Floppy's Phonics Stage 5 - Guided Reading Notes

Sep 28, 2026

Floppy's Phonics Stage 5 Guided Reading Notes provide structured support for teaching synthetic phonics through decodable stories featuring Oxford Reading Tree characters. The notes outline phonic development goals, recommended reading order, and consolidation strategies aligned with Letters and Sounds Phase 5 and Songbirds phoneme order. Contents cover introduction, vocabulary and comprehension strategies, group and independent reading activities, speaking/listening/drama, and writing activities, plus phoneme focus charts, phonics concepts, and revisited focus mappings.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages36

Reading Time1 h 31 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Phonic development

Focus phonics

Vocabulary

Floppys PhonicsGroup/GuidedReading Notes Stage 5 OXFORD LUCAN LIBRARY 01-6216422 Stage 5 Floppy's PhonicsKate Ruttle Group/Guided Reading Notes Contents IntroductionFocus phonicsVocabulary Comprehension StrategiesCurriculum coverage charts Gran's New Blue Shoes Group or guided reading Group and independent reading activities10Speaking,listening and drama activities12Writing activities12 Ice City Group or guided reading 13 Group and independent reading activities 14 Speaking,listening and drama activities 15 16 Writing activities Save Pudding Wood Group or guided reading 17 Group and independent reading activities 18 Speaking,listening and drama activities 19 Writing activities 20 The Playground Group or guided reading 21 Group and independent reading activities 22 Speaking,listening and drama activities 23 24 Writing activities A Little Baby Boy Group or guided reading 25 26 Group and independent reading activities Speaking,listening and drama activities 27 28 Writing activities Uncle Max Group or guided reading29Group and independent reading activities30Speaking,listening and drama activities31Writing activities32 ## Introduction Welcome to Floppy's Phonics!This series gives you decodable phonic storiesfeaturing all your favourite Oxford Reading Tree characters.The books providethe perfect opportunity for consolidation and practice of synthetic phonics withina familiar setting,to build the children's confidence.As well as having a strongphonic focus,each story is a truly satisfying read with lots of opportunities forcomprehension,so they are fully in line with the simple view of reading. ## Phonic development The Floppy's Phonics stories support a synthetic phonics approach to early readingskills.They should be used for practice and consolidation.The books should beread in the suggested order(see chart on page 3),so that children can benefit fromthe controlled introduction,revision and consolidation of the phonemes.Theycan be used alongside core Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds,which introduces thesame phonemes in the same order.In addition,they can be used for practice andconsolidation after introducing the sounds with other programmes. Stage 5 of the series can be used within Phase 5 of Letters and Sounds,to supportchildren as they broaden their knowledge of graphemes and phonemes for use inreading and spelling.The books will help to embed these vital early phonics skills,and help to ensure that children will experience success in reading and thus will bemotivated to keep on reading. The children will benefit most from reading Floppy's Phonics Stage 5 if they are: ● able to blend and segment words including long vowel phonemes ● able to distinguish between long vowel phonemes ● able to use pictures to support the text rather than relying on pictures in orderto read it. ## Focus phonics This chart shows which phonemes are introduced and practised in each title. | Title | ORT Stage
Book band
colour
Year group | Focus phonics | Phonic concept
to be introduced | Focus phonics revisited | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Gran's New
Blue Shoes | Stage 5
Green
Year 1 | Long vowel /oo/as
in new
(made by ue,u-e,
ew,o,oe,oo,ou) | The same
phoneme can be
represented in a
number of ways
(all books) | /ee/as in meet
/ai/as in gate | | Ice City | Stage 5
Green
Year 1 | /s/as in place
(made by s-,Ss,se,
ce,c-);
/er/as in dinner | Words with
unaccented
voweis
represented by
er | /ai/as in case
/ie/as in time | | Save Pudding
Wood | Stage 5
Green
Year 1 | /oo/as in wood
(made by u,oo,
oul) | | /er/as in banner
/eer/as in deer | | The
Playground | Stage 5
Green
Year 1 | /ow/as in round
(made by ow,ou);

FAQs

What is the purpose of the Floppy's Phonics Stage 5 books in this guide?

They support a synthetic phonics approach for early readers, emphasizing practice and consolidation in a familiar setting while building confidence and comprehension opportunities.

How should the Stage 5 books be used to maximize phoneme learning?

They should be read in the suggested order so children benefit from controlled introduction, revision, and consolidation of the phonemes.

What does the focus phonics chart include?

It shows which phonemes are introduced and practised in each title, the phonic concept to be introduced, and which earlier focus phonics are revisited.

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