Jill Atkins is a prolific children's author and to date has had over 50 books published, for a variety of ages. Jill began her career as a teacher, but her interest in being a children's author saw her successfully complete an MA in Writing for Children at Winchester University. In the past she has lectured part-time on the subject of early childhood, and she is a member of the Society of Authors and the Children's Book Circle.
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Water is vital to our survival. This text looks at different forms of water and suggests ways to ensure that our water is looked after for future generations. Part of Reading Stars Phonics - a structured programme of fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Keeping Water Clean is a Phase 5 book. It introduces the common exception words water, where, who This book uses letters and sounds and common exception words that are found in Phases 2, 3 and 4, plus the Phase 5 new graphemes for reading. It also uses the following from Phase 5: Common exception words: their, people, called, water, where, who