: Pet Exercise
ISBN : 9789814854146
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 3: I'm Faster Than You
ISBN : 9789814854160
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 3: I like My Dad
ISBN : 9789814854177
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
A boy using counting to show what he likes about his dad.
High-frequency Words: I, on, my, can, one, two, like, his, him Content Words:
count, hat, head, eyes, face, letters, shirt, spots, shorts, fingers, hand, stripes,
boots, holes, socks, three, four, five, six, seven.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /l/
Letters and Sounds: l Words to Blend and Segment: lot, let, lap, lip, lid
Sunshine Starter Level 3: See Me Giggle
ISBN : 9789814854184
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 4: We Love to Swim
ISBN : 9789814854108
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
The family all love to swim together.
Making predictions: Help students to use the title and cover illustration to
make predictions about the text. After reading, check on predictions made at
the beginning. What kind of swimming did they do?
High-frequency Words: I, my, to, we Content Words: love, swim, brother,
underwater, mother, dive, dog, too.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /v/
Letters and Sounds: v Words to Blend and Segment: van, vat, vet
Sunshine Starter Level 4: Munch! Munch! Munch!
ISBN : 9789814854122
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 4: Gymnastics
ISBN : 9789814854139
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Look at all the exercises children can do in the gym.
Connect to prior knowledge: Has anyone been to gymnastics? Have you seen it
on TV? What happens at gymnastics?
High-frequency Words: I, the, all, can, a, with, do, we Content Words:
gymnastics, ball, rings, hoop, ribbon, rope, smile, too.
Recognize and produce words that begin with the same sound: /r/
Letters and Sounds: r Words to Blend and Segment: rat, rap, run, rug, rip
Sunshine Starter Level 4: Making Cakes
ISBN : 9789814854153
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 4: What Do Animals Feel Like?
ISBN : 9789814854191
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 5: My Salad Garden
ISBN : 9789814854214
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 10,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 5: If I Had Wings
ISBN : 9789814854245
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 10,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
A boy imagines all the amazing ways he could get around.
Reading strategies: Ask students: “What are some of the things that good
readers do?” Model how to use picture, print and contextual cues.
High-frequency Words: on, in, I, you, the, to, up, me, if, had, some, could Content
Words: wings, fly, sky, springs, bounce, ground, claws, climb, tree, tracks, walk,
mud, balloons, float, air, flippers, swim, pool, wheels, skate, school.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /w/
Letters and Sounds: w Words to Blend and Segment: win, wet, wig, wax, wit
Sunshine Starter Level 5: At the Bus Stop
ISBN : 9789814854252
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 10,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Everyone at the bus stop is connected to someone or something else. The teacher thinks
this is bizarre.
Reading strategies: Ask students: “What are some of the things that good readers do?”
Model how to use picture, print and contextual cues.
High-frequency Words: it, is, at, she, on, in, the, from, by, of, a, for, an, with, who, this, his,
her, was, some, make Content Words: mother, bus stop, waiting, girl, fuss, bus, builder,
giraffe, clown, monkeys, laugh, lady, hot-dog, stand, doctor, tablet, hand, gorilla, plaster, toe,
snowman, waiting, snow, hippo, drinking, straw, diver, door, baker, snake, table, cake, eating,
teacher, reading, book, hook, fishing line, hanging, silly, bizarre author, name, written, lots,
making, through, quite, Mr
Recognise and produce words with the same sound: /z/
Letters and Sounds: z, zz Words to Blend and Segment: buzz, fizz, zip, zap, jazz
Sunshine Starter Level 6: The Rainforest Ball
ISBN : 9789814854207
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 10,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
This is a play about animals in the rainforest and their invitation to a ball.
Discuss strategies for reading a play: What is a narrator? Which parts do the characters
read? Predict what the play might be about.
High-frequency Words: a, after, all, am, an, and, at, big, can, come, down, fly, go, good, have,
he, him, his, I, in, is, jump, know, let, look, more, not, of, off, on, out, run, saw, that, the,
them, they, three, to, too, up, walk, was, we, were, when, will, with, you Content Words:
animals, around, ball, bangs, bees, blew, buzzing, course, crept, dance, drum, elephant,
everyone, flying, friend, frogs, fun, goodnight, hanging, heard, he’s, hide, I’ll, I’m, jumping,
kiss, let’s, loud, monkey, morning, quietly, rainforest, scary, slept, sloth, snuggled, sound,
sudden, swinging, that’s, through, tight, toucan, trees, us.
Recognise and produce words that have the same vowel sound: /o/
Letters and Sounds: o (on) Words to Blend and Segment: on, pot, not, cot, lot.
Sunshine Starter Level 6: Boing
ISBN : 9789814854221
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 10,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Two boys disobey their father and keep jumping on the bed.
Making connections: Ask students if they have ever played on or jumped on a bed? What
happened?
High-frequency Words: and, did, do, down, I, in, it, jump, just, know, not, on, right, said, the,
they, to, two, up, was, went, what, will, you, your Content Words: bed, boing, boys, break,
broke, care, crack, Dad, fast, flips, floor, flops, growl, head, high, hit, hops, low, skips, sleep,
slow, tonight.
Recognise and produce words that have the same medial sound: /oi/
Letters and Sounds: oi Words to Blend and Segment: boy, joy, toy, boing, join.
Model fluent reading of a section of the text (emphasizing the sound words and attending
to punctuation) for students to repeat. (onomatopoeia
Sunshine Starter Level 6: Animal Tails
ISBN : 9789814854238
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 10,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 9: A Trickle of Water
ISBN : 9789814854269
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 5,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 9: Bobby's Birthday
ISBN : 9789814854276
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 5,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Bobby really wants a puppy for his birthday. But his mum and dad give him
lots of other presents.
Retell the story using the pictures on each page as a guide. What was the
first present, second, third, fourth, etc?
High-frequency Words: are, come, first, for, look, thank, who, will Content Words:
birthday, chocolate, fourth, heart, hope, presents, puppy, second, shaped, third.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /ch/
Letters and Sounds: /ch/ Words to Blend and Segment: chap, chat, chess, chip,
chop
Sunshine Starter Level 9: Ben's Quiz Game
ISBN : 9789814854290
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 5,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Sunshine Starter Level 9: I Love Trees
ISBN : 9789814854306
Genre : Nonfiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 5,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Read about the things that trees give us.
Is this book fiction or nonfiction? How do you know? What is the difference?
Predict the uses of trees that might be in the text.
High-frequency Words: eat, for, give, I, in, make, to, want Content Words:
animals, breathe, food, grow, hug, many, people, sap, tree, wood.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /br/
Letters and Sounds: /br/ Words to Blend and Segment: brave, breathe, brim,
brown, brush
Sunshine Starter Level 9: Flamingoes Everywhere
ISBN : 9789814854313
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 4,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
The girl comes home from school to find flamingoes everywhere.
Discuss the sequence of events and the humorous ending.
High-frequency Words: had, pretty, the, there, three, was, were, when Content
Words: bathroom, bedroom, everywhere, feathers, five, flamingoes, mother,
pink, reading, smiled.
Recognise and produce words that begin with the same sound: /fl/
Letters and Sounds: /fl/ Words to Blend and Segment: fly, fluff, flip, flop, flap
Sunshine Starter Level 11: Boo and Brutus
ISBN : 9789814854283
Genre : Fiction
Price : $3.99 USD
Pages : 16 pages
Size : 159mm x 188mm
Stock : 5,000 copies
Balanced Literacy – Integrating the 5 Key Components of Reading
• Phonic awareness
• Phonics
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension
• Fluency
Boo is a brave little goat who isn’t scared of Brutus, the bull.
Identify the sequence of events. Use the pictures to confirm.
High-frequency Words: but, find, he, him, me, new, not, ran Content Words: best,
chickens, ditch, friend, gate, goats, grass, headbutt, snorted, tractor.
Recognise and produce words that have the same vowel sound: long /u/
Letters and Sounds: long /u/ Words to Blend and Seg
