These beautifully illustrated decodable books are the next step up - little chapter books to engage children with the antics of the Smith twins and more friends of Pip and Tim.
Each book focus on split digraphs - a-e as in tale, e -e as in theme, i-e as in shine, o-e as in hope and u-e as in tune. More alternative digraphs are introduced - alternative phonemes for c when followed by an e, i or y (nice, city, cycle) and g as in orange, gigantic, gym.
Morphology of the suffix ed - 3 sounds - ed as in expected, /d/ as in disappeared and /t/ as in jumped.
Homophones are featured in A Strange Tale. It also includes a game to apply and practise the children's growing knowledge.
Stage 7, Unit 4 books:
46. A Strange Tale - A very strange tale or tail ... poor Tip gets his tail caught in the grate. Focuses on the vowel sound /a/ as in the word tale.
47. Rise and Shine - Focuses on the vowel sound /i/ and has words with the suffixes ed, er, s, and ing.
48. High Hopes - The Pet Show - find out who wins a prize! Focuses on the vowel sound /o/ with the graphemes in the words hope and show.
49. A Huge Day - It is a student free day. Pip and Tim and their friends - the Smith twins, get up to lots of fun. Focuses on the vowel sound /u/ as in the word huge.
50. Things to Amaze You - School projects. Practises all the graphemes/phonemes introduced in the first four books of Stage 7, Unit 4.