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PM benchmark. 1 Literacy assessment Literacy assessment. 1
3 procedures cards, 63 books, 71 literacy assessment sheets, 2 picture cards, 1 teacher's resource book.
Contents: Level 1 - I am ready -- We dress up -- Level 2 - My little dog -- The balloons -- Level 3 - The Big Tiger / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Samantha Asn -- Little Frog / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Natalie Hinrichsen -- Level 4 - Mum's Plane / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Kristin Abbott -- Two Big Fish / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Veronica Montoya -- Level 5 - Brown Owl / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Rebecca Solow -- The Pirate Ship / Annette Smth ; illustrations by Paul Könye -- Level 6 - Riding to the Park / Annette Smith ; photographs by Lindsay Edwards -- Where is Ned's Scooter? / Eve Browne ; illustrations by Richard Hoit -- Level 7 - Hippos / Annette Smith -- Bingo's Teacher / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Pat Reynolds -- Level 8 - No Balloons! / Sally Cowan ; illustrations by Valentina Jaskina -- A Big School / Annette Smith ; photographs by Lindsay Edwards -- Level 9 - Grandparents' Day / Eve Browne ; illustrations by Nathalie Ortega -- Swimming Pools / Jill McDougall -- Level 10 - The Angry Magpie / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Samatha Asri -- My Favourite Tree / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Dede Putra -- Level 11 - Tow Truck Helps Out / Debbie Croft ; illustrations by Richard Hoit -- At The Town Library / Debbie Croft ; photographs by Lindsay Edwards -- Level 12 - Henry's Kite / Sally Cowan ; illustrations by Nathalie Ortega -- My Friend, Rose / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Rosie Colligan -- Level 13 - Zoe's Ride / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Tamsin Hinrichsen -- Mum's New Garden / Debbie Croft ; illustrations by Katie Wood -- Level 14 - Bear Cubs in Danger / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Ben Spiby -- Fishing with Pop and Gran / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Renné Benoit -- Level 15 - Luna and the Vet / Eve Browne ; illustrations by Elizabeth Botté -- The Flying Dragon / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Diane Le Feyer -- Level 16 - The Grasshopper and the Ants / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Richard Hoit -- The Fun Park / Sally Cowan -- Level 17 - The Sleep-Out / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Nahum Ziersch -- A Home for a Dinosaur / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Paul Könye -- Level 18 - A Noise in the Bushes / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Yishan Li -- The Art Trail / Sally Cowan ; illustrations by Nina Kudinova -- Level 19 - The Thunderstorm / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Thanos Tsilis -- Looking After Ourselves / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Dede Putra -- Level 20 - The Winning Team / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Eva Morales -- Snakes / Jill McDougall -- Level 21 - Rescue at Lighthouse Bay / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Rosie Colligan -- The Time of the Dinosaurs / Sally Cowan ; illustrations by Juan Calle -- Level 22 - Wheels Day / Jill McDougal ; illustrations by Bruce Rankin -- Why Trafiic Lights are Red, Yellow and Green / Debbie Croft -- Level 23 - The Very Noisy Dog / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Thanos Tsilis -- Tunnels / Debbie Croft -- Level 24 - The Mountain Bike Race / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Lesley Vamos -- Transport Problems in Cities / Annette Smith -- Level 25 - The Mystery Trip / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Laura Wood -- How Birds Fly / Sally Cowan -- Level 26 - The Violin Exam / Debbie Croft ; illustrations by Chelen Écija -- An Old Castle / Annette Smith ; illustrations by Tambe -- Level 27 - The Tallest Tale / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Tamsin Hinrichsen -- Avalanches / Annette Smith -- Level 28 - The Boa / Debbie Croft ; illustrations by Tamsin Hinrichsen -- Should We Travel to Mars? / Sally Cowan ; illustrations by Dede Putra -- Level 29 - The Top Player / Debbie Croft ; illustrations by Giuliano Aloisi -- Drones / Debbie Croft -- Level 30 - Trouble with the Constable / Jill McDougall ; illustrations by Alessandra Fusi -- Why Hurricanes Occur / Jill McDougall -- Post-Level 30 - Birds and Weather / Stephen Moss -- Over Sea, Under Stone / Susan Cooper ; illustrations by Nina Kudinova -- The Prince and the Pauper / Mark Twain ; illustrations by Sumi Collina -- A New Mega-Stadium for Belleview / Eve Browne -- Patchwork Predator / Colin Barras ; illustrations by Melissa Webb -- Say 'No' to Plastic Straws / Eve Browne.
Summary: The PM Benchmark Literacy Assessment 1 equips teachers with accurate and robust assessment tools to identify students' instructional or independent reading levels. The resource offers a complete literacy assessment, allowing teachers to conduct reading records to effectively capture students' progress in reading fluency, retelling abilities and comprehension within and beyond the text. The enhanced PM Benchmark resource has been trialled extensively throughout Australia and New Zealand.