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

PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READER

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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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

PEARSON ENGLISH KIDS READER

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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