Stephen Rickard is a writer and publisher, and has written and developed many award-winning books and software titles. He specialises in books that develop reading skills and promote an enthusiasm for reading for all ages but with a strong concern for reluctant and struggling readers. Using his detailed knowledge of both the phonics programme Letters and Sounds and the UK Bookband system, Stephen has developed Ransom's reading programme, working with the late Shirley Bickler. As well as his role as series editor he has written a number of the books within the programme.
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
The Cup is a low level phonics reading book, providing extra focus on specific letters and sounds and high frequency words introduced in this phase. It focuses on the high frequency words the, to, and. The Cup covers the first set of basic letters and sounds that students meet in Phase 2 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme, but can be used for phonics reading practice to support any phonics programme. This title is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured reading programme for learning to read english. The series starts with a complete range of phonics titles to support any phonics teaching programme, and then provides a range of structured readers following the Book Band system.