This Teaching Guide offers simple, practical guidance for supporting struggling readers. It provides: Step-by-step guidance for each fiction and non-fiction text, including one-to-one and group reading support, written by an experienced SEN specialist. Practical support for teaching EAL students, written by EAL experts and approved by NALDIC, the professional association for English as an Additional Language. Guidance on getting the most out of the 'Before reading' and 'Quiz' pages in the Reading Books, to encourage struggling readers and support comprehension. Further comprehension questions with prompts and writing activities linked to the texts students have read. Follow-on activities for students to practise and consolidate spelling and comprehension. Straightforward guidance on how to use the assessment texts, written by the Series Editor, Dee Reid, including 'next steps' provision and 'top tips' for helping struggling readers to progress.