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
Find out what happens when Goldylocks dares to enter the house in the woods. 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 House in the Woods is a Phase 5 book. It introduces alternative spellings for the phoneme: /air/ (there, pear, bare) 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 and alternative pronunciations of known graphemes for reading. It also uses the following from Phase 5: Alternative spellings for the phonemes: /ch/ (picture), /j/ (fudge), /m/ (lamb), /n/ (knit), /r/ (wrap), /s/ (house), /u/ (some), /i/ (happy), /ar/ (father), /air/ (there, pear, bare) Common exception words: oh, Mr, Mrs, looked, water, where, thought, laughed, once