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THERE ARE TWO OVER THE MOON READERS FOR 1ST CLASS. Reader 1: Adventures of an Astronaut and Reader 2: Fun at the Circus. Each reader contains both fiction and non-fiction texts. These two readers are accompanied by one 1st Class Skills Book. EXPLORE MORE: www.gillexplore.ie/overthemoon
Over the Moon is a complete Primary English Language Programme fully aligned with the Primary Language Curriculum and integrating the three strands, Reading, Writing and Oral Language. THIS 3rd CLASS READER FEATURES: 18 units with genre-based extracts from a wide variety of new and well-loved pieces of literature Genres: Writing to Socialise, Explanation, Recount, Report, Procedure, Narrative Introduction and response/reflection for each genre included Reading goals for each unit Poetry in every unit Characters from the Over the Moon series, making it a fun and relatable reading experience for 3rd Class pupils THIS READER IS ACCOMPANIED BY: A Skills Book A Literacy Portfolio - included FREE with the Skills Book A Pupil Assessment Booklet - available to purchase, or available free to adopting teachers to download online on www.gillexplore.ie.
They used to joke about it. Like many brilliant scientists, Josh sometimes had trouble remembering things that needed doing in the “real” world—like buying groceries, eating regular meals, and talking to people. But he was happy to have his beloved wife, Lauren, remind him with her “honey do” lists. He just never realized how much he would need one when she was gone. Being a widower is not something Joshua Park ever expected. Given his solitary job, small circle of friends and family, and the social awkwardness he’s always suffered from, Josh has no idea how to negotiate this new, unwanted phase of life. But Lauren had a plan to keep him moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him, giving him a task for every month in the year after her death. A plan that leads Joshua with a loving hand on a journey through grief, anger, and denial. It’s a journey that will take Joshua from his first outing as a widower to buy groceries…to an attempt at a dinner party where his lack of experience hosting creates a comic disaster…to finding a new best friend while weeping in the dressing room of a clothing store. As his grief makes room for new friendships and experiences, Joshua learns Lauren’s most valuable lesson: The path to happiness doesn’t follow a straight line. Funny, sometimes heart-wrenching, and always uplifting, this novel from New York Times bestselling author Kristan Higgins illuminates how life’s greatest joys are often hiding in plain sight.
Over the Moon is a complete Primary English Language Programme, which is fully aligned with the Primary Language Curriculum. This Skills Book includes activities to support all components of the Over the Moon 3rd Class literacy programme. It follows a thematic approach over 18 units of work, allowing for the integration of the three strands, Reading, Writing and Oral Language, in a meaningful way. The other components of the Over the Moon Programme for 3rd Class are: Reader containing 18 units with genre-based extracts from a wide variety of new and well-loved children's literature My Literacy Portfolio- included FREE with the Skills Book. Provides opportunities for pupil response and reflection Pupil Assessment Booklet for termly assessment available to purchase, or available free to adopting teachers to download online on www.gillexplore.ie A comprehensive Teacher's Toolkit FREE to adopting classes: 10 beautiful picture books Supporting digital library, including: Oral language text type videos and activities eBooks of the Reader and Skills Book Teacher's Planning and Resource Book, including: Yearly overview and fortnightly plans, comprehensively mapped to the PLC Detailed, menu-style lesson plans for all components of the programme Picture book lesson notes for explicit teacher modelling Literacy stations Downloadable resources, including: Literacy station teaching materials Differentiation worksheets Assessment checklists and rubrics
Award-winning science fiction author Mary Robinette Kowal consulted with a NASA astronaut to craft her first picture book story, accurately describing how living on the moon differs from life on Earth. Beautifully illustrated by Diana Mayo, Molly on the Moon is the tale of two siblings adjusting to their new home. When Molly and her family move to the moon, they can only pack the essentials—just one toy each for Molly and her baby brother, Luke. Luckily, Molly has a big imagination. A packing crate becomes a fort, a tarp becomes a witch’s cape, and some cans become a tea set. Baby Luke, on the other hand . . . has blocks. Molly doesn’t want to share. At first. But then she realizes that when you’re on the moon—or anywhere else—a big imagination and being with someone you love can be infinitely better than all the toys in the universe. Inspiring and imaginative, Molly on the Moon also includes fascinating facts about the moon’s environment, revealing how the differences in gravity, temperature, and time would affect our lives.
What happens when the hunter becomes the hunted? To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it's turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that's just the beginning of their problems….
Moving to America turns H&à's life inside out. For all the 10 years of her life, H&à has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by, and the beauty of her very own papaya tree. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. H&à and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope. In America, H&à discovers the foreign world of Alabama: the coldness of its strangers, the dullness of its food, the strange shape of its landscape, and the strength of her very own family. This is the moving story of one girl's year of change, dreams, grief, and healing as she journeys from one country to another, one life to the next.
Over the Moon is a complete Primary English Language Programme fully aligned with the Primary Language Curriculum and integrating the three strands, Reading, Writing and Oral Language. THIS 6th CLASS READER FEATURES: 18 units with genre-based extracts from a wide variety of new and well-loved pieces of literature Genres: Recount, Narrative, Explanation, Report, Writing to Socialise, Persuasive, Procedural Introduction and response/reflection for each genre included Reading goals for each unit Poetry in every unit Characters from the Over the Moon series, making it a fun and relatable reading experience for 6th Class pupils THIS READER IS ACCOMPANIED BY: A Skills Book A Literacy Portfolio - included FREE with the Skills Book A Pupil Assessment Booklet - available to purchase, or available free to adopting teachers to download online on www.gillexplore.ie.
He's a rescue, a mutt. Maybe there's a little golden retriever in him, although he's not exactly pretty. He's had a run-in with coyotes and he's missing an eye. But Mike is eleven-year-old Cara Donovan's dog, and they love each other absolutely. Usually her pet follows Cara everywhere, but on the day the family first smells smoke in the air, Mike becomes anxious. Pine Grove is in the path of a wildfire, and the family is ordered to evacuate. In the ensuing chaos, Mike runs off. And then the unthinkable happens; there is no time to search for Mike. They are forced to leave him behind. Shocked and devastated, Cara watches helplessly as the family drives through a nightmare, with burning debris falling from the sky and wild animals fleeing for their lives. Once in the city far from the burn zone, the Donovans are housed with a volunteer host family. Jewel, the hosts' daughter, is nice, but Cara can only think about what she may have lost. What will happen if nothing is left? But as she reflects on what "home" means to her, Cara knows only one thing. She is not going to lose Mike. She will do what it takes to find him, even if it means going back to Pine Grove on her own. With her signature style combining simplicity and lyricism, the author of Root Beer Candy and Other Miracles and Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess tells an uplifting story of love and loss. And she shows how one girl’s stressful journey eventually leads her to an unexpected place, and a new definition of home.
