{"id":347,"date":"2017-10-26T13:42:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T13:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/?page_id=347"},"modified":"2018-03-20T14:13:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:13:49","slug":"phonics-levels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/phonics-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Phonics Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Levels Indicated Discreetly<\/h2>\n

The TAP Library app is built on sequenced and fully decodable texts.<\/strong> The phonics<\/a> level of a given text is indicated in the app information screen accessible from the \u201ccover\u201d of each story. The level of each book can also optionally<\/em> be displayed when browsing the entire library. As mentioned in the list of features<\/a> on our home page, this is so the older learners for whom these books are written are not constantly reminded of (and possibly shamed by) their level.<\/p>\n

Support Materials For Every Novel<\/h2>\n

Every level builds<\/strong> on the phonics content of the previous levels. Each text also includes a very small number of \u201cweird words\u201d (non or not yet decodable words). Support materials accessible from the opening screen or \u201ccover page\u201d of each story highlight any \u201cweird words\u201d or challenging words. Teachers and tutors can decide when it is appropriate or helpful to look at this material with learners.<\/p>\n

Overview of TAP Phonics Levels<\/h2>\n

Level 1<\/h3>\n
    \n
  • CVC (i.e. Consonant + single vowel + consonant)<\/li>\n
  • CCVC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Level 2<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • CCVCC, CV (open syllable)<\/li>\n
    • Consonant digraphs:\u00a0 sh, th, ch, wh, qu<\/li>\n
    • Ending sounds: ck, ng, nk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Level 3<\/h3>\n
        \n
      • ph (sounding \/f\/ )<\/li>\n
      • a-e, o-e, u-e, i-e, e-e (split digraph, “silent e<\/em>“)<\/li>\n
      • kn (sounding \/n\/ )<\/li>\n
      • wr (sounding \/r\/ )<\/li>\n
      • gh (sounding \/g\/)<\/li>\n
      • gn (sounding \/n\/)<\/li>\n
      • s sounding \/z\/ (wise, rose, phase, ruse, muse<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Level 4<\/h3>\n
          \n
        • Wild words (old words with long vowel sounds where one would expect short ones)<\/li>\n
        • ar, or, er, ir, ur<\/li>\n
        • ore, oor ( more; door, floor<\/em>)<\/li>\n
        • wa, war, wor<\/li>\n
        • -all, -oll, -ull<\/li>\n
        • -ing<\/li>\n
        • -ed<\/li>\n
        • simple multisyllabic words<\/li>\n
        • could, would, should<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Level 5<\/h3>\n
            \n
          • ai, ay<\/li>\n
          • ee, ea, ey (as in key<\/em>)<\/li>\n
          • oa, ow<\/li>\n
          • igh, ie (as in pie<\/em>)<\/li>\n
          • ue, ew (blue, few<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Level 6<\/h3>\n
              \n
            • y (sounding like long i at the end of single syllable words)<\/li>\n
            • y (sounding like long e at the end of multisyllabic words)<\/li>\n
            • y (sounding like short i in closed syllables)<\/li>\n
            • ou<\/li>\n
            • ow (as in\u00a0cow<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            • oo (as in zoo<\/em>), oo (as in book<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            • oi, oy<\/li>\n
            • o (“scribal o” as in come, some, mother<\/em> )<\/li>\n
            • our ( as in our, sour<\/em>; as in your, four<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            • au (as in sauce)<\/em><\/li>\n
            • aw<\/li>\n
            • -le<\/li>\n
            • -ve (“no English words end in v” have, give<\/em>)<\/li>\n
            • long vowel sounds in open syllables (eg.\u00a0table, tiny)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

              Level 7<\/h3>\n
                \n
              • soft c<\/li>\n
              • -se ( please; house<\/em> )<\/li>\n
              • soft g<\/li>\n
              • air, are (as in\u00a0care<\/em>)<\/li>\n
              • ear (as in\u00a0learn<\/em>)<\/li>\n
              • oar<\/li>\n
              • ea (as in\u00a0bread<\/em>)<\/li>\n
              • tch<\/li>\n
              • dge<\/li>\n
              • gu (as in guide<\/em>)<\/li>\n
              • ch ( sounding \/k\/ as in\u00a0Christmas, chasm<\/em>)<\/li>\n
              • ch ( sounding \/sh\/ as in\u00a0machine<\/em>)<\/li>\n
              • ey ( as in they<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                Morph Levels, Suffixes, Prefixes, Root Words<\/h3>\n

                Additional levels will focus on morphology. These will utilise base words, prefixes and suffixes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Levels Indicated Discreetly The TAP Library app is built on sequenced and fully decodable texts. The phonics level of a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/347\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.focusontap.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}