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Hotlinks
Special Needs Anthologies for KS1 & Y3 (P1-4) pupils

Sample of gatefold pages - featured in every book.

What are Hotlinks?

• Hotlinks is a reading and language resource for Key Stage 1 and Year 3 children.
• It contains 20 titles (each one is a collection of 10 texts)
• They are carefully levelled, providing resources for Book Bands 1 to 8.
• Help children to catch up.
• Covers the NLS objectives from Y1 T1 to Y2 T1.
• Each book presents stories, facts, puzzles, and poems linked by a common theme in a magazine format.
• The stories selected for each collection are levelled for guided reading and include a range of text type, such as personal narrative, fantasy, recount, expository text, and plays.
• These books are high quality resources that offer you great value for money.
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Key Helpful Features:

• Book Band Levelling
• Variety of text types for KS1 & Y3
• Interactive games and activities
• Phonemic features
• Cross Curricular and ESL
• Prompts for writing - Writing frames
• Teachers notes and planning aids linked to NLS
• Digital Texts
  

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Examples of some of the contents in each title:

Phonics and Word Level Work	A Play
Simple Non-Fiction	Contents Page	Assessment and Review on the final page
Gatefold Spread Each Hotlink book has a gatefold section that opens with a poem to share that present an opportunity to develop phonemic awareness and additional reading and writing skills. It contains puzzles and make- and- do ideas that develop language and writing skills as well as Higher Order Thinking Skills. Teaching and Assessment The Teaching Notes provide: • Activities and learning outcomes in relevant cross-curricular areas • Writing opportunities for each book • Follow-up copy masters for both Reading and Writing Hotlinks