Essential Blending Book 15 (Essential Letters and Sounds: Essential Blending Books) - Softcover

Dodson, Tara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1382040121 ISBN 13: 9781382040129

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2023

Synopsis

Essential Blending Books are 100% matched to the phonic progression of Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS). They help children practise blending sounds together to make words, using pictures to check their answers. Perfect for supporting phonics learning at home or in school.

Book 15 covers CCVCC words and allows children to apply their phonics learning from Reception, Summer 2, Week 3 of Essential Letters and Sounds.

• Fully aligned to the Department for Education validated ELS programme
• Ideal for early reading practice and phonics consolidation
• Supports systematic synthetic phonics teaching
• Engaging illustrations to aid word recognition
• Developed by Oxford University Press

Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) is a Department for Education validated synthetic phonics programme, developed by the Knowledge Schools Trust English Hub to help children learn to read quickly and confidently.

Structured around daily lessons and matched to the progression of the original Letters and Sounds framework, ELS provides a clear, systematic approach to phonics. Each stage is supported by engaging decodable books, interactive resources, and practical guidance for parents and teachers.

Used in classrooms across the UK, ELS is designed to build fluent readers, confident speakers, and willing writers. Affordable, flexible, and easy to implement, it works seamlessly with existing resources while offering everything needed to support children's literacy journey both at school and at home.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1382040121
• ISBN 13: 9781382040129
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: McLelland Kate
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24