Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities

Activities Accompanying Mel on Mars Books for Older Readers (CVC, Consonant Blends and Consonant Teams)

Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies Mel on Mars and is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of activities.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or Grades 4-6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

For example:
Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’

This 200-page phonics activity book features:


- Activities to practice previously taught spellings in Mel on Mars.
- Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
- Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
- CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
Clair Wilson is a former SEN teacher and co-founder of Phonic Books. She specialises in writing engaging decodable stories for reading catch up.

Cynthia Paul is an Indian-American illustrator specialising in storytelling through graphic novel illustrations. View titles by Phonic Books
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Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

Phonic Books Mel on Mars Activities are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies Mel on Mars and is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of activities.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or Grades 4-6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

For example:
Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’

This 200-page phonics activity book features:


- Activities to practice previously taught spellings in Mel on Mars.
- Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
- Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
- CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.

Author

Clair Wilson is a former SEN teacher and co-founder of Phonic Books. She specialises in writing engaging decodable stories for reading catch up.

Cynthia Paul is an Indian-American illustrator specialising in storytelling through graphic novel illustrations. View titles by Phonic Books

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