Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities: Activities Accompanying Mel on Mars Books for Older Readers (CVC, Consonant Blends and Consonant Teams) (Phonic Books Catch-Up Decodable Readers) - Softcover

Phonic Books

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0593842472 ISBN 13: 9780593842478

Publisher: Phonic Books, 2024

Synopsis

Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies Mel on Mars and is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of activities.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or Grades 4-6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

For example:
Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
Book 6: 'ch' and 'tch'
Book 7: 'sh'

This 200-page phonics activity book features:

- Activities to practice previously taught spellings in Mel on Mars.
- Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
- Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
- CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.

About this title

About the Author

Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older readers who need support.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phonic Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593842472
• ISBN 13: 9780593842478
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200