Teachers and parents Tips for teachers and parents

• Some English words have silent letters, such as the ‹e› in ‘gone’, which are not pronounced when
Before tackling these Orange Level Readers, a child will need to be able to do the following:
the word is read. In these books, silent letters are shown in faint type. Remind the child not to say
• Say the sounds made by the lower-case letters, digraphs and capital letters shown below; the faint letters when blending the word.
• Match the lower-case letters to the corresponding capital letters; • The letter ‹s› is sometimes pronounced /z/, especially at the ends of words such as ‘is’ and ‘his’.
• Read (blend) regular words containing these letter sounds. Similarly, ‹d› can sound like /t/ at the ends of words such as ‘hopped’. Children do not usually have
trouble reading these words, but they might need some help and guidance at the beginning.
An important part of becoming a confident, fluent reader is a child’s ability to understand what they are
Letter sounds Capital Letters reading. Below are some suggestions on how to develop a child’s reading comprehension.
• Encourage the child to think about what might happen next. It does not matter whether the answer
s a t i p n S A T I is right or wrong, so long as the suggestion makes sense and demonstrates understanding.
• Pick out any vocabulary that might be new to the child and ask what (s)he thinks it means. If (s)he

ck e h r m d P N C K does not know, explain it and relate it to what is happening in the book.
• Encourage the child to summarise what (s)he has read.

g o u l f b E H R M
What’s in the book? Reading
ai j oa ie ee or D G O U comprehension
• Who tries to fix the hole in the barn roof?
L F B J • Who has an alarm clock?
• What wakes up Horse, Foal, Toad, Frog and Magpie?

What do you think?

• Why do you think Goat is scared of noises at night?

• Why are Horse, Foal, Toad, Frog and Magpie cross with Goat?

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 ai Or Big, fat raindrops
dripped and plopped.
oa Oa

or Ai

ie J

j Ee

ee Ie
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 Drip, drop, plip, plop!

Listen!

‘Listen!’ moaned Goat.

2

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 Goat snored. Goat snored a lot.

ai, ee,
ie, oa!

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 It’s just Goat.

‘It’s just Goat,’ groaned Magpie.

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 Teachers and parents Tips for teachers and parents

• Some English words have silent letters, such as the ‹e› in ‘gone’, which are not pronounced when
Before tackling these Orange Level Readers, a child will need to be able to do the following:
the word is read. In these books, silent letters are shown in faint type. Remind the child not to say
• Say the sounds made by the lower-case letters, digraphs and capital letters shown below; the faint letters when blending the word.
• Match the lower-case letters to the corresponding capital letters; • The letter ‹s› is sometimes pronounced /z/, especially at the ends of words such as ‘is’ and ‘his’.
• Read (blend) regular words containing these letter sounds. Similarly, ‹d› can sound like /t/ at the ends of words such as ‘hopped’. Children do not usually have
trouble reading these words, but they might need some help and guidance at the beginning.
An important part of becoming a confident, fluent reader is a child’s ability to understand what they are
Letter sounds Capital Letters reading. Below are some suggestions on how to develop a child’s reading comprehension.
• Encourage the child to think about what might happen next. It does not matter whether the answer
s a t i p n S A T I is right or wrong, so long as the suggestion makes sense and demonstrates understanding.
• Pick out any vocabulary that might be new to the child and ask what (s)he thinks it means. If (s)he

ck e h r m d P N C K does not know, explain it and relate it to what is happening in the book.
• Encourage the child to summarise what (s)he has read.

g o u l f b E H R M
What’s in the book? Reading
ai j oa ie ee or D G O U comprehension
• Who tries to fix the hole in the barn roof?
L F B J • Who has an alarm clock?
• What wakes up Horse, Foal, Toad, Frog and Magpie?

What do you think?

• Why do you think Goat is scared of noises at night?

• Why are Horse, Foal, Toad, Frog and Magpie cross with Goat?

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