Red Rocket Readers Aotearoa

Bits and Bobs is one of our new Cosmic Comics! 🚀📚

Key Features of this series include –

Targeted Learning: Consolidates decoding skills and reinforces phonics knowledge.

Engaging Content: Space patrollers roam the galaxy solving mysteries, helping others in need, meeting interesting creatures and visiting wild planets.

Age-Appropriate: Fully decodable (simple code, CCV & CCVC) text while enjoying highly appealing stories and imaginative scenes for kids from 5-10+ years old.

Catch-Up: Perfect for older students who need to catch up on critical early reading skills. Sophisticated look and feel in a first chapter book format.

Learn more about this exciting series here –
https://redrocketreaders.com/cosmic-comics/

Bad Luck is one of our new Cosmic Comics! 

A bit of bad luck leads to even more as Buzz and Jip get stuck in space! When everything is out of control, who will be the hero? Can they think of an idea to solve their big problem?

Cosmic Comics are Age-Appropriate: Fully decodable (simple code, CCV & CCVC) text while enjoying highly appealing stories and imaginative scenes for kids from 5–10+ years old.

Learn more about this vibrant and exciting book and series here – https://redrocketreaders.com/cosmic-comics/

Yes, We Can Have It All! - Flying Start Books Red Rocket Phonics offer a structured approach to literacy. Decodable Explorers are aligned with the Science of Reading and Letters & Sounds.

Red Rocket Readers - Launch into Literacy Our new Phonics collection, Decodable Explorers, offers a structured approach and is aligned with the Science of Reading and Letters & Sounds.

Baby Beans is one of our newly published Cosmic Comics titles!

Our main characters, Buzz and Jip, are called to help a famer in a fix. The farmer’s beans have caught a bug that’s turned them back into baby beans. What can Buzz and Jip do to solve the problem?

Targeted Learning is a key feature of the readers in this series. Students will consolidate their decoding skills and reinforce phonics knowledge. 

Learn more about the Cosmic Comics here – https://redrocketreaders.com/cosmic-comics/

Del had the pleasure of lunching with Professor Bethanie C. Pletcher, Ed.D. from Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi at Frasers in Mt Eden! A nationally respected literacy scholar, Professor of Reading Education, and long-time educator with extensive experience in classrooms, literacy coaching, and teacher preparation AND just a lovely person spend time with.

What did Del have to say about their hui?
"We had a rich conversation about the power of story. How it shapes identity, strengthens communities, and opens pathways for deep literacy learning. They also discussed the importance of cross-cultural collaboration in education and how bringing diverse perspectives together benefits teachers and learners alike. Most of all, we connected over our shared passion for literacy learning as a vehicle for voice, belonging, and possibility.

Grateful for global partnerships that remind us: stories travel, and so can we."

Applications are now open for SLA PLD Cohort 8! 🎉
You have until March 6th to submit your application to the Ministry and secure your place in the cohort starting in Term 2.

Don’t miss this opportunity! Starting the year with the strong literacy foundations from the GROW Literacy Programme sets your school up for long-term success. 🌱
🔗 Explore the programme here: https://www.coactiveeducation.com/structured-literacy
🗓️ Be ready to enrol your school on March 11th!

Our Red Rocket™ Phonics collection, Decodable Explorers, offers a structured approach to literacy and is aligned with the Science of Reading and Letters & Sounds.

These are scaffolded by strong and effective tools to build alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness.

Learn more about the Decodable Explorers here – redrocketreaders.com/phonics-overview/

Our Te Reo Māori eBooks and Teacher Tools can be found here - flyingstartbooks.com/red-rocket/ebooks/ebook-editions/te-reo-maori-ebooks/

Happy Reading!