Phonics Book Bag Readers Non-fiction: Athletics (Set 9) by Rachel Russ (author) (UK edition)

• Phase 5, Scholastic Set: 09
• Non-fiction
• Focus: ay (as in ‘way’), ou (as in ‘sound’), ea (as in ‘leap’)
• Tricky Words: of they to push the when she put like go
• Book Band: Green

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

The artwork and photographs are detailed so as not to provide picture cues and prompting. Each book also contains parent’s notes and a ‘talk about it’ task to support children’s oracy, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of non-fiction 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 books in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic Set 09 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)

Have you got them all?