The Jumping Contest (Set 7)

The Jumping Contest is a phonically decodable reading book set for early readers, focusing on adjacent consonants with short vowel sounds. It includes 13 sets covering various sounds and revising previous sets. The books feature engaging stories with illustrations, parent notes, and retell tasks to support children's oracy, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 16 pages
Publication date: 05 May 2022
Publisher: Scholastic

Phase 4 of the Scholastic Set focuses on adjacent consonants with short vowel sounds, featuring tricky words like "the," "of," "I," "said," "no," "he," "be," "have," "go," "she," and "to." The book band is yellow, indicating its level of difficulty. This set is part of a series of phonically decodable reading books designed for early readers. The stories are engaging and follow a validated SSP used in primary schools. They include a diverse range of stories with colorful illustrations that will captivate young readers. Each book includes parent's notes and a retell the story task to enhance children's oracy, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. Scholastic recommends these books for children learning using the Wandle Learning Trust's Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme, although it is not affiliated with the trust. The stories in this set build on the sounds introduced in previous sets and revise them. There are thirteen sets in total, covering various sound groups. Phase 2 Set 1 focuses on s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, Phase 2 Set 2 on g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, l, Phase 2 Set 3 on ff, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, Phase 2 Set 4 on qu, ch, sh, th, ng, nk, Phase 3 Set 5 on ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, Phase 3 Set 6 on ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, er, Phase 4 Set 7 on Adjacent consonants with short vowels, Phase 4 Set 8 on Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels, and Phase 5 Set 9 on ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (egg).

Weight: 58g
Dimension: 213 x 195 x 4 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780702309052