Phonic Reading Scheme for Older Students: AY: Books 34 + 35

Two AY Phonic reading books with 2 matching PowerPoints and 27 worksheets to support learning.

This book is part of an incremental phonics reading scheme with a difference. Introducing just 10 words in each phonics family, the words are repeated from book to book, giving even those with very poor word recall the chance to learn to read fluently without having to decode every word.

Ideal for dyslexics, or those suspected of being dyslexic and all children with a special need.

These are not typical decodables where a single sound is 'stuffed' into a short text. While this can be useful for initial practice, it often results in unnatural language and does not reflect how real reading works.

In contrast, this programme is cumulative: nothing new is added unless it has been taught, and nothing previously taught is removed. This mirrors how skilled reading develops.

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The books cover these sounds and must be taught in this order:

CK; OO; SH; CH; ND/NT; NK; TH; NG; AR; A_E, I_E, O_E, U_E, AI, EA, OA, IGH, IR. AY,

Rationale:

It has long been proven that teaching children to decode is a powerful tool for teaching reading, as opposed to the Look and Say method. However, this has led to a proliferation of reading books that throw as many words with a shared phonics sound into a book as possible, not realising that some children with very poor word recall find it hard to recognise words when they see them again without much repetition.

To combat this problem, while we recognise that, technically, once a child has been taught a new sound s/he can sound out many words with that new sound, when it comes to reading fluently, a child needs a core set of words in each family that they can recognise, which can act as a launch pad as they gain confidence.

These books have been designed accordingly. For each sound family, just 10 words are studied with the help of the workbooks and are then repeated throughout the books, each book building on the vocabulary that has already been learned, repeating it and including it in new phrases as new sounds are learned. As the programme progresses, new sounds from the learned families are incorporated to widen vocabulary, while taking care to maintain fluency.

The books are designed to limit guessing (though most children will try and guess, which must be avoided at all costs).

Summary: These books are based on:

• Cumulative progression – skills are built and are never assumed

• Controlled text – no untaught sounds appear

• Meaningful reading – children read for sense, not just accuracy

• Reduced guessing – decoding is supported, not replaced by context

Pluses of this phonics reading programme

• Easy to print

• Cheap to buy compared with expensive reading schemes

• They are just as effective as the best reading programmes out there, and more importantly, they have been tried and tested on real children with severe difficulties and proven to work if the child is taught as outlined.

• Aligned with the aims and objectives of LETRS and the Science of Reading.

• They work! My pupils tell me if they don't work, so I re-edit them and try them before I put them out for the general public.

• Introduces most high-frequency words in the phonics family to which they belong, and gradually introduces genuine, non-decodable sight words into the text without causing overload or throwing the child off course.

What is included?

• 2 reading books

• Two matching PowerPoints, making it suitable for online teaching, for private tutors, parents, classroom assistants, etc...

• The AY pack book comes with 27 matching worksheets