List of Books, Phonic Skills and High Frequency Words
The 500 Books are listed alphabetically. Additional information
includes details of: (i) authors; (ii) type (i.e. subject matter); (iii)
theme (i.e. jealousy, revenge) and (iv) the proportion of the
books that can be read through the 85 phonics skills and 100
high frequency words that are used for skill matching.
Phonic skills are listed in order of frequency according to our analysis of
children’s literature. We also include details of how often these
phonic skills have been assessed in the phonic screen since it was
introduced in 2012. This will be updated annually.
High frequency words will also be listed according to their
frequency in written English.
The Programmes section of the website allows teachers to refine
and personalise the skill matching function of 500 Books so that
it is finely tuned to the synthetic phonics programme that they
are using to teaching reading. We have identified five widely
used phonics programmes (Jolly Phonics, Letters and Sounds,
Optima Reading, Read Write Inc, and THRASS) and our research
has calculated the proportion of the 500 books that can be read
by the skills taught in each programme which are also listed according
to their frequency in written English.
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