Phase 3 Non-Fiction Readers
Junior Learning · Letters & Sounds
12 photographic non-fiction readers per selected collection. Choose Phase 3 texts for the phonics and reading practice your pupils need. Compare the options below before selecting your collection.
Teaching focus & phonics coverage
- Skills to practise
- Applying further letter–sound correspondences, including consonant digraphs and vowel patterns, while reading connected text.
- Pattern examples
- j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu; ch, sh, th, ng; ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er.
- Sequence matters
- Collections organise these focuses differently. Set 1 and Set 2 offer different texts at the same phase; Science books are listed as whole-phase revision.
- Match to your teaching
- Check the individual book’s graphemes and tricky words against what pupils have been taught. A Phase 3 label does not make every book equally suitable at the start of the phase.
Choose & build your Phase 3 reading collection
Compare the fiction and non-fiction collections at this phase, then choose the stories or topics that suit your learners. Set 2 offers different titles at the same phase.
Each selected reader option contains 12 books. Workbooks, teacher books and additional reader collections are optional extras, sold separately and not included.
Suggested classroom use
Suggested teaching routine. For group work, plan the number of copies separately if every pupil needs the same title.
Prepare
Match the book to letter patterns and tricky words already taught. Revisit unfamiliar vocabulary before reading.
Listen & support
Listen to the pupil read and note decoding that needs further teaching. Discuss the meaning of the text.
Revisit
Use a reread to practise accurate, fluent reading. Let your observations guide the next text you select.
Phase 3 fiction readers
These are additional reader collections, sold separately. Follow a picture to view the matching product.
Fiction · Set 1 · JL382
Illustrated fiction stories. Books 1–10 have listed sound focuses; books 11–12 revise the phase.
Fiction · Set 2 · BB107
Illustrated fiction stories. Set 2 adds different titles at the same phase. Books 1–11 have listed sound focuses; book 12 revises the phase.
Fiction · Hi-Lo Diversity · BB137
The Beanies: illustrated, high-interest fiction with diverse teenage characters, written especially for older and struggling readers. Books 1–11 have listed sound focuses; book 12 revises the phase.
Phase 3 non-fiction readers
Buying this product: select your Version above before adding to cart.
Non-Fiction · Set 1 · JL388
Photographic non-fiction texts. Books 1–8 have listed sound focuses; books 9–12 revise the phase.
Non-Fiction · Set 2 · BB113
Photographic non-fiction texts. Set 2 adds different titles at the same phase. Books 1–11 have listed sound focuses; book 12 revises the phase.
Non-Fiction · Science · BB101
Wildlife Science: photographic non-fiction linking reading practice with science topics. The publisher lists all 12 books as revision of Phase 3.
Support their reading with a workbook & teacher’s book
The same Phase 3 workbook provides additional phase-level practice alongside any of the fiction or non-fiction options shown above. Choose the teacher-book edition for your reader collection.
The workbook and teacher’s book are optional extras, sold separately and not included with this reader pack.
Workbook: practice for the child
Use the Phase 3 activities for further reading, writing and spelling practice alongside the books your child is reading.
Choose an activity that revisits what has just been taught. The workbook is shared across collections at this phase; it is not a separate workbook for every reader set.
Optional extra — sold separately.
Teacher’s book: guidance for the adult
Use the guide for your chosen collection to plan the reading lesson, choose follow-up activities and check what the child needs to practise next.
- Before reading
- Use the phonics sequence and the plan for the selected reader to prepare the lesson.
- After reading
- Select photocopiable activities to revisit the learning.
- Next steps
- Use screening and assessment pages to identify where further teaching or practice is needed.
Choose by collection: fiction or non-fiction, then Set 1, Set 2, Hi-Lo Diversity or Science as applicable. A teacher’s book covers its collection across multiple phases.
Optional extra — sold separately.
Compare the publisher’s book-by-book sound sequence
Use the comparison to match a book to the phonics already taught. The listed focuses are not complete word lists; check the tricky words in the individual book too.
Fiction · Set 1
- Book 1
- j v w x
- Book 2
- y z zz qu
- Book 3
- ch sh ng
- Book 4
- th
- Book 5
- ai ee
- Book 6
- igh oa
- Book 7
- oo
- Book 8
- oi ow
- Book 9
- ar air
- Book 10
- ear er ur or ure
- Books 11–12
- Whole-phase revision (Phase 3).
Fiction · Set 2 / Fiction · Hi-Lo Diversity / Non-Fiction · Set 2
- Book 1
- j v w x
- Book 2
- y z zz qu
- Book 3
- ch sh th ng
- Book 4
- ai ee
- Book 5
- igh oa
- Book 6
- oi oo
- Book 7
- oo ow
- Book 8
- ar air
- Book 9
- ear
- Book 10
- er ur
- Book 11
- or ure
- Book 12
- Whole-phase revision (Phase 3).
Non-Fiction · Set 1
- Book 1
- j v w x
- Book 2
- y z zz qu
- Book 3
- ch sh ng
- Book 4
- th ai ee igh oa
- Book 5
- oi oo
- Book 6
- ow ar air ear
- Book 7
- ur ure
- Book 8
- er or
- Books 9–12
- Whole-phase revision (Phase 3).
Non-Fiction · Science
- Books 1–12
- Whole-phase revision (Phase 3).
Shop all phases: readers & workbooks
Choose the phase that matches the skills being taught. Reader packs and workbooks are separate purchases.
- Phase 1
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 2
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 3
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 4
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 5
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
- Phase 6
- Fiction · Non-fiction · Workbook
Decodable chapter books: Phases 3–6
All decodable readers · Junior Learning range · School & bulk orders
View all six teacher-book editions
Match both the genre and collection to your readers. These are six separate editions. Check the phase coverage shown on each card.
Fiction · Set 1
For Fiction · Set 1 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Fiction · Set 2
For Fiction · Set 2 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Fiction · Hi-Lo Diversity
For Fiction · Hi-Lo Diversity readers.
Phases 2–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Non-Fiction · Set 1
For Non-Fiction · Set 1 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Non-Fiction · Set 2
For Non-Fiction · Set 2 readers.
Phases 1–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Non-Fiction · Science
For Non-Fiction · Science readers.
Phases 2–6.
Optional extra
Sold separately · not included
Full libraries for your classroom
Explore the wider fiction libraries and non-fiction libraries. Each library option is sold separately. Follow a picture to choose the collection you need.
