Here the first long vowel digraph is taught. Until this point, all words that contained them were learned as special words.

Words are chosen to reinforce both old and new spelling patterns. Screwdriver, for instance, contains the new sound for Reader 37, ew, as well as er which was first learnt in Reader 14. This repetition helps long term retention.

The long vowel digraphs are reinforced by a careful choice of vocab: e.g. Kate, cake & rake.
 

At the end of each Reader, some new words use additional words that practise the new sound being learned.

Readers 51-60

The final Readers take students to total reading mastery. Children who have completed them find it easy to move on to a general literature, such as magazines, newspapers and novels.

Notice how these Readers (53 and 60) look a lot like an illustrated novel. They are a great springboard for wider reading.

Readers 51-60 all have exercise pages practising different skills. These page help students to consolidate everything they have learnt up to this point.