Explaining Phonic Readers
While the video below draw referemce to a specific series (published by PhonicBooks, UK) , the same principle applies to all good phonic readers (decodable books) recommended here:
For young beginner readers (Dandelion Launchers and Dandelion Readers)
For older, catch-up readers (age 8-14)
Most of our phonic products are designed according to the British School Phonics Curriculum Guide - Letters and Sounds
Click link below to go to individual phase: This guide contains materials that concentrate on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending.
Please also see this: Notes of Guidance for Practioners and Teachers on the Letters and Sounds Programme
Phase 1 (pre-phonics), 7 aspects of learning
Phase 2 - s, a, t, p, i , n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss. Teaching and practising blending for reading and segmenting for spelling of VC and CVC words, words of two-syllable words, tricky words
Phase 3 - j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er, practising blending for reading and segmenting for spelling, tricky words
Phase 4 - consolidate knowledge in Phase 2 and 3, br, bl, cr, cl, nt, mp, .... teaching and practise of the blending for reading and segmenting for spelling of adjacent consonants CVCC, CCVC
Phase 5 - alternative graphemes (spellings) of all sounds already learnt in Phase 2/3
Phase 6 - children become fluent readers and increasingly accurate spellers, teaching of past tense, suffixes, prefixes
Phonic Practise
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 4
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978-0-19-848524-7New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 5
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9780198485339New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 4
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0198484578Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 5
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978-0-19-848466-0Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics More Non-Fiction: Stage 5A
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978-0-19-848475-2Stunning photographic non-fiction readers fully matched to UK Letters...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 6
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978-0-19-848484-4Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 4
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978-0-19-848403-5Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 5
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978-0-19-848412-7Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
DL11 - Units 4-7 Dandelion Launchers 'Ted'
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dl1116 different books,4 at each level (unit), introducing...
WR15-Level 1 Reading & Spelling Activities Photocopy-master
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WR15WR15 - Level 1 Workbook - Dandelion Readers...
DR14 - Level 2 'Viv Wails'
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dr14Levels 1, 2, 3, Books 1-14 Series Overview:...
WR16-Level 2 Reading & Spelling Activities Photocopy-master
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WR16WR16 - Level 2 Workbook - Dandelion Readers...
DR15 - Level 3 'Jake, the Snake'
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dr15Levels 1, 2, 3, Books 1-14 Series Overview:...
WR17-Level 3 Reading & Spelling Activities Photocopy-master
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WR17WR17 - Level 3 Workbook - Dandelion Readers...
WR20-Level 4 Reading & Writing Activities Photocopy-master
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WR20Spiral-bound workbook of photocopiable, multisensory activities based on...
MB3 - Magic Belt Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
mb3This Introductory Workbook is designed to match with the Magic...
AL2 - ALBA Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
al2Spiral-bound, photocopiable workbook offering segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation...
FP2 - Phonics Stories for Older Learners
Teacher's Photocopy Master
This is a book of decodable stories and...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 6
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978-0-19-830014-4Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 4
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978-0-19-839675-8Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 5
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978-0-19-839683-3Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum ...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 6
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978-0-19-839691-8Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum ...
TD2 - That Dog! Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
td2Linked to the stories the That Dog! series,...
ORT Decode and Develop China stories Stage 4
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978-0-19-843820-5Biff, Chip and Kipper visit China in these...