Blueprint: Decodable Books for Years 4–6

Ten decodable books for older readers who are still learning the code. Real topics and age-appropriate stories, with no “baby book” look.

Description
Blueprint gives students in Years 4–6 a way to practise reading with books that suit their age. Each book teaches one or two focus sounds in a planned, cumulative order. Students read the same sounds many times in a whole story or non-fiction text. They finish a book and feel like readers.

The topics are ones older students care about: bridges, lighthouses, fossils, living roofs and glass recycling. The fiction is short, funny and easy to follow. There are no cartoon animals or early-years labels on the covers, so students don’t feel they have been handed a book for little kids.

Why teachers choose Blueprint

• Ten books in a planned sequence, from simple vowel teams to prefixes, suffixes and soft c and g.
• Fiction and non-fiction, so students meet both text types.
• About 230 to 325 words a text, short enough to read in one sitting.
• A word list on the inside cover for quick revision before reading.
• A teaching notes page in every book.
• Suits Tier 2 and Tier 3 small groups, classroom reading and English language learners.

The ten books:

• Rain at the Market (ai, ay)
• How a Bridge Stays Up (ee, ea)
• How a Lighthouse Shines (igh, i-e)
• Toast for Gran (oa, ow, o-e)
• The Gate (ar, or)
• How Fossils Form (or, ar)
• Glass Gets a Second Life (re-, un-, -ed, -ing)
• Living Roofs (er, ir, ur)
• The Huge Cake (soft c, soft g, -ed)
• Down at the Show (ow, ou)