
The Oxford Phonics Spelling Dictionary is an easy home & school reference tool It supports the teaching of reading & spelling through synthetic phonics Supported by the Floppy's Phonics Sounds & Letters Programme it follows the Alphabetic Code Chart showing the sounds & alternative spellings that children will need to learn to become proficient readers & spellers The words are ordered by initial sound & there are subsections to show how the same sounds appear in the middle or at the end of a word The long vowel sounds & their alternative spellings appear in a separate section within the dictionary This unique dictionary makes it easy to explain how 'sun' & ' Cinderella' both start with the 's' sound & how 'dance' has the same 's' sound at the end while 'egg' & 'eat' start with the same letter but different sounds With colourful illustrations by Alex Brychta & the familiar Oxford Reading Tree characters this is a fun way to prepare for the phonics screening check There is additional phonics support material & audio on the Oxford Owl website httpwwwoxfordowlcouk For more downloadable word games puzzles & activities go online to wwwoxforddictionaries comschools