Included in the First ABC Kit
A set of 16 little digraph activity books to develop phonic skills through explicit, playful repeated practice.  These little books are perfect for guided literacy centre groups and repeated practice in the classroom and at home.
A5 little books. Print in colour or black and white.
4 pages in each book.
 
2 fonts
Sassoon
South Australian
More fonts will be available soon.
 
The pack includes:
6 single digraph books ng, ck, ch, sh, th, tch to be used after whole class explicit phonics teaching
10 books that contain two sounds and spellings or 1 sound two spellings for repeated practice.
Teaching guide
Picture and word cards for playful learning
Resources to send home to share teaching and learning with carers
 
The books include the following activities:
Partner reading lists
Word building activities
Yes/No questions
Read and draw single words and connected text.  Decodable sentences for reading practice. Plus space, to draw a picture to encourage talk about the words and sentences.
 
The activities combine reading and spelling and help students to develop phonemic awareness and phonics knowledge.
Build a word – segmenting sounds in words to spell.
Read the word after building – blending sounds and linking the letters to read/say the word.
Phoneme manipulation – the ability to pull words apart into the smallest unit of sound to create new words.
Build vocabulary and comprehension through rich discussion about the words, sentences, and picture-making. To draw the pictures, the student has to reread the sentences. Students often need to read a text more than once but can sometimes be reluctant. Drawing together is a scaffold for conversation. The discussion with an adult can fuel vocabulary development and comprehension.