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Such engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. They have age-appropriate illustrations and story lines that engage and encourage the student to read on. Set 1 gradually introduces the initial sounds of the alphabet at CVC level text. Book 1: s...

Complements the 8 stories in the first Moon Dogs Series and follows the same phonic progression. Offers activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension work based on the characters and events in the stories. (100 pages).

Such engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. They have age-appropriate illustrations and story lines that engage and encourage the student to read on. Set 2 begins with text at cvc level, introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs. Book 1: CVC...

Complements the 8 stories in the first Moon Dogs Series and follows the same phonic progression. Offers activities for word building, reading, spelling and comprehension work based on the characters and events in the stories. (100 pages).

Such engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. They have age-appropriate illustrations and story lines that engage and encourage the student to read on. Set 3 in the series these decodable books for older, beginner readers are a contemporary series, continuing...

This fully photocopiable resources offer word building, reading, spelling, comprehension, grammar and vocabulary exercises based on the stories in the series. Contains games and multi-sensory activities to stimulate and engage older readers. (200 pages)

Phonic Books Moon Dogs Split Vowel Spellings comprises six books and focuses on silent e spellings and is designed for older children at the early stages of reading. Book 1: The Shape Game (a-e) Book 2: These Things (e-e) Book 3: Bike Ride (i-e)...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of six books in Phonic Books Moon Dogs Split Vowel Spellings, decodable phonics books for structured literacy intervention with older readers. This activity book includes activities for word building, reading, spelling, and comprehension linked to the Moon Dogs...

Transform your school's reading outcomes through systematic implementation of the science of reading within a multitiered system of supports framework. This comprehensive guide provides over 50 practical tools that help leaders engineer robust support systems across all tiers. Move beyond individual interventions to create...

Looking after somebody else's pets is an amazing job, but it can lead to some adventures! Phonic Books Pet Sitters comprises 12 books starting at CVC level and progressing through adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and alternative vowel spellings. This series shares the same phonic...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of 12 books in Phonic Books Pet Sitters, decodable phonics books for structured literacy intervention with older readers. This activity book includes activities for segmenting, comprehension, blending, and writing linked to the Pet Sitters books.

Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning empowers educators to harness rigorous research on how students learn and unleash it in their classrooms. In this book, cognitive scientist Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D., and veteran K–12 teacher Patrice M. Bain, Ed.S., decipher cognitive science research and...

10 book setThis high interest reading series is based on the character of Erin and an adventure about her babysitting her baby brother. Danny, a friend of Erin’s skates over to see her. Neither of them know, this is the start of an epic...

One comprehensive spiral bound photocopiable workbook that offers segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation and comprehension activities linked to the stories in the reading books.

A key area of phonological awareness is a child’s ability to hear and manipulate sounds (phonemes).  A strong understanding of sound awareness is the foundation needed to achieve mastery in reading and writing. The ability to identify short vowel sounds is one of the...

This pack includes phoneme-grapheme correspondences from the iDeaL Approach for Schools Stages 1–4 scope and sequences, and the iDeaL Approach for Specialists scope and sequence. It contains vowels, consonants, digraphs, spelling rules, such as floss and longer spellings, silent e syllable, r-controlled syllables, vowel...

This pack includes phoneme-grapheme correspondences from the iDeaL Approach for Schools Stages 1–4 scope and sequences, and the iDeaL Approach for Specialists scope and sequence. It contains vowels, consonants, digraphs, spelling rules, such as floss and longer spellings, silent e syllable, r-controlled syllables, vowel...

Mapping Out an Evidence-Based Educational Highway (Free Download) A practical matrix to support schools in building and sustaining high-quality, evidence-based teaching practice. This resource helps leaders and teams reflect on key elements of effective implementation, from building teacher knowledge and improving classroom practice through...

The Student Profile template can be used to raise awareness of the strengths and challenges students with a learning difference are presenting with.   This template when completed as per the headings outlined will enable you to build shared understandings and empathy in relation to...

A widely used, highly effective approach to student success, Student-Focused Coaching (SFC) helps instructional coaches and teachers work collaboratively to improve student outcomes using evidence-based practices. Featuring a foreword by Jim Knight, the leading voice on instructional coaching, this book was coauthored by the...

Perfect for older readers who are interested in graphic novels but are at the early stages of reading. Each story practises the initial sounds of the alphabet at CVC-level text. Eight stories bound into one graphic novel format follow the adventures of a diverse...

Join the unstoppable Sun Cats as they conquer new heights, face tricky obstacles and skate their way to success. Phonic Books Sun Cats 2 is perfect for older readers who are interested in graphic novels but are at the early stages of reading. Six...

For more information about cracking the CODE with syllable division, check out the following blog with an instructional video on how to use the syllable division pack. *Please note, by downloading this free resource you will be added to our email database.We may send you further...

Phonological Awareness requires a child to hear and manipulate spoken parts of words (syllables). Blending syllables helps with decoding (reading). Generating syllables then breaking those syllables into sounds is a strategy used when spelling. Syllable split comes with 20 Kiwiana style images that are already...

Syllable Types A3 Poster PDF Developing the knowledge that syllables are parts of words and every syllable contains a vowel/s helps children to successfully grasp an understanding of the English language. This poster breaks down the syllable types with a brief explanation and word...

Beautifully illustrated card games that reinforce phonic skills for catch-up readers. An exciting, fast-paced game that provides children with plenty of practice to sharpen their skills. Talisman Card Games, Boxes 1-10 Box 1: cvc Box 2: cvc, cvcc, ccvc, ccvcc Box 3: ch, tch,...

Beautifully illustrated card games that reinforce phonic skills for catch-up readers. An exciting, fast-paced game that provides children with plenty of practice to sharpen their skills. Box 11: er, ur, ir, or, ear Box 12: ow, ou, oi, oy Box 13: a, aw, au,...

10 book set Zak’s adventures begin when his Grandpa gives him a talisman with special powers. From this day on, Zak’s life is never the same again. The Talisman Series 1 is aimed at older readers with poor knowledge of vowel spellings and covers...

Word building, reading, spelling and comprehension linked to the 10 books in the Talisman Series. One spiral bound photocopiable workbook containing reading, spelling and comprehension activities for each of the books. (150 pages).

10 book set The Talisman Series 2 is designed for older readers and further develops alternative vowel and consonant spellings and common Latin suffixes. This series follows on from the Titan’s Gauntlets Series and offers increasingly challenging text.Sixteen full-colour pages in each book will...

One spiral bound photocopiable workbook containing reading, spelling and comprehension activities for each of the books. (167 pages).

"The goal is to transfer a phonological awareness task into a conscious skill," Dr David Kilpatrick. We assess phonological awareness tasks in isolation as a predictor of reading and writing success.  Until a word is orthographically mapped for instant recognition when reading and instant recall...

Ben has always wanted a dog. One day a scruffy stray follows him home. Will he get to keep him? The That Dog! Series are engaging texts suitable for students in their tweens and teens. These exciting, age-appropriate tales take the pupils from CVC...

Linked to the stories in the That Dog! series, the workbook includes word-building, reading, spelling, punctuation and comprehension activities. Follows the same Phonic Progression as the books. (225 pages).

The Building Blocks of Reading Success A3 PDF Poster* This poster displays the crucial components required for children to be successful readers. Foundation Phonological Awareness skills can be assessed at school entry-level to determine strengths and weaknesses of all pre-readers Phonological Awareness can be...

Complementary to the popular ‘Building Blocks of Reading’ poster, this poster demonstrates the crucial components required for children to experience success with written communication. Handwriting/keyboarding and spelling all monopolise cognitive function in the early years during written tasks until they are automatic and fluent....

What is the Dragon Eggs series? This is a series of 10 decodable books that combine a revision of those tricky vowel digraphs and an exciting, beautifully-illustrated quest with dragons in it! What a great way to engage children and secure their Alphabetic Code...

This Dragon Eggs Workbook complements the series to support your learners. It includes reading, spelling and comprehension activities based on the stories in the reading series. The series of 10 decodable books combine a revision of those tricky vowel digraphs and an exciting, beautifully illustrated quest...

Humans are wired to learn to speak. We are NOT wired to learn to read, we have to build the neural pathways. We know that connections need to be formed linking up the written symbols with the speech processing areas of the brain. To learn...

This series comprises 12 truly decodable non-fiction books for older readers who can read simple CVC words. Thrilling narratives 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,...

A photocopiable activity book to accompany a set of truly decodable non-fiction books for older readers who need support with their reading. This activity book includes activities for reading, spelling and comprehension linked to the Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 series. The Fact...

This series comprises 12 truly decodable non-fiction books for older readers who can read simple CVC and CVCC words. The high-interest non-fiction topics take the reader from CVC and CVCC word text through to adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and alternative spellings for vowel sounds.Book 1-...

Photocopiable activities to accompany the set of twelve books in the Phonic Books The Fact Files 2 series, truly decodable non-fiction books for older readers who need support with their reading.This activity book includes activities for reading, spelling and comprehension linked to the Phonic Books The Fact...

Identify. Learn. Improve.When it comes to improving practice, few professional texts can rival the impact felt by Jim Knight’s Instructional Coaching. For hundreds of thousands of educators, Jim bridged the long-standing divide between staff room and classroom offering up a much more collaborative, respectful,...

Humans are wired to learn to speak. We are NOT wired to learn to read, we have to build the neural pathways. We know that connections need to be formed linking up the written symbols with the speech processing areas of the brain. To learn...

Building on the success of the original best-seller, this new edition of The Writing Revolution adds valuable guidance for teachers seeking a way to bring their students' writing ability up to rigorous state standards. As thousands of educators have already discovered, The Writing Revolution provides the road map...

Titan’s Gauntlets Series Workbook is a spiral-bound pack of photocopiable reading, writing, spelling and comprehension activities supporting each of Gauntlet reading books and stories. (187 pages)

Finn must harness the power of the Gauntlets if he is to awaken Titan and stop the Evil Winged One from destroying the world. Titan’s Gauntlets series is a set of 10 imaginative stories with fantastic illustrations, which introduce further alternative vowel and consonant...

The Totem Series is a fresh start for older readers that builds up their reading skills from CVC level. This highly structured cumulative series covers the essential phonic foundations that a catch-up reader will need. It precedes and builds up towards the Talisman Series.Designed...

One comprehensive spiral bound photocopiable workbook that offers segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation and comprehension activities linked to the stories in the books. (224 pages)