The Wattle Series
Designed for children in their second year of school (Year 1), and for older pupils still developing their reading skills, these decodable readers follow an advanced phonic sequence and build on the InitiaLit Readers Levels 1-9.
These readers have simpler storylines and less complex text than Series 1. The stories have been carefully crafted so your child can practise their developing reading skills. Levels 10-16 follow an advanced phonic sequence and cover both fiction and non-fiction text types.
Series 2, Level 10-16 targeted sounds:
- Level 10: Review of sounds learned previously
- Level 11: ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/ow, igh/y, ew/ue
- Level 12: ar, or/ore, er/ir/ur, ear/eer, air/are
- Level 13: split digraph
- Level 14: ou/ow, au/aw, oi/oy
- Level 15: vowel digraph review and tch/dge
- Level 16: Review of levels 10-15
Parents and caregivers can help children by focusing on targeted sounds, vocabulary and punctuation through pre-reading activities. In addition, the post-reading activity offers comprehension questions so parents can encourage discussion about the story.
One reader in each bundle is a Shared reader, allowing an adult to provide extra support by reading together with a child (alternating pages). Shared Readers allow for the introduction of more complex words that adults can help children learn and add to their vocabulary.
The Wattle Series of InitiaLit Readers was named the winner in the inaugural Decodable Book Series category at the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards 2022! Read more here.
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