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Levelling

English language readers are levelled for literacy instruction according to the Ready to Read Colour Wheel classification.

Emergent readers	Magenta
Early readers	Red Yellow Blue Green
Fluent readers	Orange Turquoise Purple Gold

Location

Print copies

General Library, City Campus, Level M
Sylvia Ashton-Warner Library, Tai Tokerau

428.6 in the Junior Non-Fiction Collection.

All readers at a particular level are grouped together.
Their shelving sequence is alphabetical (not in Colour Wheel sequence) e.g., Gold readers come before Magenta readers on the shelves

Tip: Some resources are stored in the On-Demand Collection (off campus). To find and request material, check the Catalogue.

Online access

Ready to Read resources are online at Literacy Online

Call number elements	Call number elements explained	Example 428.6 MAG REA ICA	Stands for
428.6	Dewey classification for English language readers	428.6	English language reader
XXX	First three letters of colour wheel level	MAG	Magenta (emergent)
YYY	First three letters of series title	REA	Ready to read
ZZZ	First three letters of individual title	ICA	I can write

Search tips

Searching by level

To find by level in the Catalogue, search on 428.6 plus first three letters of the appropriate colour.

e.g., 428.6 MAG to find emergent (Magenta) readers or 428.6 GOL to find fluent (Gold) readers.

Searching by topic

To find by topic in the Catalogue, search with topic keywords plus readers

e.g., seashore readers OR shopping readers

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