The Next Best Thing (Set 8) (Phonics Book Bag Readers)

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Letters & Sounds (2021): Phase 4

Scholastic Set: 08

Title: The Next Best Thing

Focus: Adjacent consonants with long vowel sounds (example words:
sleep park explains Casper)

Tricky words: the he going to all of says I'm we go so she by
puts when come they

Book Band: Blue


This title is part of a brand new set of phonically decodable
reading books perfect for very early readers. These expertly
levelled stories are engaging, and are exactly matched
to Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised, used in schools across
the UK.


The series includes a wide selection of diverse and inclusive
stories, accompanied by bright, contemporary and humorous
illustrations that will engage and inspire young readers with
a 'find the character' feature on each spread.


The artwork is detailed so as not to provide picture cues and
prompting. Each book also contains parent's notes and a 'retell
the story' task to support children's oracy, vocabulary
and comprehension skills. Thirteen sets of books covering groups
of sounds to allow for progression.


The stories in this set focus on the sounds found in Scholastic
Set 08 and revise the sounds found in previous sets. There are
thirteen sets in total, covering:




Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d

Phase 2 Set 2: g o c k ck e u r h b f l

Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz

Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk

Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo

Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er

Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels


Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels


Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each),
ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn)

Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he),
a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew
(new), ie (shield), aw (claw)

Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe),
ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le
(apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother),
ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui
(fruit), ou (soup)

Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are
(share), ear (bear), ere (there), au (author), aur (dinosaur), oor
(floor), al (walk), tch (match), ture (adventure), al (half), a
(father), a (water), a (want), ear (learn), wr (wrist), st (whistle),
sc (science), ch (school), ch (chef), ze (freeze), schwa at
the end of words (actor)

Phase 5 Set 13: eigh (eight), aigh (straight), ey (grey),
ea (break), gn (gnaw), kn (knee), mb (thumb), ere (here), eer
(deer), su (treasure), si (vision), dge (bridge), ge (large), y
(crystal), ti (potion), ssi (mission), si (mansion), ci (delicious),
augh (daughter), our (pour), oar (oar), ore (more)



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  • ISBN13 9780702309090
  • Publish Date 5 May 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Scholastic
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 16
  • Language English