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ORT Snapdragons provide a variety of exciting picture story books covering the whole range of fiction required for Key Stage 1. A 24-page Teaching Notes booklet is available for each of the ten stages in the Snapdragons series. There are teaching notes on each of the six stories in the stage covering: Group and Independent Reading Activities focussing on comprehension, Speaking and Listening Activities, and Writing. The relevant NLS objectives and the range covered by each story are also listed, as well as the range. Within each section there are prompts and suggestions for responding to the story, personal experiences, cross-curricular links, role play and further suggestions on how to observe and assess pupils' progress. Each booklet also includes a Vocabulary Chart listing the high frequency words for the stage that are covered in the story, and a list of context words relating to each story. A Curriculum Coverage chart lists the activities and outcomes for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.