A photocopiable activity book to accompany Phonic Books The Fact Files 2, decodable non-fiction for older readers in need of support. Phonic Books The Fact Files 2 Activities is an older reader activity book that introduces children to a few letters and sounds at a time. It accompanies Phonic Books The Fact Files 2 and is aimed at older readers who can read consonant blends and some alternative spellings for vowel sounds. Thrilling stories are packed with facts on high-interest topics that will appeal to older readers, taking them from CVC and CVCC word text through to adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing. For example:Book 1: CVC, CVCCBook 2: CVCCBook 3: CVCCBook 4: CCVC and -edBook 5: CCVCCBook 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’Book 7: ‘sh’Book 8: ‘th’Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’Book 10: ‘ng’Book 11: ‘wh’ and -ingBook 12: ‘le’The Fact Files 2 shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Alba and Totem and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills. This 200-page phonics activity book features: Activities to practice previously taught spellings in The Fact Files 2. Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading. Common CVC and CVCC words that are gradually introduced in each book. What is phonics?Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by 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 specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
