Striders Phonic Readers Collection 2

This collection contains titles from Striders Phonics Readers,a series of high-low phonically decodable books for readersaged 7+ with a reading age of 4 to 6. The age-appropriate themesand content will hook the most reluctant and struggling readers.Titles in this collection: Animals Seeking Food; Bok in theMoonlight; To the Top; Go-karting; A Near Miss; Urban Art; Big Facts;The Carved Rock Garden; What is For Lunch?; Boston; Ships inthe Deep; The Big Six Get Artistic. Collection 2 contains the 12 titles from Sets 5-8.8 non-fiction titles 4 fiction titles.  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. ABOUT CAL & KIM: The mini-series follows Cal andKim, a space delivery team as they deliver parcels and post todifferent planets and encounter the strange, often scary, creatureswho live there.ABOUT NICK & BOK: Nick finds and takes home anunusual bug, 'Bok'. The mini-series follows 'Bok' who likes to escapehis box, ultimately ending in his release into the woods.ABOUT THE BIG SIX: This mini-series follows the'Big Six' a monster group who cause chaos wherever they go.ABOUT UNDERWATER EXPLORERS: A group of underwaterexplorers have adventures in their mini-sub. The mini-series addressesa number of environmental issues related to the ocean.  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)