Sunshine Phonics - Decodable Books

A New Zealand series with real stories using words that children can read!

New Zealand stories using words that students can read!

The programme teaches students phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds (phonemes) and the letters that represent them (graphemes) and then practise and apply this knowledge through reading a text that makes sense. This ensures that every beginning reader will experience success in their reading from their very first book!

The programme features:

Decodable vocabulary with some high-frequency words
100 enjoyable stories with another 80 coming in Terms 3 and 4!
Systematic progression for learning the phonemes and graphemes
Full-colour illustrations to support meaning
Comprehensive Teachers’ Books that include lesson plans, activity sheets and assessment
Created by local and international authors and illustrators

Series 1

Sets 1–3 of Series 1 cover 23 phonemes of English.

There are 10 books in each set (30 total).
Sets 1–3 introduce all consonants and short vowels.
Sets 1–3 focus is on predominantly VC and CVC words and a few tricky words.

Sets 4–7 of Series 1 cover 20 phonemes of English and many alternative graphemes.

There are 10 books in each set (40 total).
Sets 4–5 introduce consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs and trigraphs and adjacent consonants.
Sets 6–7 introduce new graphemes.
Sets 1–5 feature recurring characters from the same family along with their friends and pets.

Series 2

More great stories to add to Series 1.

Sets 1–3 cover 23 phonemes of English.
Sets 1–3 introduce all consonants and short vowels.
Sets 1–3 focus is on predominantly VC and CVC words and a few tricky words.
Sets 1–7 feature recurring characters from the same family along with their friends and pets.
Sets 4–7 introduce new phonemes and adjacent consonants – coming in term 3.
Sets 8–11 introduce alternative graphemes – coming in term 4.