Oxford Literacy Web - Letters, Sounds, and Rhymes: Phonic Stories Stages 4-6: "the Mice and Mr Newman" (Big Book)

The "Oxford Literacy Web" is a literacy programme designed to guide schools successfully through the primary years.

Fitting the requirements of the National Literacy Strategy, National Curriculum in England and Wales, English Language 5-14 in Scotland, and Common Curriculum in Northern Ireland, the Web guides pupils through the core skills associated with learning to read and write with a diverse range of literary styles within the genres of fiction, non-fiction, rhymes, language and poetry. The "Letters, Sounds, and Rhymes" strand is a programme developing phonological awareness and phonics knowledge throughout the infant years.

Following on from Rhyming Stories stages 1-3, the Stages 4-6 books help to develop children's phonic knowledge, especially their ability to discriminate, spell, and read vowel phonemes (oo, ar, oy, ow, oi, ou).

They cover the work stipulated for Year 1 (Primary 2) term 3 and Year 2 (Primary 3) terms 1, 2, and 3 in the National Literacy Strategy and the "big book" format is particularly suitable for shared/class reading. Each book provides a lively storyline with lots of humour and a mixture of traditional and original stories.

Four-colour artwork strongly cues and supports the text for early readers.

The target age range is 6-7 year olds.