Dark Waters Series

Learn how to read with these decodable Phonic Books for older readers. Dark Waters are older reader books that introduce children to a few letters and sounds at a time.

The pack of 10 decodable books is aimed at older children in need of support with their reading, teaching different letter patterns through a series of stories. Dedicated books in each stage break down phonics practice while offering different stories for students in the upper primary and lower secondary years.

Lex’s Grandad has been working on a secret invention, but disaster strikes when he encounters some people intent on stealing it. Luckily, Lex has some new friends and a cunning plan that he hopes will save the day. These action-packed stories are designed for reluctant readers, taking them through different suffixes, prefixes and root words:

• Book 1: Suffixes (-s, -es, -ed, -ing)
• Book 2: Suffixes (-ful, -less, -ness, -er, -est, -ly, -en, -ish, -y, -able, -ible)
• Book 3: Prefixes (un-, in-, im-, ir-, il-, dis-, mis-)
• Book 4: Prefixes (re-, pre-)
• Book 5: Prefixes (uni-, tri-, quad-)
• Book 6: Prefixes (super-)
• Book 7: Prefixes (magna-, mini-, micro-)
• Book 8: Root words (cap, man, spec, viv)
• Book 9: Root words (mem)
• Book 10: Root words (ject, tract, struct, labor, fact, form)

Accompanying activities will be available within Phonic Books Dark Waters Activities.

Phonic Books Dark Waters shares the same phonic progression as Phonic Books Amber Guardians and can be used in parallel to consolidate phonemic knowledge and reading skills.