Phonic Books The Resolvers Activities

A photocopiable activity book to accompany a set of decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

The Resolvers is an older reader activity book that introduces children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies The Resolvers and is aimed at older children in need of support with their reading, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.

Photocopiable activities in this book accompany the set of 12 books in The Resolvers series for ages 8 and above (Elementary). This activity book is designed for reluctant readers to practice CVC and CVCC spellings, adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs, and suffixes -ed and -ing.

For example:
Book 1: CVC, CVCC
Book 2: CCVC
Book 3: CCVCC
Book 4: sh, ch, tch, th
Book 5: ck, ng, qu, wh, le, -ed
Book 6: ay, ai, a, a-e
Book 7: ee, ea, y, e, ey
Book 8: o, ow, oa, o-e
Book 9: er, ir, ur
Book 10: ow, ou
Book 11: igh, y, i, i-e
Book 12: oo, u, u-e, ew


This 200-page phonics activity book features:

• Activities to practice previously taught spellings in The Resolvers.
• Each unit introduces new letters and sounds by sounding them out (sat, s - a - t).
• Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
• CVC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs, and alternative vowel spellings.

What is phonics?

Phonics is a way of teaching children to read through 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.

Standard and Primary covers are widely available through general retailers. They often have higher print runs and can be cheaper, especially during sales.

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