Phase 5 Non-fiction - Book 8

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Phase 5 - Book 8 - Alternative Pronunciations - ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey

Non-fiction

Wheels

L&S Readers

Words Using Focus Phonemes:

ea

ie

er

ow

ou

idea

families

boulder

towed

could

wheat

cities

farmers

down

boulder

bread

fields

person

grow

mountain

feather

shield

germ

grown

about

power

thousand

show

would

ey they

group

grey

around

donkey

you

Wheels

Alternative Pronunciations:

Written by: Fraser Milne

ea ie er ow ou ey

There are no wheels in nature, they are a human invention.

Before the wheel, things were towed along the ground on a sledge.

2

A person could have got the idea for the wheel watching a boulder roll down a mountain.

3

The wheel was invented about five thousand years ago, around the same time as families started to group in cities and farmers started to grow wheat in fields.

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5

With all the extra wheat that could be grown on farms, wheels called millstones were then used to grind the grain down for making bread.

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Wind or water was used to turn the wheels that powered the millstones.

7

car

watch

Can you show me which things on this page would have wheels?

germ feather

shield 8

grey donkey

skateboard

scientist

Comprehension Questions: 1. What did people use before the wheel was invented?

2. What is a millstone used for?

3. What powered the wheels that turned the millstones?

Phase Five - Fiction Series

Phase Five - Non-fiction Series

1. ou,ea,ie,ir,oy - Lost at Sea 2. ay, ey, aw, ue - My Annoying Dad 3. wh, ph, ew, oe, au -The Astronaut 4. Split digraphs - Prize Tomatoes 5. Alt. c, g - Going to the Circus 6. Alt. ch, y - Christmas Eve 7. Alt. a, e, i, o, u - The Unicorn Detective 8. Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey - Channel Surfer

1. ou,ea,ie,ir,oy,ay - Roy’s Treat 2. ey, aw, ue, wh - Days of the Week 3. ph, ew, oe, au - Fingers and Toes 4. Split digraphs - Snail Race 5. Alt. c, g - Picnic in Central Park 6. Alt. ch, y - Christmas Island Crabs 7. Alt. a, e, i, o, u - Static Electricity 8. Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey - Wheels

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L&S Readers Progression Phase Two 1.

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2 - Pip Pat - Tim and Nat - Min - Pip in a Pot - Can a Bug Dig? - The Fun Run - Bill and Val - A Mess

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Phase Five

4 - Lost in the Woods - Stuck on an Island - Sport - Dogs - Frogs - Winter - Slugs and Snails - The Thrush Nest 5

- Jim the Vet - The Bug - The Quiz - Ash and the Shellfish - Set Sail - Moths - At the Zoo - On the Farm

1. ou,ea,ie,ir,oy,ay - Roy’s Treat 2. ey,aw,ue,wh - Days of the Week 3. ph, ew, oe, au - Fingers and Toes 4. Split digraphs - Snail Race 5. Alt. c, g - Picnic in Central Park 6. Alt. ch, y - Christmas Island Crabs 7. Alt. a, e, i, o, u - Static Electricity 8. Alt. ea, ie, er, ow, ou, ey - Wheels

L&S Readers

Product Code: LT135

Controlled text to support the Letters and Sounds phonics programme.

ISBN 942-1-002413-88-8

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