Phonic Books Dandelion Readers Vowel Spellings Level 3 Jake, the Snake

Decodable Books for Beginner Readers Vowel Teams

Learn how to read with Dandelion Readers decodable books for beginner readers.

Dandelion Readers, Level 3 are first reader books by Phonic Books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 books is perfect for children in Kindergarten and Grade 1 who are learning to read, gradually introducing different vowel spellings through a series of stories. 

Two books for every stage provide phonics practice while offering different stories and encouraging independent reading from the start of their journey. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words or sight words. 

For example:
Book 1: Jake the Snake (/ae/: 'ai', 'ay', 'a', 'a-e', 'ea')
Book 2: The Stream (/ee/: 'ee', 'e', 'ea', 'y')
Book 3: Toad in a Hole (/oa/: 'oa', 'o', 'ow', 'oe', 'o-e')
Book 4: Surfing (/er/: 'ur', 'er', 'ir', 'or', 'ear')       

This beginner reader series features:

- An introduction to four or five alternative spellings for each of the vowel sounds.
- Reading material aimed at children aged 5-7.
- Vowel spellings which introduce a vowel team. An example of this is vowel spellings ‘aw’/’a’/’al’/’au’ for the sound ‘aw’.

This pack of 12 decodable books containing 12 pages features:

- ‘How to Use This Book’ guidance page with ‘This book introduces’ text box, including information about the new sound being introduced, sounds learned from previous books, high-frequency words and important notes on the sound.
- ‘Before reading this book, the reader needs to know’, ‘This book introduces’, ‘High-frequency words’, ‘Vocabulary’ and ‘Talk about the story’ information.
- Reading and spelling practice.
- Story pages (numbers 1-6). 
- Photocopyable game page to reinforce the sounds and letters learned throughout the book.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by 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 Dandelion Readers decodable books for beginner readers.

Dandelion Readers, Level 3 are first reader books by Phonic Books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 books is perfect for children in Kindergarten and Grade 1 who are learning to read, gradually introducing different vowel spellings through a series of stories. 

Two books for every stage provide phonics practice while offering different stories and encouraging independent reading from the start of their journey. Each stage introduces new letters and sounds while supporting any previously taught phonic letters or sounds and high-frequency words or sight words. 

For example:
Book 1: Jake the Snake (/ae/: 'ai', 'ay', 'a', 'a-e', 'ea')
Book 2: The Stream (/ee/: 'ee', 'e', 'ea', 'y')
Book 3: Toad in a Hole (/oa/: 'oa', 'o', 'ow', 'oe', 'o-e')
Book 4: Surfing (/er/: 'ur', 'er', 'ir', 'or', 'ear')       

This beginner reader series features:

- An introduction to four or five alternative spellings for each of the vowel sounds.
- Reading material aimed at children aged 5-7.
- Vowel spellings which introduce a vowel team. An example of this is vowel spellings ‘aw’/’a’/’al’/’au’ for the sound ‘aw’.

This pack of 12 decodable books containing 12 pages features:

- ‘How to Use This Book’ guidance page with ‘This book introduces’ text box, including information about the new sound being introduced, sounds learned from previous books, high-frequency words and important notes on the sound.
- ‘Before reading this book, the reader needs to know’, ‘This book introduces’, ‘High-frequency words’, ‘Vocabulary’ and ‘Talk about the story’ information.
- Reading and spelling practice.
- Story pages (numbers 1-6). 
- Photocopyable game page to reinforce the sounds and letters learned throughout the book.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by 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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