Description A photocopiable activity book to accompany Phonic Books The Fact Files 3, decodable nonfiction for older readers in need of support. Phonic Books The Fact Files 3 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 3 and is aimed at older readers who can read consonant blends and some alternative spellings for vowel sounds. Thrilling stories are packed with facts on high-interest topics that will appeal to older readers, taking them from split vowel spellings to R-controlled vowel sounds. 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 3 shares the same phonic progression as Talisman 1 and Rescue and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills. This 200-page phonics activity book features: Activities to practice previously taught spellings in The Fact Files 3. Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading. Common split vowel spellings to R-controlled vowel sounds 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.