Songbirds is a new Phonics series from Oxford Reading Tree. It comprises real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffulo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories are phonic stories that support the latest curriculum developments. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds provide:
* fully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 36 books over 6 stages
* opportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends
* lively illustrations by a variety of artists
* flexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching
* an exciting interactive CD-Rom to accompany Stages 4-6
Stage 6 titles practise the long vowel sounds made by these letters:
* Tara's Party - ar a
* Paula the Vet - or au aw ore
* Where Were You Bert? - er ir ur
* Clare and the Fair - air are ear
* The Deer and the Earwig - ear eer ere
* Jack and the Giants - ure our
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About the Author:
Julia Donaldson has written over forty books, including the extremely popular picture book The Gruffalo, which won three major British book awards: The Smarties Prize, The Blue Peter Award for `The Best Book to Read Aloud and the Experian `Big Three Award.
Review:
`An excellent full range of phonic usage for these stages of text. I feel children would benefit immensely from the scheme.'
St Nicholas Primary School , Oxford
`What a lovely way of showing the relation of text to words in a story!'
Literacy Teacher, Oxfordshire
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