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
Helen Keller had a much harder start in life than most. Read more to find out how she achieved so much with so few of her senses. 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 - Helen Keller is a Phase 5 book. It introduces alternative pronunciations of the known graphemes for reading: ou (could), y (by, gym), and the common exception words any, eyes 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: Alternative pronunciations of known graphemes for reading: a (was), e (he), o (no), ie (chief), ea (head), er (her), ou (could), y (by, gym) Common exception words: their, people, Mr, Mrs, water, through, many, because, any, eyes