What are the Bug Club reading levels?
The Bug Club series is a literacy program for reading levels 1 – 30.
What age is Bug Club for?
Bug Club Comprehension follows a structured teaching approach for ages 7 to 11, including printed books, eBooks with audio and an online teacher toolkit to help every child master deeper comprehension strategies.
Does Bug Club phonics follow Letters and sounds?
Bug Club Phonics is one of the DfE’s approved phonics teaching programmes and aims to help all children in your school learn to read by the age of six, in a fun and accessible way. Following the order of Letters and Sounds, Bug Club Phonics matches the National Curriculum and Early Learning Goals.
What book band should YEAR 1 be on at the end of the year?
What are the Book Band colours?
| Book Band | Emerging | Confident Exceeding |
|---|---|---|
| Pink (Level 1) | ||
| Red (Level 2) | Year 1 | |
| Yellow (Level 3) | Year 1 | |
| Blue (Level 4) | Reception |
Is Bug Club only for schools?
Bug Club is intended for use as a main school reading programme in the classroom, for home reading, and for planning and assessment activities.
How do you use book bands?
A Guide to Book Bands: What book band is my child?
- Hold a book correctly.
- Look at the pages in the correct order.
- Know the differences between words and pictures.
- Understand that each letter is different.
- Say who and what the book is about.
- Talk about the pictures and create their own stories.
What is phonics Bug?
Phonics Bug is fast-paced – children start to read after learning just eight phonemes – and combines fun 100% decodable books with BBC CBeebies video and whole-class teaching software to give you a range of aural, visual and kinaesthetic phonics activities to appeal to all the children in your class.
What book band should a 7 year old be on?
Reading age & book bands It is possible that there may be seven year olds on book band red and five year olds on book band turquoise. As a rough guide, children are expected to reach the highest level (lime) at seven or eight years old.
What book band should a 6 year old be on?
Purple book band Recommended reading age 6 – 7 years. Children might read silently or quietly at quite a rapid pace, taking note of punctuation. Usually about 25 pages with 5 to 10 sentences per page.
What stage should a 7 year old be at reading?
Ask any parent of a Reception child about Biff, Chip and Kipper, and they’ll know exactly who you’re talking about….Oxford Reading Tree.
| Stage 1 | 3.5 to 4.5 years |
|---|---|
| Stage 6 | 6 to 6.5 years |
| Stage 7 | 6.5 to 7 years |
| Stage 8 | 7 to 7.5 years |
| Stage 9 | 7.5 to 8 years |
How do you get onto Bug Club?
To activate your subscription, you simply need to accept our terms and conditions – follow the instructions in your activation email to do this. You will then receive a second email containing your Bug Club login details, including your username and school code with a link to set your password.
What book band should YEAR 4 be on?
What are the Book Band colours?
| Book Band | Emerging | Expected |
|---|---|---|
| Lime (Level 11) | Year 3, Year 4 | |
| Brown (Level 12) | Year 4, Year 5 | Year 3 |
| Grey (Level 13) | Year 5, Year 6 | Year 4 |
| Dark Blue (Level 14) | Year 6 | Year 5 |
Is Monster phonics DfE approved?
Yes, Monster Phonics is validated by the DfE. Our phonics scheme is available to use on a free trial.
Which phonics program is best UK?
The best phonics outcomes for the highest number of children are achieved when schools follow a high-quality systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme with fidelity.