Twelve fully decodable books covering vowel digraphs.
Introduces one spelling for each of the vowel sounds.
Book 1: spelling ‘ai’ for the sound /ae/
Book 2: spelling ‘ee’ for the sound /ee/
Book 3: spelling ‘oa’ for the sound /oa/
Book 4: spelling ‘ur’ for the sound /er/
Book 5: spelling ‘ea’ for the sound /e/ (head)
Book 6: spelling ‘ow’ for the sound /ow/
Book 7: spelling ‘oo’ for the sound /oo/ as in b’oo’t
Book 8: spelling ‘igh’ for the sound /ie/
Book 9: spelling ‘oo’ for the sound /oo/ as in l’oo’k
Book 10: spelling ‘aw’ for the sound /aw/
Book 11: spelling ‘oi’ for the sound /oi/
Book 12: spelling ‘ar’ for the sound /ar/
Phonic Books publications specialize in decodable books for beginner and catch-up readers. Founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read, they applied their expertise to developing phonic reading books for young children and older, struggling readers. The books sets range from those suitable for pre-kindergarten students through to reluctant readers in secondary school.
With a growing reputation for their quality and effectiveness these book sets are now widely used by schools, tutors and parents in the UK, US, Canada, and countries around the world.
Features of Books for Beginner Readers
- Designed to engage and enthuse beginner and reluctant readers.
- Highly-structured phonic sequence encourages reading success and building of confidence from the very beginning
- Imaginative stories with appealing characters
- Colourful and motivating illustrations
- Highly-structured phonic progression
- Text on cream background to make the books reader-friendly
- Gradual introduction of high-frequency words
- A clear explanation of Synthetic Phonics for teachers and parents
- Game in every book to consolidate learning
- Additional reading and spelling activities for further reading practice
Features of Books for Catch-up Readers
- Vocabulary Page
- Short chapters for reluctant readers
- Text on cream background for easier reading
- Motivating illustrations and storyline
- Syllables split for reader
- Dyslexia friendly font
- Reading practice page with phonic focus
- Workbooks for further learning linked to stories
Books for beginner readers aged 5-8 introducing vowel digraphs. Fully decodable books with more text on a page to build reading stamina.
The VCe Spellings focuses on split vowel spellings specifically while the Vowel Spellings Sets introduce the tricky concept that a sound may be spelled in a variety of ways.
An ideal resource for Kindergarten to Second Grade.
How to use the books in this series:
- Each book contains a list of words the reader may need help with and a list of vocabulary words that are specific to each story.
- Encourage the student to say the sounds in the words and blend the sounds together, using ‘pure’ sounds (without adding the ‘uh’ sound after consonant sounds).
- Discuss new vocabulary and talk about the story before reading the book.
- Encourage the student to read the words on the Reading Practice page before reading the book.
- Each book may include some words with spellings the reader may not have learned yet. When reading these words, ask the reader to sound out the spelling he/she knows. Provide the sounds not yet learned. If the reader struggles, offer the whole word.
- Some words may have suffixes added to base words, e.g. -s, -ed and -ing. It is important to teach these explicitly.
- Ask the student to point to the words as he/she reads.
- If the reading is labored, reread the sentence after the student has read it to aid comprehension.
- Discuss the story using the questions at the end of the story.
- The games at the end of each book consolidate new learning.