This book is part of the The Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds series Stage 3 More Songbirds are six brand new decidable phonic stories to add to the popular Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics series. They are real stories written by the best-selling author of The Gruffulo, Julia Donaldson. All the stories support the latest phonics curriculum developments. The Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds Phonics series provides: * fully decodeable texts that build on pupils' phonic knowledge as they work through the 6 stages * opportunities for segmenting, blendingand matching sounds and letter blends * lively illustrations by a variety of artists * flexible activities that can be tailored to your phonic teaching * exciting, interactive CD-ROMs to accompany all stages The six books revise all phonics previously covered in Songbirds Stages 1+, 2 and 3, and introduce one long vowel phoneme (sound) per title. * Ron Rabbit's Big Day ('ee' as in see) * The Wishing Elf ('ie' as in tie) * Bob Bug and the Insect Club ('oa' as in boat) * Where is the Snail? ('ai' as in rain) * Stop Chatting Bill ('oo' as in soon) * Back to Bed ('oo' as in good)

 

This book features in the following series: Oxford Reading Tree, Songbirds Phonics .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is at level 1c of the National Curriculum. The National Curriculum sets out the programmes of study and attainment targets for all subjects at all 4 key stages. Each National Curriculum level is divided into sub-levels, where Level C means that a child is working at the lower end of the level, Level B they is working comfortably at that level, and Level A means that they is working at the top end of the level. The Government has suggested a child should achieve the following levels by the end of each school year: (i) Level 1b by end Year 1, Level 2a-c by end Year 2, Level 2a-3b by end Year 3, Level 3 by the end Year 4, Level 3b-4c by the end Year 5, Level 4 by the end Year 6. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 16 pages in this book. This book was published 2007 by Oxford University Press .

Julia Donaldson is a former Children's Laureate and the author of the internationally bestselling book The Gruffalo, as well as numerous other popular titles.