Sunshine Reading Road

Fully decodable texts for older students

Reading Road 4

Builds on knowledge gained from Reading Road 3 (simple code, complex code, 27 alternate graphemes)
Introduction of 19 new alternate graphemes for known phonemes
Inside front cover focuses on some of the alternate graphemes and gives focus words for the book
Inside back cover gives suggested discussion points for after reading
Fully decodable text (with some tricky words)
Reinforcement and consolidation of phonics knowledge learnt in the Sunshine Phonics Decodables program
All new, modern characters and story themes that upper primary age students can relate to
Non-fiction themes of interest to upper primary age students
Age-appropriate illustrations or photographs
28 pages
148mm x 210mm
Free teaching notes and student worksheets available from the Teacher Resources page

Reading Road 4 Single Pack, 1 x 10 titles
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When Scamp the pony is outgrown by the children in the family, he starts to feel a bit lonely and bored. Attempts by the children to find jobs for Scamp to do are disastrous and Dad puts up a For Sale ad. Luckily, Grandad spots where Scamp can be helpful and Scamp is no longer up for sale, or bored.

Two best friends who live in houses across the road from each other try to communicate without technology one weekend. Their best effort involves putting a loop of string between their bedroom windows and attaching a note to it. All is going well until a squirrel jumps onto the string and wrecks their invention.

Kenzo and Arata are looking forward to spending long, hot summery days at the beach, but Arata breaks his leg and their plans are ruined. Kenzo comes up with the idea of building a beach in their tenth floor flat. This goes well, until the paddling pool bursts.

Rosy and Cooper become spies in order to help investigate strange disappearances from their neighbour’s house. Cooper’s new glasses contribute to a successful investigation. This helps him accept his new glasses AND helps the neighbours retrieve their lost things.

Ashlee finds a stray cat and decides to keep him in her tree hut until she can persuade her mum to let her keep the cat, who she calls Zed. Mum and Dad find the cat and it looks like Zed will go to the shelter until he does two surprising tricks which change Mum’s mind.

Some animals have clever eyes – for example, rattlesnakes have heat-seeking eyes and eagles can see far further than a human. Experts have developed lots of different tools to help humans see hard-to-see things, such as into a person’s body, up into space, or deep into forests.

This book tells us odd and interesting body facts about the human brain, our feet … and everything in between.

The sea has lots of different areas to it, and different plants and animals live there. We look at the coast, rock pools, coral reefs and the Poles. We also look at the sea’s different layers – the sunlit zone, the deep, dark zone and the seabed. The sea is vast, varied and vital to life on Earth.

We look at lots of clever things that plants do and why they do them, including plants that pong like rotten meat to attract pollinators, and plants that eat animals.

Thousands of years ago the rulers of Rome built a formidable army and set forth to invade other lands. The places they conquered became part of the mighty Roman empire. We look at different aspects of Roman life, including how the army operated, what the Romans built and day to day life.