Dandelion Readers Initial Phonic Code
The Dandelion Readers are structured, synthetic phonics readers which introduce a restricted number of letters at a time.
This allows a beginning reader, particularly a student with compromised phonological processing, to focus on a few grapheme-phoneme links and consolidate the knowledge of these before moving to a larger number of links. Dandelion Readers have three lines of text per page. and each unit has 3 books.
Dandelion Readers: Set 1 Units 1-10
Suitable For: beginner extension or catch up readers
Approximate Age: 5 - 8 years
Target Sound/s: introduces the sounds of the alphabet and adjacent consonants.
Type: reading books
Number in Set: 10
Dandelion Readers: Set 2 Units 1-10
Suitable For: beginner extension or catch up readers
Approximate Age: 5 - 8 years
Target Sound/s: introduces the sounds of the alphabet and adjacent consonants. Slightly higher level than Set 1
Type: reading books
Number in Set: 10
Dandelion Readers: Set 3 Units 1-10
Suitable For: beginner extension or catch up readers
Approximate Age: 5 - 8 years
Target Sound/s: introduces the sounds of the alphabet and adjacent consonants. Slightly higher level than Set 2
Type: reading books
Number in Set: 10
Dandelion Readers: Set 1 Units 11-20
Suitable For: beginner extension or catch up readers
Approximate Age: 5 - 8 years
Target Sound/s: introduces the consonant digraphs and simple two syllable words. Extra text per page. Units 16-20 Added word endings 'ed' 'ing' 'le' 2 syllable words.
Type: reading books
Number in Set: 10
Dandelion Readers: Set 2 Units 11-20
Suitable For: beginner extension or catch up readers
Approximate Age: 5 - 8 years
Target Sound/s: syllable words. Extra text per page. Units 16-20 Added word endings 'ed' 'ing' 'le' 2 syllable words. More words per page than set 1.
Type: reading books
Number in Set: 10