What's Up? Levels 1-2

In What's Up?, young readers explore the bustling air above, filled with creatures and objects that glide, flap, float and fly. This early-level book uses simple, repetitive text and strong visual cues to help students connect words to meaning. With a focus on the sky and airborne life, it introduces a range of phonics features including double vowels (œee, œoo), initial consonants (œb), and consonant blends like œpl. The repetition and well-matched illustrations support early decoding and comprehension. Readers will delight in the imaginative scope of what lives and moves in the air, from birds and bats to bubbles and balloons. This book provides an engaging platform for early scientific thinking and observational discussion.

Educational Benefits:

• Supports early phonics development with blends and vowel patterns.
• Encourages text-image matching for improved comprehension.
• Expands vocabulary with a focus on things in the air.
• Reinforces one-to-one word tracking and sentence structure.

Classroom Ideas:

• Create a classroom collage of flying things.
• Go outside to observe and list what's up in the sky.
• Use the book for phonics focus on blends and double vowels.
• Encourage oral storytelling using the book's pattern: œWhat's up? A ___.

Information:

• Suitable for ages 4-5
• Reading Level: 1-2 (Magenta)
• Book dimensions: 16.5cm x 14.5cm
• 8 pages