wonderland explainer brochure
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Fiona HolmesCreator & Author
Wonderland
A comprehensive literacy programme that
includes an all-embracing reading scheme
with fun-filled relevant stories set in the
magical town of Wandsville.
Children all over Ireland have been
captivated by Wandsville and its eight
main characters with their unique and
quirky personalities.
The characters are all friends and the
lively, pacy and innovative stories
chronicle their adventures together.
The original, modern and humorous
story plots engage and appeal to today’s
critical, media-savvy young readers.
The books have been published for the Educational
market but are also renowned for their ‘trade
book’ similarities with lavish illustrations, that are
vivid, colourful and detailed.
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The Author
The Publisher
Fiona Holmes is a primary teacher and award winning
author who has been involved in education for the past
twenty five years. Throughout her career as a teacher in
Dublin, she has won numerous national awards with her
classes for drama and musicals.
She is the creator and author of the highly successful Wonderland Literacy
Programme for the junior cycle.
As a teacher and parent of six children, Fiona noted the emotional attachment
children form with characters from a particular series of books. However she
found that the characters and stories often don’t develop in tandem with
the reading skills of the child. She created a set of characters and stories that
would ‘hook’ children and motivate them to continue to read as the stories and
characters developed along with their reading skills. This led to the creation of
the Wandsville series.
CJ Fallon, one of Ireland’s longest
established and most respected
educational publishers, has been leading
the way in Primary and Post Primary
publishing since 1927.
CJ Fallon are committed to providing Irish
teachers with the highest quality teaching
resources in print and digital. They believe in providing Irish students with the
best results-driven learning tools, developed to to the highest educational and
academic standards. They work with only the best teachers in the country who
contribute as authors, advisors and reviewers.
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The Characters
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Summary Overview of Programme
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Some spoilers...
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The plot thickens...
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The Complete Circle
Teachers Resource Books
Teacher’s Notes
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Reading Picture Book
Core Readers
Supplementary Readers
Flash Cards
Wall Posters
Oral Language Posters
Fairy Tale Books (Large format)
Programme Overview
Phonological Awareness
Rhymes Book
Skills Development
Introductory Skills Book
Skills Books
Phonics Phonic Cards
Decodable Books
Phonics workbooks
Alphabet frieze
Phonics CDs
Each element of the programme supported with Teachers’ resources
Stage One
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Taking a closer look...
Picture Book
Year 1: 3 Core Readers
5 non-verbal stories
All Wandsville characters introduced
High level art work facilitates
Oral language development
Narrative shape & real book experience
Incremental word count to include the first 100 high frequency words
Detailed illustrations to facilitate discussion and oral language development
Reading Picture Book
Core Readers
Supplementary Readers
Flash Cards
Wall Posters
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Year 2: 4 Core Readers…
… and 1 Bridge Reader
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Globby made a snowman.
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He put a hat on him.
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Supplementary Readers (x24)
Same characters and setting
Repetitive structure
High frequency sight words
Includes 25 most common words (approx. 1/3 of all written material)
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Then Globby made a snowgirl.
Bleed
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He put a dress on her.7
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Oral Language Development Programme
Oral Language Posters
Fairy Tale Books (Large format)
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Support Material
20 O.L.D. posters
2 Large Format Books
1 Fairy Tale Book (Large Format)
20 O.L.D. posters
2 Fairy Tale Books (Large Format)
Senior Infants
Junior Infants
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Phonics Programme
Burger’s Book of Sounds
Burger’s Book of Sounds 1
Burger’s Book of Sounds 2
Take-home Decodable
In context
Addresses the alphabet principle
Practical use of the letter sounds learned
Phonics Phonic Cards
Decodable Books
Phonics workbooks
Alphabet frieze
Phonics CDs
Books Alphabet Frieze
Phonics Cards Sets A and B
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Take-home Decodable Books
Pre Core Reader stage
Encourages child to read stories by decoding words with sounds that they have just learned
Sets child up for reading success
Example
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Skills Development
Introductory Skills Book
Skills Books
Skills Books – Components
Introductory Skills Books
Skills Books
Motor coordination
Visual matching
Visual discrimination
Phonological awareness
Comprehension
✔ Research based skills development
✘ Random activities
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Skills Books – Structure
Skills Books – Pages
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Phonological Awareness
Rhymes Book
Phonological Awareness
Featuring Wandsville characters
Based on the 37 most common rimes
Creative appealing rhymnes
Rhymes Books
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Teacher’s Notes A & B
Teacher’s Notes A and B support the core readers and outline ideas to develop:
Language
Phonological awareness
Comprehension
Print awareness
Vocabulary and writing.
Teacher’s Notes – Sample Pages
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Promotes focused teaching matched to the learning needs of the children
Provides assessment tools
Features:
Comprehensive phonics, phonological awareness, fluency and guided writing programmes
Yearly scheme format with weekly lesson plans
Instructional plan covering vocabulary, comprehension and guided reading
Includes photocopiable resource material to support lesson plans
Teacher’s Resource Books A & B
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6 Core Readers
2 Novels
2 Fact Books
4 Skills Books
24 Supplementary Readers
Oral Language
Development Schemes C & D Teacher’s Notes C & D
IT Material
Real book experience
Poetry
Novels
Reduced font size
Stage Two – Components
Year 3 – Core Books
Stage Two
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Looking after Zara pages 6–7
Dance Shoes for GG page 58
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Camper Van Fun pages 10–11
Year 4 – Core Books
More complex story lines
Challenging vocabulary
Top 300 high frequency words
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GG’s New Job pages 4–5
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Skills Books
✔ Research based skills development
✘ Random activities
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Wonderland English Literacy Programme
Contact
Creator & Author: Fiona Holmes
Email: [email protected]
00353 86 822 8225
Publisher: CJ Fallon
Ground Floor – Block B Liffey Valley Office Campus Dublin 22
Email: [email protected]