Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5: Songbirds: Leroy - Softcover

Donaldson, Julia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199114226 ISBN 13: 9780199114221

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Songbirds is a new Phonics series from Oxford Reading Tree. It comprises real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffulo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories are phonic stories that support the latest curriculum developments. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds provide:

* fully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 36 books over 6 stages
* opportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends
* lively illustrations by a variety of artists
* flexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching
* an exciting interactive CD-Rom to accompany Stages 4-6

Stage 5 titles practise the long vowel sounds:

* Sue Kangaroo - oo ew ue o
* The Cinderella Play - ee y e, igh y ie i-e I, o-e o, ay a-e a, oo ew o
* Usman's Books - oo oul u
* The Upside Down Browns - ow ou
* Leroy - oy oi
* No Milk Today - ee ea y e, y i-e I, ow o-e o, ay a-e a, oo, oo, oul, ow, ou, oi

About this title

About the Author:

Julia Donaldson has written over forty books, including the extremely popular picture book The Gruffalo, which won three major British book awards: The Smarties Prize, The Blue Peter Award for `The Best Book to Read Aloud and the Experian `Big Three Award.

Review:

`An excellent full range of phonic usage for these stages of text. I feel children would benefit immensely from the scheme.'
St Nicholas Primary School , Oxford

`What a lovely way of showing the relation of text to words in a story!'
Literacy Teacher, Oxfordshire

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0199114226
• ISBN 13: 9780199114221
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24