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Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 Activities

Consonant blends and digraphs, suffixes -ed and -ing

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8-1/4"W x 11-11/16"H | 13 oz | 1 per carton
On sale Sep 16, 2025 | 200 Pages | 9780593970133
Age 8-12 years

A photocopiable activity book to accompany Phonic Books The Fact Files 1, decodable nonfiction for older readers in need of support.

Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 Activities is an older reader activity book that introduces children to a few letters and sounds at a time. It accompanies Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 and is aimed at older readers who can read simple CVC words.

Thrilling stories are packed with facts on high-interest topics that will appeal to older readers, taking them from CVC and CVCC word text through to adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

For example:
Book 1: CVC, CVCC
Book 2: CVCC
Book 3: CVCC
Book 4: CCVC and -ed
Book 5: CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’
Book 8: ‘th’
Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’
Book 10: ‘ng’
Book 11: ‘wh’ and -ing
Book 12: ‘le’


The Fact Files 1 shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books That Dog! and Magic Belt and can be used together to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

This 200-page phonics activity book features:
  • Activities to practice previously taught spellings in The Fact Files 1.
  • Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
  • Common CVC and CVCC words that are gradually introduced in each book.


What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.
Phonic Books specializes 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. View titles by Phonic Books
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A photocopiable activity book to accompany Phonic Books The Fact Files 1, decodable nonfiction for older readers in need of support.

Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 Activities is an older reader activity book that introduces children to a few letters and sounds at a time. It accompanies Phonic Books The Fact Files 1 and is aimed at older readers who can read simple CVC words.

Thrilling stories are packed with facts on high-interest topics that will appeal to older readers, taking them from CVC and CVCC word text through to adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

For example:
Book 1: CVC, CVCC
Book 2: CVCC
Book 3: CVCC
Book 4: CCVC and -ed
Book 5: CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’
Book 8: ‘th’
Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’
Book 10: ‘ng’
Book 11: ‘wh’ and -ing
Book 12: ‘le’


The Fact Files 1 shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books That Dog! and Magic Belt and can be used together to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.

This 200-page phonics activity book features:
  • Activities to practice previously taught spellings in The Fact Files 1.
  • Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
  • Common CVC and CVCC words that are gradually introduced in each book.


What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specializes in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.

Creators

Phonic Books specializes 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. View titles by Phonic Books

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