Cath Jones is the author of lots of early and reluctant readers, including a wide range of titles in Ransom's Reading Stars Phonics programme. She also writes junior and middle grade fiction and the occasional poem. Cath trained as a librarian, worked as an editor and then a teacher, before becoming a community gardener where she ran vegetable themed story-time.
Interest Age:
7
Reading Age:
5
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Sue wondered why Faheem had such short hair, or was it no hair? Find out with Sue when she discovers The Big Chop. Part of Reading Stars Achieve Phonics - our brand-new programme of 98 fully decodable, age-appropriate phonics readers for KS2/KS3 students who are still on their phonics journey - The Big Chop is a Phase 5 book It introduces some new graphemes for reading: ue (glue) and ue (cue), and the common exception word people This book uses letters and sounds and common exception words that are found in Phases 2, 3 and 4, plus the following letters and sounds and common exception words from Phase 5: New graphemes for reading: ou, ue (glue), ue (cue) Common exception words: people