Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies Mel on Mars and is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of activities.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

For example:
Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’

This 200-page phonics activity book features:

- Activities to practice previously taught spellings in Mel on Mars.
- Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
- Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
- CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a wordChildren can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.



Format Spiral Omfång 200 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Dorling Kindersley Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2024-08-22 ISBN 9780241682333