Oxford Reading Tree: Stage 5: Songbirds: The Upside-Down Browns - Tapa blanda

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 )

Songbirds is a new Phonics series from Oxford Reading Tree. It comprises real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories are phonic stories that support the latest curriculum developments. Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds provide: BLfully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 36 books over 6 stages BLopportunities for segmenting, blending and matching sounds and letter blends BLlively illustrations by a variety of artists BLflexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching BLan exciting interactive CD-Rom to accompany Stages 4-6 Stage 5 titles practise the long vowel sounds: BLSue Kangaroo - oo ew ue o BLThe Cinderella Play - ee y e, igh y ie i-e I, o-e o, ay a-e a, oo ew o BLUsman's Books - oo oul u BLThe Upside Down Browns - ow ou BLLeroy - oy oi BLNo Milk Today - ee ea y e, y i-e I, ow o-e o, ay a-e a, oo, oo, oul, ow, ou, oi