Learn to Read with Espresso Phonics Levels 3&4 (Age 4-7): Teachers and Parents Pack

A 6-title set of books containing carefully graded, fun stories for first readers - perfect for reading at home with your children or for guided reading at school.

This series is unique in featuring the well-loved characters - Eddy, Kim, Sal, Ash, Polly, Scrap and Scully from Espresso Education - to support children who are learning to read through synthetic phonics.

This set of books contains all the stories in level 3 and level 4.

Level 3 titles Each book contains no more than 100 words, and focuses on new graphemes (qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er) PLUS the words: he, she, we, me, be, was, my, you, they, her, all. * Ash and the big bad fox The children are playing in the woods.

But there's a big bad fox out there waiting to get them...or is there? * Scully at the Fair Scully has to sit and wait while the children go on the rides at the fair.

Then Scully gets a BIG surprise! * You Win! Kim has a new cricket set. Will Ash or Polly be able to catch him out and win? Or perhaps Scrap will be the winner?Level 4 titles Each book contains no more than 150 words, and focuses on adjacent consonants (CVCC/CCVC words) PLUS the words: said, so, have, like, some, come, were, there, little, one, do, when, out, what. * Scrap's Best Stick Scrap finds the biggest stick ever.

He thinks it's brilliant, but Polly and Ash aren't so sure.

Then they find a little chick that needs rescuing. Perhaps Scrap's stick will come in useful after all! * Polly's Trick Mug Kim and Sal decide to play a trick on Polly.

But will the trick work? It is Polly's trick mug, after all! * The Sand Goat Polly and Eddy are at the seaside. They decide to make a goat out of sand...but the goat turns out to be a very naughty goat indeed!

A simple puzzle at the end encourages children to spot the rhyming words and an 'Espresso Connections' section suggests further activities on Espresso Education.

Produced in association with Espresso Education, the leading digital curriculum service in the UK - used in over 10,000 schools. About Espresso Phonics: This series contains 16-paged stories and 24-paged stories that use controlled vocabulary through six levels, based on the popular 'Letters and Sounds' synthetic phonics scheme from Phase 2 to Phase 4: * Level 1 Stories focus on simple CVC words; stories contain 50 words. * Level 2 Stories focus on double letter sounds; stories contain 70 words. * Level 3 Stories focus two-letter graphemes; stories contain 100 words. * Level 4 Stories focus on adjacent consonants; stories contain 150 words. * Level 5 Stories focus on two-letter graphemes and split long vowels; stories contain 170 words. * Level 6 Stories focus on alternative spellings; stories contain 200 words.