A photocopy activity book that accompanies the Phonic Books The Fact Files 3, decodable non-fiction books for older readers who need support. The Phonic Books The Fact Files 3 Activities is an activity book for older readers that introduces children to a few letters and sounds at a time. It accompanies Phonic Books The Fact Files 3 and is aimed at older readers who can read blended consonants and some alternative spellings for vowel sounds. Exciting fact-filled stories on high-interest topics that will appeal to older readers, guiding them from split vowels to R-controlled vowels. For example: Book 1: CVC, CVCC, Book 2: CVCC, Book 3: CVCC, Book 4: CCVC and -ed, Book 5: CCVCC, Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’, Book 7: ‘sh’, Book 8: ‘th’, Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’, Book 10: ‘ng’, Book 11: ‘wh’ and -ing, Book 12: ‘le’. The Fact Files 3 shares the same phonetic progression as Talisman 1 and Rescue and can be used alongside them to consolidate phonetic knowledge and reading skills. This 200-page activity book includes: Activities to practice previously taught spellings from The Fact Files 3. Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading. Common split vowel phonetic spellings in R-controlled vowels that are gradually introduced in each book. What is phonics? Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds individual letters make and blending them together to form a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialize in decodable, systematic books that support this structured teaching of spelling.