How to use the Practice Books

Whether at home or in the classroom, the practice books are your tools to perfect children’s synthetic phonics skills, their knowledge of phonemes, blending and segmenting. Click here for a guided tour of the books to see what makes them so special.

"The children loved the books. They are colourful and targeted, and the children really liked the fact they could read a book by themselves"

Carol Johnston, Woodlands Primary, UK

In the classroom

Create a guided reading carousel and have groups of children practice and apply their synthetic phonics skills, in real books.

Watch a Guided Reading Session with the Practice Books

You will need six packs or a full class edition - read what is included.

As a Home Reader

Ensure parents give them same consistent message at home, that you are giving at school; “decode to read and segment to spell”. Parents love to be able to hear their child experience such success and they soon grasp the intuitive techniques that are explained on the inside cover of every book.

Parents will be able to use the books on a one-to-one basis to:

Provide a solid foundation for a child’s reading and spelling.
Help a child ‘catch-up’ and stay there!
Share in the reading process with their child and to encourage their child to read every day.

You might also want to send home the free parents guide to explain the process.

You will need six packs or a full class edition - read what is included.

For use with the STLD for one-on-one tutoring:

Alongside using the Get Reading Right Power Pack ensure children understand that they are learning to read for a reason: to read real books! Go back to basics to ensure they have the solid foundations; reinforce the part of the code which was missed out and provide lots of practice to ensure the skills are ‘locked in’.

You will need a one-to-one set - read what is included.