Once children grasp the idea that there’s a sound for each letter, they realize that many sounds can be written in different ways which they will learn with homophones.
Sound Families decodable readers are especially designed to combine the different spellings of a particular letter sound in one book.
The phase 5.5 Sound Families cover long vowel (ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, y-oo), consonants (r, n, m, ch, k, sh, j, v, u, e, i, s), and R-controlled (zh, z, ar, or, ur, air, ear) fiction and non-fiction sets. For more details, please click here.
| Long Vowel Fiction Titles | Long Vowels Non-Fiction Titles | Sound Families |
| Paint in the Rain | Great Apes | ai, ay, a, a-e |
| Wait for Snail | Afraid of Snakes | ai, ay, a-e |
| Free the Sheep | We Need Bees | ee, i, e, y, ey, ie, ea |
| A Real Seal | The Seasons | ee, ea, e, e-e, y, ie, other |
| A Bright Light | Bright Ideas | igh, ie, i-e, i, y |
| A Fly in the Pie | Deserts Are Dry | igh, ie, i-e, i, y, ey, ye |
| A Fork in the Road | The Volcano Smokes | ow, oe, o-e, o, oa, ough |
| Throw Some Snow | Growing Your Bones | ow, oe, o, oa |
| Choose a Boot | Hot Air Balloons | oo, ue, ew, wo, u-e, oe, o, other |
| Is It True? | Play the Flute | oo, ue, ew, u-e, other |
| Make a Stew | The Universe | ue, ew, u-e, eau |
| The New Unicorn | The Future of Music | ue, ew, u-e, u, eau, y |
| Consonants Fiction Titles | Consonants Non-Fiction Titles | Sound Families |
| Right and Wrong | Write a Robot | r, wr |
| Noble Gnomes | Knights of the Round Table | n, kn, gn |
| My Little Lamb | A CommonMonkey | m, mb, other |
| Watch theTime | Read Your Watch | ch, tch, other |
| Kings of the School | The School Chorus | k, ch, c, ck, qu |
| Action Stations! | Machines of the World | sh, ch, ti, ss, other |
| Jam for a Giraffe | Gentle Giants | j, g, ge |
| Lily of the Valley | Villages of the World | v, ve, other |
| The Wonder of Money | Rivers that Flood | u, o, other |
| Thread the Bread | Extreme Weather | e, ea, other |
| Iguana Mystery | Gymnastics | y, i |
| Horse Loves Celery | The Science of Cities | s, c, se, sc, other |
| R-Controlled Fiction Titles | R-Controlled Non-Fiction Titles | Sound Families |
| A Vision of Treasure | Volcanic Explosions | s, other |
| Pass the Cheese, Please! | Smell With Your Nose | z, se |
| Go Ask Father! | A Calm Summer | ar, a, other |
| The Farm Park | The Path to School | ar, a, other |
| A Tall Story | Growing Corn | or, aw, al, augh, other |
| An Awful Thought | How to Draw | or, aw, al, our, augh, other |
| I Heard a Bird | Learn About the Earth | ur, ear, or, ir, other |
| Work Hard, Play Hard | The Early Bird Gets the Worm | ur, ear, or, ir, other |
| What Shall I Wear? | Do You Like Pears? | air, ear, are, other |
| The Dare | Big Grizzly Bears | air, ear, are, other |
| Cheer Up | Choose a Career | ear, eer, ere, other |
| Inside a Sphere | Wild Deer | ear, ere, other |