What is a shipwreck, what causes them and what happens when a ship is wrecked. This book answers all these questions and tells the tale of two shipwrecks and what happened to the boat crews.

Phonics overview (see Teacher Resources page for more details):

• Builds on knowledge gained from Reading Road 3 and Reading Road 4 (simple code, complex code, 46 alternate graphemes)
• Introduction of 24 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
• Reinforcement and consolidation of phonics knowledge learnt in the Sunshine Phonics Decodables programme
• Non-fiction themes of interest to upper primary age students
• Full-colour high quality photography and illustration
• 28 pages
• 148mm x 210mm
• Free teaching notes and student worksheets available from the Teacher Resources page