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Introducing the Star strategy
Are you ready to embark on an exciting adventure to help your learner spell and read
confidently? The Star strategy decodable workbook series is here to guide you along the
way. Developed using a comprehensive body of research known as The science of reading,
these unique workbooks offer a systematic and cumulative approach to teaching learners the
connection between letters and sounds.
How are the workbooks structured?
Your learner will engage in a variety of activities designed to help them:
• recognise and manipulate sounds
• break whole words into individual sounds when spelling
• represent the sounds they hear as letters or groups of letters
• blend letters or groups of letters together to read whole words.
The workbooks are divided into four levels, each one building upon the skills learned in the
previous level. As your learner progresses, they will develop a solid understanding of how letters
(or groups of letters) can be used to represent sounds in words (and vice versa).
How can you make the most of the series with your learner?
1. Introduce the letters and sounds, ‘Star words’, and ‘Bright star words’ using the ‘Daily
practice’ page. In this workbook series, words with common spellings that have not yet
been introduced are called Star words. For example, ‘may’ is a Star word in Set 4 as the ‘ay’
spelling has not yet been taught. Exception words with irregular spellings are called Bright
star words. A star icon is used to indicate this irregular spelling. For example, ‘floor’ is a
Bright star word in Set 5 as the ‘oor’ spelling is making an irregular /or/ sound. The star icon
under the ‘oor’ indicates that this is not a regular sound for this spelling pattern. Take a few
minutes each day to practise these words and sounds (and review those previously learnt)
with your learner. You may also like to ask your learner to try using the Star words and
Bright star words in a sentence.
You will notice marks under the letters and words throughout this book.
This visual support may help your learner remember these letters as an
individual sound or a group of letters that make one sound.
a •
: one letter making one sound.
ch :
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two or more letters making one sound.
a_e: two letters that make one sound that is split by another letter.
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a : ‘Bright star sound’, or letter that is making an irregular sound.
An arrow is used under the Star words and Bright star words as a visual
support to help learners blend the sounds together in the correct order.
You may wish to add a direction arrow under other words to provide a
similar scaffold for reading as your learner progresses through the Skill
builder activities.
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