Overview

  • Year Levels F–6
  • Curriculum ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
  • Subject Literacy
  • Resource Formats Print
  • Learning Focus Synthetic phonics and decodable readers, Modelled reading, Shared reading, Guided reading, Independent reading, Take-home reading, Intervention

What it is

Developed by renowned author and educator Pam Holden, Red Rocket Readers combine graduated word recognition and language development with engaging stories that students will really enjoy.

These texts are ideal for guided reading, reading recovery ESL, ELL and other remedial programs.

How it helps

Learners

Read for enjoyment: Build strong emotional connections through reading thanks to recurring characters and a classic story structure.

Print conventions: Build an understanding of the structure of texts (tension, climax and resolution) while building reading skills.

Build comprehension: Use the high-quality illustrations to spark conversation and discussion to develop student comprehension.

Educators

Digital editions: Access audio and eBook editions of texts for flexible teaching options.

Supplementary teaching plan: Apply a list of reading strategies promoted by each title as well as digital lesson plans and briefs to aid teaching.

Digital worksheets: Consolidate concepts and patterns developed in each title through online worksheets.

What it includes

The Red Rocket Readers series includes over 600 graded texts, decodables and levelled readers as well as relevant digital resources.

Phonics Collections

Alphabet Explorers

What is the Alphabet Explorers collection?

Children need several different means of identifying letters. As well as learning to read and write all letter forms, it’s essential they discover letter names and sounds. Red Rocket Alphabet Explorers feature 38-page books with individual titles for each letter of the alphabet, plus individual titles focusing on each of the key diagraphs Ch, Ph, Sh and Th.

What does the Alphabet Explorers collection include?

  • 30 titles (photographic non-fiction)
  • Rocket USB teacher tools (audio books and worksheets)
  • 1-year eBook subscription (school & home access)
  • Alphabet Frieze

How can the Alphabet Explorers collection help children?

The Alphabet Explorers collection helps children to become familiar with all the letters of the alphabet in several ways:

  • by alphabet names
  • as upper and lower case symbols
  • by word and picture associations
  • by sound associations
  • by sharing rhymes (inside back cover)
  • through practice of letter formation

Phonics Collections

Blend Explorers

What is the Blend Explorers collection?

Following on from Alphabet Explorers, once children have individual letter and sound association knowledge secure, the next essential literacy skill is the blending of consonants – to make onset blends. Red Rocket’s new Blend Explorers introduce 22 common consonant combinations where each individual letter-sound is heard.

What does the Blend Explorers collection include?

  • 22 titles (photographic non-fiction)
  • Rocket USB teacher tools (audio books and worksheets)
  • 1-year eBook subscription (school & home access)

How can the Blend Explorers collection help children?

The Blend Explorers collection helps children to become familiar with the essential blends of the 22 common consonant combinations in the following ways:

  • by sound associations
  • by letter names
  • as upper and lower case symbols
  • by word and picture associations
  • by sharing rhymes (inside back cover)
  • through practice of letter formations

Phonics Collections

Sound Explorers

What is the Sound Explorers collection?

Some letters commonly make more than one sound. Exploring hard, soft, long, and short letter-sounds and having that knowledge secure is an important skill for emergent students to master. Red Rocket’s new Sound Explorers introduce the alternative sounds letters can make, along with the unique single sound some consonant combinations create.

What does the Sound Explorers collection include?

  • 26 titles (photographic non-fiction)
  • Rocket USB teacher tools (audio books and worksheets)
  • 1-year eBook subscription (school and home access)

How can the Sound Explorers collection help children?

The Sound Explorers collection helps children to become familiar with the alternative and unique sounds of letters & consonants in several ways:

  • by sound associations
  • by letter names
  • as upper and lower case symbols
  • by word and picture associations
  • by sharing rhymes (inside back cover)
  • through practice of letter formations

Phonics Collections

Decodable Explorers

What is the Decodable Explorers collection?

Red Rocket Decodable Explorers offer a structured literacy approach at the emergent level. Like all Red Rocket Readers, the new Decodable Explorers feature engaging stories and colourful, entertaining illustrations that support the text, launch oral discussion and develop student comprehension. Decodable Explorers also have classroom library and bookroom collections available for purchase!

What does the Decodable Explorers collection include?

  • 32 titles
  • Rocket USB teacher tools (audio books, worksheets, lesson briefs & lesson plans)
  • 1-year eBook subscription (school and home access)

How can the Decodable Explorers collection help children?

The Decodable Explorers collection helps children to engage with the texts with the classic story structure – tension, climax and resolution. With a structured literacy approach, children will grow in confidence as they acquire new skills and put them to work in an authentic way as they progress from the first book to the last.

Levelled Readers

Classroom Library

What is the Classroom Library Collections?

New Classroom Library Collections from Red Rocket Readers are cute, compact and colourful! These collections contain one copy of each title from a single level band plus eBook editions. Title selection and filing is simple thanks to colour-coded levels, while the eBook subscription in every box ensures books are always accessible.

What do the Classroom Library Collections include?

Includes 48 books and accompanying eBooks:

  • One copy of each of all titles in the following sets:
    • Fiction Set A
    • Fiction Set B
    • Fiction Set C
    • Non-Fiction Set A
    • Non-Fiction Set B
    • Non-Fiction Set C
  • Rocket USB Digital Teacher Tools:
    • Audio books
    • Worksheets
    • Lesson briefs
    • Lesson plans (selected titles)
  • One-year eBook subscription:
    • School and home access to all 48 titles

Levelled Readers

Bookroom

What is the Bookroom Collections?

New Bookroom Collections from Red Rocket Readers contain six copies of each title from a single level band plus eBook editions! Title selection and filing is simple thanks to colour-coded levels, while the eBook subscription in every box ensures books are always accessible.

What do the Bookroom Collections include?

Includes 288 books and 48 eBooks

  • Six boxed sets, each containing 8 titles x 6 copies:
    • Fiction Set A 
    • Fiction Set B 
    • Fiction Set C 
    • Non-Fiction Set A 
    • Non-Fiction Set B 
    • Non-Fiction Set C
  • Rocket USB Digital Teacher Tools:
    • Audio books
    • Worksheets
    • Lesson briefs
    • Lesson plans (selected titles)
  • One-year eBook subscription:
    • School and home access to all 48 titles

Levelled Readers

Build your own library!

Top up your collection or build a custom library with the purchase of individual titles, title packs, classroom libraries, or fiction & non-fiction sets of eight.

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