Springboard Level 12

From Macmillan Education Australia, the PRIMARY PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR 3 years in a row, comes this fantastic literacy program: Springboard. It is designed for children who are considered “at risk” for reading. In order to engage children who may not like to read, the content is varied and interesting, and the language starts very simple, gradually getting harder.

◆12-a　 The Flying Doctor　　

Follow Doctor Koala as he flies to visit all of his patients on a busy day.

Word Count: 246
Text type: Literary recount- fantasy

◆12-b　 Joseph the Greedy Octopus　　

Joseph is very greedy and thinks he can eat anything…but has he met his match?

Word Count: 290
Text type: Narrative

◆12-c　 Snake Gets Lost　　

Snake and his friend are playing hide and seek – but where is snake?

Word Count: 259
Text type: Narrative

◆12-d　 Rubbish　　

This book describes the different types of rubbish and their impact on the environment.

Word Count: 242
Text type: Explanation

◆12-e　 The Bus Driver’s Birthday　　

It is a the bus drivers birthday – celebrate with all the passengers.

Word Count: 234
Text type: Narrative – realistic fiction

◆12-f　 Animals That Live in the Sea　　

An informative book about many different types of animals that live in the sea.

Word Count: 259
Text type: Information report

◆12-g　 Carmelita’s Cabbage　　

Carmelita loves planting in her vegetable garden.

Word Count: 240
Text type: Literary recount – fantasy

◆12-h　 Balloon Fun　　

What things can you make with paper mache and balloons – find out some of them in this book.

Word Count: 254
Text type: Procedural recount

FREE Teaching Guides

You can download free teaching guides for the books. They include reduced-size pages from each book along with detailed instructions for using each book with a class.
The teaching guides also contain 2 worksheets per book! After reading the book, have the students do the fun worksheets which check comprehension and give reading/writing practice.