River’s roar
$8.50
Josh is Deaf and he and his friend Lin communicate using Sign. On a white-water rafting trip, disaster strikes when Lin tumbles out of the raft into the fast moving river. The river’s loud roar makes communication with her impossible but Josh and Lin’s ability to communicate using Sign keeps Lin calm and help the instructors to rescue her successfully.
Phonics overview (see Teacher Resources page for more details):
- Builds on knowledge gained from Reading Road 3 and Reading Road 4 (simple code, complex code, 46 alternate graphemes)
- Introduction of 24 new alternate graphemes for known phonemes
- Inside front cover focuses on some of the alternate graphemes and gives focus words for the book
- Inside back cover gives suggested discussion points for after reading
- Reinforcement and consolidation of phonics knowledge learnt in the Sunshine Phonics Decodables programme
- All new, modern characters and story themes that upper primary age students can relate to
- Full-colour age-appropriate illustrations
- 28 pages
- 148mm x 210mm
- Free teaching notes and student worksheets available from the Teacher Resources page
