Mel on Mars

Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers.

Phonic Books Mel on Mars are older reader books which introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time. The pack of 12 decodable books is aimed at older children in the very early stages of reading and in need of support, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories.

Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories, encouraging independent reading from the start for ages 9-12 or KS2/Years 5 and 6. It starts at at CVC level and introduces adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs, with gentle progression throughout the set.

For example:

Books 1, 2 & 3: CVC, CVCC
Books 4 & 5: CCVC and -ed, CCVCC
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’

This catch-up reader book series features:

• A pack of 12 decodable books each containing a story with different phonic letters and sounds.
• Each unit introduces new letters and sounds through sounding them out (sat, s – a – t).
• Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading.
• CVC, VCC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant diagraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing.

Each 16-page book contains:

• Reading practice/vocabulary
• Contents page
• Story pages