Through the Sails Literacy Launching Fluency books students will: • Continue to be challenged to think critically • Apply comprehension and processing strategies to more challenging texts, both fiction and non-fiction • Be reinforced with high-frequency words introduced at the Early Stage and be introduced to more challenging interest words • Be introduced to examples of the same visual information presented in two different ways • Continue to focus on increasing knowledge of print conventions, phonological patterns and phonic knowledge in context Features • Books that provide a bridge for readers between Early Green level and Fluency Orange • Two levels, as indicated by the levelling guide on the back cover • Increase in the challenge of interest words • The same visual information presented in two different ways • More complex sentence structure • Guide notes demonstrating how to support the learner • Teacher's resource book with step-by-step guide