Rapid Phonics Step 1: The Boss (Fiction)

• Ideal for home learning
• Suitable for children age 6 and above who need extra phonics practice
• Part of the Rapid Phonics intervention series by Pearson
• Rapid Phonics Step 1.1 (sounds covered: k, qu, x, ck, ff, ll, ss, zz)
• Design supports readers with dyslexia
• Proven to help children who are behind in their reading to catch up fast.

Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up intervention scheme that has been proven to help children who have not yet mastered phonics to catch up fast. Each carefully-levelled, fully decodable reading book has a dyslexia-friendly design and supports all struggling learners, including those with SEND, to develop their phonics knowledge and reading skills.

• Step 1 focuses on alphabet sounds (e.g. s, a, t, p, i, n)
• Step 2 focuses on common digraphs (e.g. ar, oo, ow)
• Step 3 focuses on alternative spelling patterns (e.g. 'ee' can be spelled ea, ie, ey, y).