Using Pearson English Kids Readers with Big English (American English) & Big English Plus (American English)This document suggests an appropriate Pearson English Kids Reader for every unit of Big English / Big English Plus .Theselectedreadersreflectamixtureoffictionalstories&non-fictionCLILtopics.
Eachofthereadershasbeenmatchedtothetheme,topicorCLILcontentthatfeatureinthe studentbookunit.ThesixlevelsofthegradedreadersbroadlyreflectthelevelsofBig English / Big English Plus .
The Pearson English Kids Readers website (http://readers.english.com/kids) features a wealth of teaching resources for each reader:
Teachers’ resources created for each Reader• Teachers’ notes
• Curriculum links
• Before, during & after reading activities
• Photocopiable worksheets
• Answer key
Full audio and page by page audio• Available on each reader’s product page
• British English and American English
• Famous characters recorded with accents
Downloadable eBook versions of the readers will be also be available soon!
Suggestions for integrating the readers into the classroom:
• Use a reader at any point while teaching its matching unit of Big English / Big English Plus.
• Show and read the selected graded reader aloud to the class.
• Ask comprehension check questions about plot.
• Reinforce recently-learned vocabulary, or expand vocabulary related to what learners have encountered in the student book unit.
• While reading photocopiable activities available at the readers’ website, systematically check and reinforce comprehension of each story.
• Encourage greater connections and appeal to a variety of learning styles with CLIL topics by using curriculum lined activities and class projects.
• Ensure variety and fun in the classroom with the options available in the teaching resources for each reader.
• Get learners to read the graded readers on their own for homework, or during quiet reading time.
• Get learners to listen to the audio (if available) and follow the words in the reader with their finger for additional support.
• Encourage learners to use the audio for a first reading, followed by a silent second reading.
• Teachers may also choose to use the readers after covering a number of student book units. For example, after teaching Units 1–3, teachers may want to assign one or more of the three readers that match those three units.
• Give learners the opportunity to choose one of the three that interests them the most from a classroom library containing multiple sets of the readers.
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UNIT # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BIG ENGLISH & BIG ENGLISH PLUS UNIT THEMES
Good morning, Class! My Family My Body My Favorite
Clothes Busy at Home On the Farm Party Time Fun & Games Play Time
BIG ENGLISH &BIG ENGLISH PLUS CLIL THEMES
Numbers 1-10/ In Our Classrooms
School Possessions/ Around the World: Classrooms
Animal Families/ Popular Names
Gender/ Around the World: Families
The Senses/ Flags & Colours
The Senses/ Around the World/ Flags
Weather/ Clothes
Weather & Clothing/ Around the World: Funny Hats
Shapes/ Homes
Shapes/ Around the World: Homes
Baby Animals/ Pets
Baby Animals/ Around the World: Pets
Hot & Cold/ Birthdays
Sweet & Salty Food/ Around the World: Special Food
Counting & Writing numbers/ Age/ Kites
Kites/ Around the World: Favourite Toys
Simple Actions/ Games
Playground games/ Around the World: the Same Game
PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READER Wheels Go Round Finding Nemo:
Nemo in School Making Music Cinderella Sleeping Beauty Dumbo Family Island Adventure
The Magic Toys Go on Holiday Rory Wants a Pet
HEADWORDS 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
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UNIT # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BIG ENGLISH & BIG ENGLISH PLUS UNIT THEMES
In My ClassroomPlayground Fun
My GamesIn My House In My Town My Dream Job My Day My Favorite Food Wild Animals Fun All Year
BIG ENGLISH &BIG ENGLISH PLUS CLIL THEMES
Addition & Subtraction/ Different Classrooms
Arithmetic/ Around the World: Classes
Bones & Muscles/ Games
Bones & Muscles/ Around the World: Games
Old & New/ Household Objects
Old & New Things/ Around the World: Household Objects
Locating Places on a Map/ Taxis Around the World
Transportation Around the World/ Around the World: Taxis
Goods & Services/ Jobs
Goods & Services/ Around the World: Jobs
Telling Time/ Clocks
Telling the Time/ Around the World: Routines
Healthy Snacks/ Where Does Fruit Come From?
Healthy & Unhealthy Snacks/ Around the World: Fruit
Animal Habitats/ Animals Near Home
Animal habitats/ Around the World: Outside My Window
National days/ Celebrating Special Days
Seasonal Festivals/ New Year’s Eve
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Tropical Island Adventure
The Enormous Crocodile
Peter Pan Comes to London Where I Live Clothes at Work Snow White & the
Seven DwarfsKatie Grows a Bean Plant Awake at Night Festival Fun
HEADWORDS 400 400 200 200 400 400 200 400 600
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UNIT # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BIG ENGLISH & BIG ENGLISH PLUS UNIT THEMES
Every Day
Wake Up!
In Our Community
A Lot of Jobs!
Working Hard
Working Hard!
Awesome Animals
Amazing AnimalsSunny Days
The Five Senses
Smells Good!Fabulous Food Healthy Living
Field Trip!
Schools Trips!
BIG ENGLISH &BIG ENGLISH PLUS CLIL THEMES
Good Hygiene/ Time Zones
Keeping Clean/ Around the World: Time Zones
Unusual Jobs/ Community Service
Creative Jobs/ Around the World: Communities
Allowance/ Chores Children Do For Allowance
Pocket Money/ Around the World: Work
Animal Camouflage/ Pets Around the World
Camouflage/ Around the World: Pets
Extreme Climates/ Sports to do in Different Weather
Climate/ Around the World: Weather
Animals & Senses/ Jobs With Good & Bad Smells
Animal Senses/ Around the World: Jobs
Vitamins In Food/ Breakfast Around the World
Vitamins/ Around the World: Breakfasts
Calculating Calories/ Unusual Sports
Keeping Healthy/ Around the World: Strange Sports
Famous Paintings/ Theatre
Paintings/ Around the World: Stage Performances
PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READER Pinocchio Monsters, Inc.
The Giraffe and the Pelly & Me
Butterflies and Frogs Tom at the Harbor Bambi The Aristocats Sports with
Trainer TimLet’s Draw Shapes
HEADWORDS 600 400 600 600 400 400 800 600 400
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DISNEY
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UNIT # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BIG ENGLISH & BIG ENGLISH PLUS UNIT THEMES
Kids in My Class Our Schedule
I Like to Eat
Food Around the World
How Do You Feel?
Weird & Wild Animals Life Long Ago Special Days Hobbies Learning New
Things
BIG ENGLISH &BIG ENGLISH PLUS CLIL THEMES
Multiple Births/ Unusual Competitions
Multiple Births/ Around the World: Beards & Mustaches
Advertising/ Unusual Habits
Advertising/ Around the World: Unusual Habits
Balanced Diet/ Lunchtime Around the World
Healthy Eating/ Around the World: School Lunches
Germs/ Remedies From Around the World
Germs/ Around the World: Home Remedies
Dogs/ Dragons in Stories From Around the World
Endangered Animals/ Around the World: Dragons
Multiplication/ Low Tech Tribes
Multiplication/ Around the World: Traditional Cultures
Leap Years/ Unusual Festivals From Around the World
World Festivals/ Around the World: Leap Years
Benefits Of Hobbies/ Unusual Museums From Around the World
Hobbies From the Past/ Around the World: Unusual Museums
Musculoskeletal System/ Kids With Special Talents
Body Movement/ Around the World: Extraordinary Kids
PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READER
Movie Studio Island Adventure Chicken Little Fantastic
Mr. Fox Pollyanna Animal Athletes Shaun the Sheep Save the Tree Island Hopping Toy Story 2 Up in the Air
HEADWORDS 800 800 800 800 800 600 1000 600 600
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UNIT # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BIG ENGLISH & BIG ENGLISH PLUS UNIT THEMES
My Interests Family Ties Helping Others Shopping Around Vacation Time The Future What’s That? Where Do They Come From?
How Adventurous Are You?
BIG ENGLISH &BIG ENGLISH PLUS CLIL THEMES
Two Sides of The Brain/ Early Olympic Events
Two Sides of the Brain/ Early Olympic Events
Animal Mothers/ Holiday Traditions From Around the World
Animal Mothers/ Traditions Around the World
Effective Ad Designs/ Charities
Effective Posters or Ads/ Helping Others
Origin of Money/ Shopping Around The World
History of Money/ Shopping Places Around the World
Buying Things/ Unusual Vacations
Math: Calculations/ Vacation Destinations
Robots/ Endangered Languages
How Robots Help Us/ Endangered Languages
Inventions/ Everyday Designs
Important Inventions/ Cool Transformations
How Food Travels/ Where Does Food Come From?
How Fresh Produce Travels/ Where Products Come From
Effects of Adrenalin/ High Risk Activities
The Effects of Adrenalin/ Risky Activities
PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READER Brain Gym Aladdin Ratatouille
George’s Marvellous Medicine
Ice Island Adventure Into I.T. Charlie & the
Chocolate FactoryHarry’s Clothes Project Gulliver’s Travels
HEADWORDS 800 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
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UNIT # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9BIG ENGLISH & BIG ENGLISH PLUS UNIT THEMES
All About School Amazing Young People Dilemmas Dreams for
the Future If I Could Fly... The Coolest School Subjects Mysteries Why Is It
Famous?That’s Entertainment
BIG ENGLISH &BIG ENGLISH PLUS CLIL THEMES
Bar Graphs/ School Schedules in China/ School In Finland
School Days In China/ An Alternative School in Finland
Amazing Young People Through Time/ Summer Camps Around the World
Amazing Young People/ Seeds of Peace
Ethics/ Proverbs From Around the World
Ethics/ Proverbs
Future Technologies/ Children’s Predictions for the Future
Predictions For the Futures: Experts/ Predictions for the Future: Kids
Scientific Inventions That Give Super Powers/ Superheroes Around the World
Super Power or Super Science?/ Superheroes
Slowest Animal in The World/ Largest Meat Eating Animal/ Ancient Civilizations
Amazing Animals & Plants/ Legacies of Ancient Civilizations
Aurora Borealis/ Mysteries Around the World
Aurora Borealis/ Mysterious Findings
Famous Landmarks/ 7 New Wonders of the World
Archaeological Discoveries/ Seven Wonders of the Modern World
History Of Video Games/ Musical Instruments From Around the World
History of Video Games/ Unique Musical Instruments
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Alice in Wonderland
The Secret Garden Pocahontas Future Island
AdventureJames & the Giant Peach Mulan Our Changing
PlanetAtlantis the Lost Empire Cars
HEADWORDS 1000 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
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