Phonic Books The Fact Files 5

Truly decodable nonfiction readers for for older readers who need support with their reading to build reading confidence while learning more about the world around them

This series comprises 10 truly decodable nonfiction books for older readers. The high-interest nonfiction topics take the reader from alternative vowel and consonant spellings to Latin suffixes, including additional variant spellings.

Book 1: ‘ue’: u, ue, u-e, ew
Book 2: ‘u’: u, o, ou; and ‘o’: o, a, ou, au
Book 3: ‘s’: s, ss, se, c, ce, sc, st
Book 4: ‘l’: l, ll, le, al, el, il, ol
Book 5: ‘j’: j, g, ge, dge, dj
Book 6: ‘f’: f, ff, ph, gh
Book 7: ‘cher’: ture
Book 8: ‘shun’: tion, tian, sion, ssion, cian
Book 9: ‘shul’: tial, cial; ‘shus’: cious, ious, tious
Book 10: ‘zhun’: sion; ‘zher’: sure

Accompanying photocopiable activities for word building, blending, spelling, and comprehension can be found in Phonic Books The Fact Files 5 Activities.

The Fact Files 5 shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Talisman 2 and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.Phonic Books specialises in publishing decodable, synthetic phonics books for beginner readers and reading catch-up. Phonic Books was founded by three special needs teachers passionate about teaching all children to read. Using their expertise, they set about developing phonics reading books for young children and older readers who need support.