Phonics Book Bag Readers Non-fiction: Non-fiction Starter Pack 4 by Suzy Ditchburn (author) and Alice Hemming (author)

Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 4

Scholastic Set 7 and Scholastic Set 8

Sound Focus: Adjacent consonants with short vowels and Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels

Book Band: Yellow and Blue

This starter pack contains the books in Scholastic Set 7 and Scholastic Set 8 of the Phonics Book Bag Readers Non-fiction series (eight books in total).

These books are part of a brand new set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers.

These expertly levelled stories are engaging and are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised used in schools across the UK.

The stories in this starter pack focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 7 and 8.

ABOUT THE SERIES

The series includes a wide selection of non-fiction phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled books are engaging, and are exactly matched to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across the UK.

The artwork and photographs are detailed so as not to provide picture cues and prompting. Each book also contains parent’s notes and a ‘talk about it’ task to support children’s oracy, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of non-fiction books covering groups of sounds to allow for progression.

There are thirteen sets in total, covering:

Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d

Phase 2 Set 2: g o c k ck e u r h b f l

Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz

Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk

Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo

Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er

Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels

Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels

Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn)

Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew (new), ie (shield), aw (claw)

Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le (apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup)

Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are (share), ear (bear), ere (there), au (author), aur (dinosaur), oor (floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a (father), a (water), a (want), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle), sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze), schwa at the end of words (actor)

Phase 5 Set 13: eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (grey), ea (break), gn (gnaw), kn (knee), mb (thumb), ere (here), eer (deer), su (treasure), si (vision), dge (bridge), ge (large), y (crystal), ti (potion), ssi (mission), si (mansion), ci (delicious), augh (daughter), our (pour), oar (oar), ore (more)

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