By Phonic Books (author)
"Ticking lots of boxes in a busy classroom, this is a set of 12 decodable phonic books for older readers, each offering a good storyline featuring characters looking after a pet. "
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This is a set of 12 decodable books for catch up readers. Each book focuses on a story featuring two or three characters left in charge of a pet. There are adventures with everything from snakes to hamsters, dogs, a pregnant cat and a rather interesting hive of bees. The adventures occur all over the world from house sitting in town, to a river boat, a desert and to an adventure in the Caribbean. They are all rather endearing stories with some charming illustrations and satisfying endings.
The stories follow a common theme of pet sitting, but each can be read without reading the book before. The sitters are all pet lovers but feature different characters in each story. The stories can be read in any sequence, which can be quite useful in the classroom, but also makes it possible to perhaps focus on a particular spelling or sound combination.
These stories can be read after the companion DK Phonic sets – Mel on Mars and Get out of the Game . Whilst they are similar in that they follow adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, they also have alternative spellings for vowel sounds, such as oo u u-e and ew. These are all clearly laid out at the front of the book.
They would certainly appeal to struggling readers who want a more interesting story line without the confidence or ability to read a more complex story at this stage of their development. These books offer a good storyline simply, in chapters, and with enough content to provoke conversation. This ticks a lot of boxes in a busy classroom.
Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers. Phonic Books Pet Sitters are older reader books that introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 decodable books is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.
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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 6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.
Book 1: Get Fit CVC, CVCC
Book 2: Sink or Swim CCVC
Book 3: Lost in the Frost CCVCC
Book 4: Fish in a Spin sh, ch, tch, th
Book 5: Grab that String ck, ng, qu, wh, le, -ed
Book 6: The Waiting Game ay, ai, a, a-e
Book 7: Between the Leaves ee, ea, y, e, ey
Book 8: Get in the Boat o, ow, oa, o-e
Book 9: Turtle Alert er, ir, ur
Book 10: Round Them Up ow, ou
Book 11: Spidery Night igh, y, i, i-e
Book 12: In the Moonlight oo, u, u-e, ew
- 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 like -ed.
. This series shares the same phonic progression as the Phonic Books Alba and Phonic Books Totem series and can be used either independently or in parallel.
Each 16-page book contains: Reading practice/vocabulary Contents page Story pages
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 word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
Accompanying photocopiable activities for reading, spelling and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books Pet Sitters Activities .
Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older, struggling readers.
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Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers. Phonic Books Pet Sitters are older reader books that introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Phonic Books Pet Sitters 12-Book Set and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Phonic Books Pet Sitters 12-Book Set features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Recommendations, Animal Stories, The Natural World, Pets, Grammar, Spelling & Literature, Reading Scheme, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills, Educational: Language, literature and literacy, Educational material
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Phonic Books Pet Sitters 12-Book Set was written by Phonic Books and published by DK Learning
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