Decodable Readers by Learning Area
The decodable readers follow the same pattern of learning, and they are split up into six consecutive phases – Phonemic Awareness, Letter Sounds, Phonics, Blends, Vowel Sounds, and Spelling.
The decodable readers follow the same pattern of learning, and they are split up into six consecutive phases – Phonemic Awareness, Letter Sounds, Phonics, Blends, Vowel Sounds, and Spelling.
The decodable readers are built on the principles of the science of reading and supports the worldwide movement of evidence-based reading instruction. They follow a strictly controlled vocabulary as the texts uses only decodable regular works according to the week-by-week progression of letters and sounds along with ‘tricky words. Tricky words are frequently used works that are not decodable at that phase.
All Beanstalk Books decodable readers follow the same pattern of learning and each set of readers is split up into 6 consecutive phases of learning:
Phase 1 – Phonemic Awareness, Speaking and Listening
The first phase focuses on increasing children’s phonemic awareness and developing further speaking and listening skills.
The Phase 1 phonemic awareness readers are designed for teaching the understanding of sounds and words. Each individual phonemic awareness reader introduces 8 different letter sounds (phonemes). The speaking and listening readers are designed to teach the understanding of how books work. Each reader contains a story for retelling.
Phase 2 – Letter Sounds
After instilling basic phonemic awareness, it's time to learn about Letter Sounds as part of Phase 2. Letter sound readers introduce the first 21 letter sounds (s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, and ss).
All phases also include a strictly controlled vocabulary that follows the letter-by-letter progression along with 'tricky words'.
Phase 3 - Phonics
After learning about letter sounds, Phase 3 focuses on Phonics. Phonics readers introduce the next 22 letter sounds (j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oi, oo, ow, ar, air, ear, er, ur, or, and ure).
Phase 4 – Blends
Phase 4 introduces 38 different adjacent consonants, also called blends (st, nd, mp, net, nk, ft, sk, lt, lp, lf, lk, pt, xt, tr, dr, gr, cr, br, fr, bl, fl, gl, pl, cl, sl, sp, sw, tw, sm, pr, sc, sn, nch, scr, shr, spr, str, and thr).
Phase 5 – Vowel Sounds
The next phase covers the concept of Vowel Sounds. Phase 5 readers introduce 20 new letter patterns (ay, ou, ir, ea, oy, ir, ue, aw, wh, ph, ew, oe, au, ey, a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e, and zh), mainly focusing on alternative vowel sounds.
Phase 6 - Spelling
The final phase brings Spelling into the fold. Spelling readers have been written with a rich vocabulary including embedded words that contain suffixes (-e, -es, -ing, -ed, -ful, -er, -est, -en, -y, and -ly). They also consolidate earlier taught phonics skills and 'tricky words'.