Alphablocks - LEVEL 4 (GREEN) | Letter Blends

Level four is all about consonant clusters − commonly used runs of letters that can speed up reading when children learn to spot them. Clusters can be at the start of a word, such st- in star and stag or tr- in tree and tram. They can be at the end, such as -nd in band or -mp in bump. Sometimes clusters appear at the start and end of words such as the bl- and -nd in blend. Children also meet three letter clusters, such as spl- and str- --- Alphablocks is a step-by-step reading programme grouped neatly into five colour-coded levels. Each level introduces new letters and letter teams along with new phonics ideas and key skills. Alphablocks uses best-practice systematic synthetic phonics developed with literacy experts and aligned to the EYSF (Early Years Foundation Stage) framework and KS1 curriculum. It is compatible with all major UK reading schemes and has helped millions of young children around the world to learn to read.