Springboard Level 16

From Macmillan Education Australia, the PRIMARY PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 3 years in a row, comes this fantastic literacy program: Springboard. It is designed for children who are considered “at risk” for reading. In order to engage children who may not like to read, the content is varied and interesting, and the language starts very simple, gradually getting harder.

◆16-a　 A Garden in a Bottle　　

Simple instructions about building a very special type of garden.

Word Count: 370
Text type: Procedure

◆16-b　 Three Naughty Ostriches　　

An entertaining story about three naughty ostriches who decide to have an adventrue and run away from the farm.

Word Count: 369
Text type: Literary recount – fantasy

◆16-c　 Kakadu　　

Kakadu is one of Australia’s most interesting environments.

Word Count: 364
Text type:Information report

◆16-d　 The Blank Sheet of Paper　　

Joseph does not like to write stories…so how will he write the best story ever?

Word Count: 379
Text type: Narrative – Realistic fiction

◆16-e　 Fat Snake-Thin Snake　　

Snake always eats too much…what will happen if he gets fat?

Word Count: 364
Text type: Literary recount – fantasy

◆16-f　 Harry’s Great Big Burp　　

Harry gets into all sorts of problems when he eats prunes!

Word Count: 361

◆16-g　 Polly Perkins’s Pictures　　

Polly Perkins has too many pictures in her house and she wants to sell them.

Word Count: 377
Text type: Literary recount

◆16-h　 All About Meat　　

This book explains where meat comes from and the work that butchers do.

Word Count: 364
Text type: Explanation

FREE Teaching Guides

You can download free teaching guides for the books. They include reduced-size pages from each book along with detailed instructions for using each book with a class.
The teaching guides also contain 2 worksheets per book! After reading the book, have the students do the fun worksheets which check comprehension and give reading/writing practice.