Big Cat Phonics for Letters & Sounds: Red (Phase 3)

Big Cat for Letters and Sounds is a series of decodable books fully aligned to Phases 1-6 Letters and Sounds and book banded from Lilac to Turquoise. Each colour band brings engaging stories and exciting non-fiction books that are perfectly matched to classroom learning. Reading notes, including focus phonemes and common exception word lists, help parents reading at home and allow children to practise before a reading session. Red A books introduce Phase 3 phonemes /j/ /x/ /y/ /z/ /v/ /w/ /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /nk/ /qu/ ,zz and common exception words in line with Letters and Sounds eg ‘Jazz is in bed / Quick, Jazz, run!’ in the book ‘Jazz and Jet’ (Red A, fiction - /j/ /y/ /z/ /w/ /ch/ /sh/ /th/ /qu/, zz, by, the). Red B books introduce the phonemes, digraphs and trigraphs of Phase 3 gradually -/ai/  /ar/ /ow/ /oa/ /oo/ /ure/ /ur/ /oi/ /air/ /ee/ /er/ /ear/ /or/ /igh/, pp, rr, tt, dd, bb, nn, gg. Here is an example of  text taken from across 3 double pages in Down the River ‘Down the river you can see a lock / A boat chugs near the river bank / A kingfisher darts down to get a fish’ (Red B, Non-fiction, /ai/ /ar/ /ow/ /oa/ /oo/ /ur/ /oi/ /ee/ /er/ /ear/ /or/ /igh/, nn, gg, to, the, you)

Sample pages from Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds: Red