Sunshine Starters, Levels 6-8
Sunshine Starters is a literacy programme that focuses on the five essential skill areas that all children need in order to develop into successful readers. Evidence-based findings have identified these key areas as:
Phonemic Awareness – the ability to hear, identify and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.
Phonics – understanding the relationship between written letters (graphemes) and sounds.
Vocabulary – developing an ever-increasing base of known words and their meaning.
Comprehension – ability to understand and make meaning from text.
Fluency – ability to read at pace with accuracy and expression.
Books can also be bought individually. The titles are listed below.
Phonemic Awareness – the ability to hear, identify and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.
Phonics – understanding the relationship between written letters (graphemes) and sounds.
Vocabulary – developing an ever-increasing base of known words and their meaning.
Comprehension – ability to understand and make meaning from text.
Fluency – ability to read at pace with accuracy and expression.
Books can also be bought individually. The titles are listed below.
