Collins: big cat: pond dipping

If you dip a net into a pond, what will you see when you scoop it out? This non-fiction book supports work on nature and the world around you.

* Red / Band 2B - A simple non-fiction recount.

* Text type - Non-fiction

* The focus phonemes in this book are x, w and ue. Other phonemes practised are ou, sh, th (this), th (thin), ng, ee and oo (look).

* The labelled illustration on the final spread enables children to discuss what they have learned about pond life.

* Alison Hawes also wrote Red 2A Pet Cat, Big Cat and The Big Red Bus; Red 2B Pond Dipping.

* This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.