The Letters and Sounds series
Over two series the Letters and Sounds books take your children step-by-step through the phonemes and grapheme-phoneme correspondences.
Series one: basic code from phases 2 and 3, and
CVCC, CVVC and VCC words from phase 4
The progression from phase one to phase two of Letters and Sounds is demanding. Children must remember the  first eight phonemes, and each of their representations, then successfully blend them together to read a word. It is crucial that there is rapid and early success so that children gain confidence from breaking the reading code.
Series one covers the basic code from phase two and three of Letters and Sounds. Four books for each group of eight phonemes means children get the much-needed early practice in blending and segmenting. Phase four Consonant - Vowel - Consonant - Consonant (CVCC), CVVC and VCC words are also covered.
Six camera books teach the first half of the irregular, high frequency words from the Letters and Sounds programme.
Group A phase 2 phonemes:
/s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/ /m/ /d/ and camera words: to, the, no, go, I, he
Group B phase 2 phonemes:
/g/ /o/ /c/ /k/ /ck/ /e/ /u/ /r/ and 6 camera words: she, we, me, be, was, my
Group C phase 2 phonemes:
/h/ /b/ /f/ /ff /l/ /ll/ /ss/ and 6 camera words: you, they, her, all are, said
Group D phase 3 phonemes:
/j/ /v/ /w/ /x/ /y/ /z/ /zz/ /qu/ and 6 camera words: so, have, like, some, come, were
Group E phase 4 VCC, CCVC and CVCC words and 6 camera words: there, little, one, do, when, out
Group F phase 3 phonemes /sh/ /ch/ /th/ /ng/ and 6 camera words: what, oh, their, people, Mr., Mrs.
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Series two; the advanced code from phases 3 and 5
Each book from “On My Way” covers one phoneme-grapheme representation from the advanced code taught in phases three and five. Also, six camera books teach the remaining irregular, high frequency words from the Letters and Sounds programme.
Series two now sees children reading much more challenging 3-, 4- and 5-word sentences. These books use basic punctuation and the camera words they have already learnt. Averaging 20 target phoneme words per book there is again lots of opportunity for reinforcement and practice. This series still has the same clear message: children should decode using their knowledge of phonemes as their first reading strategy.
Phase 3 phonemes:
Book 1 /ai/ as in paid, book 2 /igh/ as in high, book 3 /oa/ as in boat, book 4 /ee/ as in seed, book 6 /oo/ as in moon, book 7 /ar/ as in car, book 8 /oo/ as in book, book 9 /or/ as in fork, book 11 /ur/ as in turn, book 12 /ow/ as in cow, book 13 /oi/ as in boil, book 14 /ear/ as in hear, book 16 /air/ as in fair, book 17 /ure/ as in pure and book 18 /er/ as in herb
Phase 5 phonemes:
book 19 /ay/ as in pay, book 21 /ou/ as in shout, book 22 /ie/ as in pie, book 23 /ea/ as in seat, book 24 /ir/ as in bird, book 26 /a_e/ as in cake, book 27 /i_e/ as in bike, book 28 /o_e/ as in home and book 29 /u_e/ as in flute
Series two camera words:
book 5: looked, called, asked, water, where, who
book 10: again, thought, through, work, mouse, many
book 15: laughed, because, different, any, eyes, friends
book 20: once, please, very, want, our, give
book 25: half, house, love, more, saw, two
book 30: another, brother, would, could, know, your
Each series of the Letters and Sounds books are available in:
Guided Reading / Home Readers pack (£420): perfect to send home for practice with parents or for guided reading, where every child will have the same book. You will receive 180 books (all 30 titles in packs of six).
One-to-One set (£70): used for individual work, or as a teacher reference set, you will receive one of each title in the series.
Guided Reading six packs (£15): six copies of each title per pack, suitable for guided reading.
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