Phonics Book Bag Readers: The Scientist and the Castle (Set 12) by Teresa Heapy (author) (UK edition)

Phase 5

Scholastic Set: 12

Title: The Scientist and the Castle

Focus: al (as in ‘palm’), a (as in ‘rather’), a (as in ‘water’), a (as in ‘want’), ear (as in ‘heard’), wr (as in ‘wreck’), st (as in ‘castle’), sc (as in ‘scent’), ch (as in ‘echo’)

Tricky words: of the through to one because again eyes pure oh said into friend

Book Band: Orange

This title is part of a set of phonically decodable reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly levelled stories are engaging and follow one of the most commonly used validated SSPs in primary schools.

The series includes a wide selection of diverse and inclusive stories, accompanied by bright, contemporary and humorous illustrations that will engage and inspire young readers with a ‘find the character’ feature on each spread.

The artwork is detailed so as not to provide picture cues and prompting. Each book also contains parent’s notes and a ‘retell the story’ task to support children’s oracy, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of books covering groups of sounds to allow for progression.

Scholastic considers these books suitable for children learning using the Wandle Learning Trust’s Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme. Scholastic is not part of Wandle Learning Trust, nor are our products approved for use with the Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised phonics programme by the Wandle Learning Trust.

The stories in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 12 and revise the sounds found in previous sets. There are thirteen sets in total, covering:

Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d

Phase 2 Set 2: g o c k ck e u r h b f l

Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz

Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk

Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo

Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er

Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels

Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels

Phase 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)

Phase 5 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)

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