Information for Teachers

At Iversen Publishing we know how students learn to read and spell. We have made it easier for you by including the literacy skill learning in the books. Our wide variety of products are carefully developed to ensure students success.

Quick60

Quick60 includes –

  • Junior Class Resources – big books, concept cards, vocabulary and spelling cards, alphabet cards.
  • Foundation – whole class, beginning literacy series.
  • Intervention – small group, systematic, explicit catch up.
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RevUp

Sets of themed high interest, low readability, levelled fact and fiction cards. Designed to improve the literacy skills of reluctant readers.

RevUp includes the following card packs –

  • Sports Cards
  • Action Cards
  • Climate Cards
  • Science Cards
  • Extreme Cards
  • Poetry Cards
  • Comprehension
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Talk About

Factual books designed to provide models of everyday English language and structure for ELL students who are learning or who have limited English. Talk About books cover science and social studies themes.
Talk About includes the following series –

  • Talk About includes the following series –
  • Getting Started
  • Everyday Living
  • Natural World
  • Things Around Me
  • Science in My World
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Little Book of Answers

Factual books designed to increase students comprehension and vocabulary. The Little Books of Answers cover the following ten themes –

  • Families and Celebrations
  • History and Customs
  • Economics and Technology
  • Environmental Issues
  • Personal Responsibility and Citizenship
  • Earth and Geography
  • Weatehr and Space
  • Animals – Science
  • Plants – Science
  • Energy and Matter
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Focus Points

A series of topic related books for discussion and extending knowledge and understanding.

Focus Points covers the following themes –

  • Family
  • Animals
  • Food
  • Community
  • Values
  • Nutrition
  • Disabilities
  • Environment
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The learning is in the books

All Iversen Publishing books have specific learning outcomes which cover the five facets of reading –

  • Phonemic awareness
  • Phonics
  • Comprehension
  • Vocabulary
  • Fluency
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Teacher Support Materials

In addition to having the learning in the books, free, online comprehensive teacher support material are available, which includes –

  • Overviews
  • Lesson plans
  • Photocopiables
  • Mini experments
  • Videos
  • Letter, word and spelling cards
  • Student workbooks
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Photo Phonics

The phonics Photos books are designed for student in years 1 – 3, older students having difficulty with either phonics or vocabulary, and ELL students who may be able to decode but need to build English language vocabulary around phonic skills. The 24 books are in a graphic novel /comic style with photos that provide multiple opportunities for discussion to improve oral language and vocabuary

The books that focus on the following phonic skills

  • short vowels a,e,i,o,u
  • long vowels a,i,o,u,
  • consonant digraphs ch, ck, ght, ll, ng, sh, ss, tch, th, wh
  • soft consonants c and g
  • blends l family,
  • r family,
  • s family
  • consonant blend endings mp, nd, nk, mp
  • vowel digraphs ai, ay, ei, ee, ea, oa, oe, ow
  • r-controlled vowels ar, er, ir, or ur

Effective students from all backgrounds

“My son was struggling with his reading and had become very withdrawn and lost his confidence because of this. Once we started Quick60 at home everything changed. As his reading ability grew, so did his confidence. He loves that the books have great topics that he is interested in, for example Where Can you see these Wheels and Mishaps on Bicycles. “

His teacher can’t believe the changes and has recently convinced the school to take the Quick60 programme on for other groups of students who are struggling with literacy. I’m a super fan and sing the praisers of Quick60 to everyone.

(Miranda, parent of a previously struggling reader)