Support children's reading with these engaging high-low fullydecodable phonic books. The age-appropriate themes and content willhook the most reluctant and struggling readers. Reading Age: 4 to 6Interest Age: 7 to 14 This is the second book of adventures with the underwater explorers.This time they investigate when something strange appearson the map. ABOUT UNDERWATER EXPLORERS: A group of underwater explorers haveadventures in their mini-sub. The series addresses a number ofenvironmental issues related to the ocean. Book 2: Underwater ExplorersFictionFocus Sounds: Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowelsRevision Sounds: Phases 2 and 3, Sets 1 to 6 SERIES INFORMATIONStriders Phonics Readers are a collection of 32 high-lowphonically decodable books for readers aged 7+ witha reading age of 4 to 6. These expertly levelled consolidationreaders are perfect for sending home to support classroom teaching,and follow one of the most commonly used validated SSPs in primaryschools, with focus sounds following the same progression,and each set of books revising the sounds found in previous sets.Scholastic considers these books suitable for children learningusing the Wandle Learning Trust's Little Wandle Letters and SoundsRevised phonics programme. Scholastic is not part of Wandle LearningTrust, nor are our products approved for use with the LittleWandle Letters & Sounds Revised phonics programme by the WandleLearning Trust.The series of phonically decodable readers includes diverse andinclusive artwork and photography and includes features suchas chapters and recurring characters (fiction) and contents andheadings (non-fiction) to be more consistent with what theirfriends and peers are reading. Each book also contains 'how to use the book' notes tohelp an adult support the child's reading along with a characterpage for fiction titles to orient the reader or a contentspage for non-fiction titles.The fiction books are split into four mini-series with reoccurringcharacters while the non-fiction are stand-alone titleswith a summary page at the end to encourage discussion.Focus sounds found in each Scholastic Set: Phase2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d (used as revision sounds only)Phase 2 Set 2: g o c k ck e u r h b f lPhase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zzPhase2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nkPhase 3 Set 5:ai ee igh oa ooPhase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi earair erPhase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants withshort vowelsPhase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants withPhase 3 long vowelsPhase 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)Phase5 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)
