Reading Schemes

Barrington Stoke Books

The Barrington Stoke Books are excellent books for the reluctant dyslexic reader.They have an interest range of between 9-18 years with lots of exciting titles that grab the readers interest.

The books are printed on cream paper to make reading easier for the dyslexic student.

The paragraphs are not too long and dialogue is clearly marked.

Uneven lines help the reader keep their place and the text size and line spacing is calculated to make reading more comfortable.

See the 2009 Catalogue

http://www.barringtonstoke.co.uk

Rapid Reading Scheme

Rapid is an exciting new reading scheme of finely-levelled, high interest, low ability fiction and non-fiction. The books are colourful and lively and in addition there is a software program that can recognise and correct a student's reading errors as they read using speech recognition software.

It gives the student support when they are working independently and gives the teacher a record of the student's errors so that help can be correctly targeted.

http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk

Heinemann

Dandelion Readers  

Dandelion Readers are a series of decodable phonics based texts based on the progression of the Sounds-Write reading and spelling programme.

The books have a step by step progression and can be used alongside any phonic programme.

Dandelion Launchers is a synthetic phonic reading series for the beginner reader at the foundation stage.

Dandelion Reader is a synthetic phonics reading series for reception and year 1. The books were created to provide reading material to support the synthetic phonics taught in the classroom. The books are also suitable for older reluctant readers.

http://www.phonicbooks.co.uk

Totem Series

Books for older, reluctant readers aged 8-14 (reading age KS1)

12 books, starting at CVC level, include the essential phonic foundations that a 'catch up' reader will need. Precedes and builds up towards the Talisman Series.                             Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 'Letters and Sounds'

http://www.phonicbooks.co.uk

Talisman Series

Books for older, reluctant readers aged 8-14 (reading age KS1)

10 books continue from the Totem Series and include alternative spellings for vowel sounds
Phase 5 of 'Letters and Sounds'

http://www.phonicbooks.co.uk

Phonic Books Ltd

Wolf Hill Talking Books

These are narrated Computer books age range 6-11. These books are very popular with dyslexic students. The student can read the story independently or listen to the narrator.

http://www.teem.org.uk/1935/classroom2702.html

Oxford University Press

Primary Phonics

Primary Phonics is a systematic, phonics-based early reading program that has successfully stood the test of time

It provides an early reading program that incorporates decoding and reading comprehension and promotes fluency through decodable storybooks.

Students apply phonic knowledge from the workbooks to read decodable storybooks and then demonstrate comprehension using the Comprehension Workbooks.
They instruct beginning readers in both phonemic awareness and explicit sound-symbol relationships.

Please note that these books were written for the American market and some of the books have language that is not used by English children. Nevertheless they are a good resource.

http://www.epsbooks.com

Educators Publishing Service

http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/words/quickreads/

Dancing Kites

Books that engage and inspire the most reluctant of children with the world of words and imagination.

For guidance, Dancing Kites Steps 1 to 3 are aligned closely with Stages 1 to 3 of the well-established Alpha to Omega scheme.

http://www.dancingkites.co.uk/