When the Romans ruled

$8.50

Thousands of years ago the rulers of Rome built a formidable army and set forth to invade other lands. The places they conquered became part of the mighty Roman empire. We look at different aspects of Roman life, including how the army operated, what the Romans built and day to day life.

Phonics overview (see Teacher Resources page for more details):

  • Builds on knowledge gained from Reading Road 3 (simple code, complex code, 27 alternate graphemes)
  • Introduction of 19 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
  • Fully decodable text (with some tricky words)
  • Reinforcement and consolidation of phonics knowledge learnt in the Sunshine Phonics Decodables programme
  • Non-fiction themes of interest to upper primary age students
  • Full-colour high quality photography and illustration
  • 28 pages
  • 148mm x 210mm
  • Free teaching notes and student worksheets available from the Teacher Resources page