The Practice Books
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Series Three - Fox Book
• Series 3 for Year 2 completes the code; the remainder of the code and further spelling choices for known phonemes • This book is from level 9, which practises the phoneme /or/ and its four representations: or, au, aw, al, ore
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How to Use this Book
During the week your child has been learning a number of letter combinations that each represent the same phoneme. Turn to page 2 and practise reading these words with your child, then move on to reading the sentences on pages 3-12. These sentences contain some camera words. If your child gets stuck on a decodable word, a gentle reminder of the phoneme that the letters represent should help. Run your finger along the word saying each phoneme and then finally read the whole word.
Spelling Choices Below are the most common ways that the target phoneme can be represented. You should explain to your child that it is sometimes easier to learn which letters to choose to represent a phoneme by identifying the most common position of the phoneme in the word. Graphemes
As in the word
Common position in a word
or
fork
au
haunt
Usually found in the middle of a word (haunt, taunt). Rarely at the beginning of a word (augment).
aw
paw
Usually found in the middle of a word (yawn) and at the end of a word (jaw).
al
small
Usually found at the end of a word with the /l/ phoneme following (tall, small).
ore
more
Almost always at the end of a word (core, snore).
Can be in all positions in a word (ordinary, form, for).
Read it! Spell it! When your child has read all the sentences and phrases a number of times, move on to the Read it! Spell it! page. First ask your child to read the list of words as quickly and as accurately as possible. The aim here is for your child to be able to read each word automatically without sounding out. Next, make sure that your child cannot see the words. Read each word clearly. Then ask your child to spell the word ensuring that each phoneme is said out loud as it is written. If your child gets stuck tell him/her which representation for /or/ to use. Then ask him/her to repeat the spelling process using that representation.
Here we explain Complete the Code to parents and how to use the book to help with reading and spelling. The books are perfect for a phonics rotational activity (e.g. group reading or peer-to-peer) or to send home. Fox Book 9.2 Not Far To Go ISBN: 978-988-17397-1-1 Printed in China by WKT Reprinted: 2009, 2013 Orders and enquiries to Customer Service: info@getreadingright.com For more teaching ideas and advice for parents, see our website: www.getreadingright.com
Warm up with practice at single word decoding. You will notice that the target phoneme has been highlighted in blue to draw attention to its position in the word.
born sauce paw explore haunted dawn football
score hawk core wore shawl seashore small
The first thing you will notice is that the illustrations do not support the sentences. This is important for a decodable book. We want children to read the word not guess from the picture.
The baby was born.
We cram as many target words into each sentence as possible, because practice makes perfect! This page has two, using the words ‘paw’ and ‘sore’.
His paw is sore!
The sauce is hot!
Let’s explore the haunted house.
The book requires children to read a sentence, increasing in length from five to seven words.
I was woken at dawn!
What is the football score?
The books have been designed to be read a number of times, thus developing children’s confidence and fluency.
The hawk ate the apple core.
The books are good for building vocabulary. After the book has been read a few times ask the children about the meaning of some sentences and any vocabulary that may be new.
She wore the shawl all summer.
Let’s go down to the seashore.
The last sentence of each book is designed for children to read with expression!
“The small fawn is there,� whispered Sara.
Read it! Spell it!
born
Fluency is an important part of reading. It is a good idea to ask children to read each word quickly and accurately. This helps to make the reading of the words automatic.
football
seashore
score
paw
dawn
explore
shawl
haunted
sauce
Knowing the phonemes helps children spell as well as read. As the adult reads the word aloud, children listen for the phonemes and write the corresponding letters.
wore
small
For more information and ideas for both parents and teachers visit www.getreadingright.com
Phoneme /or/ and the spelling choices: or, au, aw, al, ore
Fox Book 9.2 Not Far To Go
Target Objectives 3 To read and spell words containing the phoneme /or/ 3 To recognise the most common ways /or/ can be represented Continuous Objectives 3 To learn to read an increasing number of irregular, high frequency words 3 To read sentences and phrases with increasing fluency