Series information:
Flying Start to Literacy is an award-winning comprehensive literacy program. It reflects best practice in literacy instruction and supports the systematic development of students’ reading strategies and skills.

Reading strategies, phonics and phonemic awareness and repetition of high-frequency words are all developed through this series, enhancing the reader’s fluency and comprehension. With an array of engaging titles to choose from, readers will laugh, explore and share in the adventure whilst learning and expanding their vocabulary.

Features of the program:

• Key vocabulary is introduced systematically
• A high rate of repetition of high-frequency words and a low ratio of unfamiliar words
• Text complexity is carefully sequenced to build reading strategies
• Phonics and phonemic awareness is systematically developed
• Fluency enhances comprehension
• A variety of text types enable the development of a range of reading strategies
• Reading and writing is linked
• Assessment is ongoing to inform instruction