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.
Interest Age:
7
Reading Age:
5
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Clive and his friends are at the beach when something unexpected happens to them. Find out what in this low-level phonics reading book. 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 - Unexpected is a Phase 5 book. It revisits some new Phase 5 graphemes for reading. 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: ay, ou, ea, ue (cue), aw, ph, ew (blew), ew (few), a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e (cube) Common exception words: called, asked This book includes words with the ending -ve, such as massive and starve.