What is the difference between the PLD Decodable Reading Books sets?

At PLD we recognise that a proportion of students require decodable reading material for longer than others. This group of students may have presented at school with speech and/or language delays or have a history of ear infections. Or they may have family members who have experienced literacy and learning difficulties (and hence present with a genetic predisposition to literacy difficulties). For these reasons, three additional reading book sets have been sourced.

• If students have read all of Home Readers Set 1, the additional set of 20 Home Reader Further Practise Set 1 may be appropriate. They are also suitable for students who are still acquiring accuracy and automaticity at an Exercise 2 level on the ‘PLD Early Reading Profile’ .

• If students have read all of Home Readers Set 2, the additional set of 20 Home Reader Further Practise Set 2 may be appropriate. They are also suitable for students who are still acquiring accuracy and automaticity at an Exercise 3, 4 and 5 level on the ‘PLD Early Reading Profile’.

• If students have read all of the Home Readers Set 3 and Home Readers Set 4, the additional 20 Home Readers Further Practise Set 3 and 4 may be appropriate. They are also suitable for students who are still acquiring accuracy and automaticity at an Exercise 5 and 6 level on the ‘PLD Early Reading Profile’.

Please also refer to the flyer for the break down of concepts contained within each book: https://pld-literacy.org/product/first-reading-books/

Background:
There was a huge response from the November e-newsletters prompting schools to further phase out remaining 'Whole Language' processes in favour of structured synthetic phonics processes and materials. Read further on this topic HERE.

Updated on: 20/02/2020