Written by award-winning author Julia Donaldson, Songbirds Phonics are highly decodable, beautifully illustrated real stories.The Stage 4 More Songbirds phonics books revise all phonics previously covered in Songbirds Stages 1+, 2 and 3. They reinforce the different spelling patterns for the long vowel sounds taught in Songbirds Stage 4, for example "ai" as in "train." In addition the spelling patterns "wr" and "kn" aretaught. The invaluable inside cover notes enable parents/carers and teaching assistants to support children's word recognition and comprehension.This Stage 4 More Songbirds Pack contains six fun, high quality stories:* The Red Man and the Green Man* Pirates* Tails* Pen-Pals* My Cat* Tim's Bad Mood* + Free Teaching NotesAlso available: Stage 3-4 eSongbirds Phonics CD-ROM, featuring e-versions of much-loved Songbirds stories for your interactive whiteboard, with audio activities and animations for consolidation and reinforcement.

Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children's imaginations and develop their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustrators broadens children's reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. The titles at Oxford Levels 1+ to 5 are phonically decodable with some extra high-interest words to expand children's vocabularies and enrich the stories. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book.This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles: Scoop's Ups and Downs, The Mummy Chase, Planet Cake, The Dinosaur King, The Lark and the Owl and Pip, Lop, Mip, Bop and the Stuck Star.

Songbirds Phonics combines real phonic stories with interactive whiteboard software to deliver the requirements for high-quality phonics teaching resources. Written by award-winning Julia Donaldson, these stories provide fun, fully decodable texts with built-in progression help your pupils achieve immediate reading success. They are fully in line with the 2006 Framework and the simple view of reading. Each book includes notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants on the inside covers. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same ORT stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes. The books are complemented by eSongbirds interactive whiteboard software which offers a systematic, quality phonics teaching through a multi-sensory approach.

Songbirds Phonics combines real phonic stories with interactive whiteboard software to deliver the requirements for high-quality phonics teaching resources. Written by award-winning Julia Donaldson, these stories provide fun, fully decodable texts with built-in progression help your pupils achieve immediate reading success. They are fully in line with the 2006 Framework and the simple view of reading. Each book includes notes for parents/carers and teaching assistants on the inside covers. This book is also available as part of a mixed pack of 6 different books or a class pack of 36 books of the same ORT stage. Each book pack comes with a free copy of up-to-date and invaluable teaching notes. The books are complemented by eSongbirds interactive whiteboard software which offers a systematic, quality phonics teaching through a multi-sensory approach.

These teaching notes are full of practical suggestions for using the Songbirds Phonics books with groups and individuals, saving you hours of preparation time. They are in line with the simple view of reading and the 2006 renewed Framework. They include guidance for group/guided reading, comprehension and word recognition, and assessment. Songbirds Phonics, Stage 6, are available in class packs of 36 books or mixed packs of six books. An e-Songbirds, Stage 5-6 CD-ROM is also available.