🔎 JUNIOR LEARNING • PHASE 4 NON-FICTION

12 Decodable Readers — Phase 4 Blends

Phase 4 readers use a strictly controlled vocabulary that follows the letter-by-letter progression. Text uses regular decodable words according to the week-by-week sequence together with previously introduced “tricky words”.

Clear photographic images combine blend practice with factual and real-world reading content.

🔎 12 Non-Fiction Books Phase 4 set 🔡 38 Blends Adjacent consonants 📷 Photographic Images Real-world topics 📚 Book Band Early 1 • Red 🎓 Guided Reading Levels B–D 📈 Reading Level Levels 2–6

🔎 12 Non-Fiction Books Phase 4 set

🔡 38 Blends Adjacent consonants

📷 Photographic Images Real-world topics

📚 Book Band Early 1 • Red

🎓 Guided Reading Levels B–D

📈 Reading Level Levels 2–6

BLENDING PRACTICE • REAL-WORLD READING

Moving Into Consonant Blends

38 Consonant Blends

Phase 4 introduces 38 adjacent consonants, helping children practise reading increasingly complex combinations within words.

Controlled Vocabulary

Text uses regular decodable words according to the week-by-week progression along with tricky words that have already been introduced.

Photographic Non-Fiction

Clear photographic images combine decoding practice with factual subjects and real-world information.

These are the blends covered within the Phase 4 Letters & Sounds progression.

st nd mp nt nk ft sk lt lp lf lk pt xt tr dr gr cr br fr bl fl gl pl cl sl sp sw tw sm pr sc sn nch scr shr spr str thrt

💡 Is Phase 4 the right level? Phase 4 is designed for readers who have already worked through earlier phonics sounds and are now reading words containing adjacent consonants and blends. If they are still working on Phase 3 phonics patterns, start there. If they are progressing into more complex vowel sounds, explore Phase 5.

Is Phase 4 the right level? Phase 4 is designed for readers who have already worked through earlier phonics sounds and are now reading words containing adjacent consonants and blends. If they are still working on Phase 3 phonics patterns, start there. If they are progressing into more complex vowel sounds, explore Phase 5.

JUNIOR LEARNING PROGRESSION Sound Awareness → Letter Sounds → Phonics → Phase 4 • Blends → Vowel Sounds → Spelling

JUNIOR LEARNING PROGRESSION

Sound Awareness → Letter Sounds → Phonics → Phase 4 • Blends → Vowel Sounds → Spelling

PHASE 4 OPTIONS

Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Both sets follow the same Phase 4 blends progression. Choose non-fiction for photographic, factual reading or fiction for stories and imaginative reading.

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Complete Decodable Reader Libraries

📚 Fiction Library Explore fiction decodable readers across Phases 1–6 → 🔎 Non-Fiction Library Explore the complete non-fiction range →

FIND THE RIGHT LEVEL

Shop Non-Fiction Readers by Phase

Phase 1 — Phonemic Awareness Shop → Phase 2 — Letter Sounds Shop → Phase 3 — Phonics Shop → ✓ Phase 4 — Blends • You are here Phase 5 — Vowel Sounds Shop → Phase 6 — Spelling Shop →

✓ Phase 4 — Blends • You are here

Phase 1 Fiction → Phase 2 Fiction → Phase 3 Fiction → Phase 4 Fiction → Phase 5 Fiction → Phase 6 Fiction →

✏️ EXTEND THE LEARNING

Student Workbooks & Teacher's Book

Pair the readers with the workbook that matches the same Letters & Sounds phase.