A photocopiable activity book to accompany a set of decodable Phonic Books for older readers. The Resolvers is an older reader activity book that introduces children to a few letters and sounds at a time. This activity book accompanies The Resolvers and is aimed at older children in need of support with their reading, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories. Photocopiable activities in this book accompany the set of 12 books in The Resolvers series for ages 8 and above (KS2). This activity book is designed for reluctant readers to practice CVC and CVCC spellings, adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and suffixes -ed and -ing. For example:Book 1: CVC, CVCCBook 2: CCVCBook 3: CCVCCBook 4: sh, ch, tch, thBook 5: ck, ng, qu, wh, le, -edBook 6: ay, ai, a, a-eBook 7: ee, ea, y, e, eyBook 8: o, ow, oa, o-eBook 9: er, ir, urBook 10: ow, ouBook 11: igh, y, i, i-eBook 12: oo, u, u-e, ewThis 200-page phonics activity book features: Activities to practice previously taught spellings in The Resolvers. Each unit introduces new letters and sounds by sounding them out (sat, s - a - t). Reading material aimed at older children who need support with their reading. CVC, CVCC, CCVC, and CCVCC words, introducing adjacent consonants, consonant digraphs and alternative vowel spellings. What is phonics?Phonics is a way of teaching children to read by understanding the sounds that individual letters make and blending them to make a word. Children can learn to read using this skill to decode new words. Phonic Books specialises in decodable, systematic books supporting this structured literacy instruction.