In this pack:

Ten decodable phonics titles (1 of each in this pack) written as paired texts to practise the letter sounds:

Sounds (phonemes): /ow/, short /oo/, /er/, r-controlled /ar/  /or/  /air/  /ear/ vowel sounds, /oy/ diphthong and long /ōō/ vowel sound

Letters (graphemes) ou, ow, oo, er, ar, or, ore, our, ur, ir, air, ear, eer, oi, oy, ew, ue, oo

About the titles in the pack:

The 10 books in Unit 6 are paired texts, one informative and one fiction.

How to Look After Frogs

How to Look After Frogs explains how to set up a frog tank and look after pet frogs.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) /ow/

Letters (graphemes) ou, ow

A Pond for Frog 

In A Pond for Frog, a frog must look for a suitable pond to live in after its current pond dries up.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) short /oo/ vowel sound

Letters (grapheme) oo

At Our Farm 

In At Our Farm, a young boy recounts how he helps his dad with jobs on their dairy farm.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) r-controlled /ar/ vowel sound

Letters (grapheme) ar

Looking for a Farm

Looking for a Farm is about a lonely cow who goes looking for a farm where there are other cows.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) r-controlled /or/ vowel sound

Letters (graphemes) or, ore, our

Caves 

Caves reports on the different ways that animals use caves.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) /er/ vowel sound

Letters (graphemes) er, ur, ir

Big Stan and Hairy Tim

Big Stan and Hairy Tim is about two gold prospectors who follow a map and face their fears to search for gold in a dark cave.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) /air/ r-controlled vowel

Letters (grapheme) air

Snakes That Hunt 

Snakes That Hunt explains how a range of snakes catch, kill and eat their prey.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) r-controlled /ear/ vowel sound

Letters (graphemes) ear, eer

The Snake Games 

The Snake Games is a humorous narrative about a group of snakes that compete in events at the Snake Games.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) /oy/ diphthong

Letters (graphemes) oi, oy

Monsoon 

Monsoon explains the weather patterns in places where there is a wet season and a dry season only. It explains what happens when the monsoon rain arrives.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

Sound (phoneme) long vowel /ōō/

Letters (graphemes) ew, ue, oo

A Very Smart Bird 

A Very Smart Bird is a story about a bird that helps other animals to learn the valuable lesson of not wasting water.

Letters/Phonic focus: 

This book contains words with the letter–sound correspondences taught throughout Unit Six.