"An exciting cosmic adventure series told across a set of 12 decodable phonic books to support older readers needing extra literacy support."
This set of 12 phonetic books follows the story of Mel, a 13 year old who wants to be an astronaut like her brother Dom who is stationed at a base on Mars. Early in the story it transpires Dom has disappeared and Mel is left with the task of finding him. She sets off to the Red Planet with no idea of what she will find or who she will meet. Along the way she encounters a variety of characters both human and alien. The stories are action packed blasting from adventure to adventure and planet to planet. She makes many friends along the way, but will she save her brother?
Like the stories of Get Out of the Game, Mel on Mars is a continuing story that races excitedly from one book to the next. Each book concentrates on adjacent consonants and consonant digraphs and suffixes. There is a different phonic focus in each book. At the start of each book there is a set of reading practice CVCC words and a useful vocabulary list to help with content and understanding. The stories are clearly written in an accessible font with bright detailed illustrations. Although the level of reading is suitable for a year 2 pupil, the story content and its characters are more mature, making it a perfect read for a struggling year 3-4 child who doesn’t want to be embarrassed by reading what they perceive as babyish stories.
Both this, and Get Out of the Game, are of a similar reading ability and interestingly the same phonic focus is looked at in the same book. For example, in book 9 of both books the focus is on ‘ck’
The books are almost parallel but there is a little more to read in Mel on Mars with more reading practice vocab at the start of each book. Another useful set of books for the classroom.
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