Twinkl Rhino Readers Decoders - Thax's Dash (Level 3 / Week 3)
Twinkl Rhino Readers Decoders - Thax's Dash (Level 3 / Week 3)
Fully decodable book | KS2 | Level 3 / Week 3
Hook reluctant KS2 readers with this action-packed, comic-style decodable story with a video-game vibe. Warrior Thax races to collect rain to save a parched land - but will he succeed?
Carefully matched to Level 3, Week 3 phonics, Thax’s Dash supports older learners as they practise key digraphs and build confidence reading more complex decodable words.
- Decodable focus: introducing sh, th (voiced/unvoiced), ng and ai
- Perfect for: reluctant readers who like adventure, intervention reading, and fluency re-reads
- Format: comic quest story with strong pacing and KS2 appeal
| Level | Week | Focus Graphemes | Tricky Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Week 3 | s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k | — |
| Week 4 | ck, e, u, r | no, go, I, to | |
| Week 5 | h, b, f, ff | no, go, I, to, the | |
| Week 6 | l, ll, ss, s (pigs) | no, go, I, to, the | |
| 3 | Week 1 | j, v, w, x | he, she |
| Week 2 | y, z, zz, qu, ch | we, me | |
| Week 3 | sh, th (unvoiced), th (voiced), ng, ai | be, was | |
| Week 4 | ee, igh, oa, oo (moon), oo (book) | my, you | |
| Week 5 | ar, or, ur, ow | they, here | |
| Week 6 | oi, ear, air, ure, er | all, are | |
| 4 | Week 1 | Adjacent consonants with short vowels (CVCC / CCVC) Vowel digraphs and trigraphs, used without adjacent consonants | said so have like come |
| Week 2 | Adjacent consonants used with short vowels Adjacent consonants used with vowel digraphs and trigraphs | some were there little one | |
| Week 3 | Polysyllabic words Adjacent consonants used together with vowel digraphs and trigraphs Words containing three adjacent consonants | do when out what | |
| 5 | Week 1 | ay, oy, ie (/igh/) | could, should, would, want, oh |
| Week 2 | ea, a-e, i-e | their, Mr, Mrs, love, your | |
| Week 3 | o-e, u-e, e-e | people, looked, called, asked, water | |
| Week 4 | ou; long vowels a and e | through, where, who, why, thought | |
| Week 5 | long vowels: i, o, u | before, work, house, many | |
| Week 6 | ch (/k/ “chef”) & (/sh/) ir (/ur/) ue & ew (/oo/ and /yoo/) | laughed, because, different, any, eye, friend | |
| Week 7 | y (/ee/) aw, au, oe ow (/oa/) | also, live, once, please, coming | |
| Week 8 | wh; soft c (/s/); soft g (/j/); ph (/f/) | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, brother, more | |
| Week 9 | ea (/e/); ie (/ee/); tch (/ch/) | know, January, February, April, July | |
| Week 10 | Revision of previous graphemes | scissors, castle, beautiful, treasure, door | |
| Week 11 | are & ear (/air/) ore (/or/) Silent “e” at end of words | floor, bought, favourite, autumn, gone | |
| Week 12 | Consolidation of all graphemes | colour, other, does, talk, two | |
| 6 | Week 1 | y (/igh/); dge & ge (/j/) | Revision of Level 5 exception words |
| Week 2 | gn (/n/); kn (/n/) | Revision of Level 5 exception words | |
| Week 3 | wr (/r/); le (/l/) | four, eight, world, work, poor, great | |
| Week 4 | el (/l/); al & il (/l/) | break, steak, busy, clothes, whole, listen | |
| Week 5 | eer (/ear/); words ending -ture | build, earth, delicious, fruit, learn, search | |
| Week 6 | mb (/m/) a & al (/or/) | famous, shoe, pretty, neighbour, England, tongue | |
| Week 7 | o (/u/); ey (/ee/) | group, country, heart, dangerous, special, enough | |
| Week 8 | Revision of previous graphemes | aunt, father, prove, improve, hour, move | |
| Week 9 | war (w/or/); wor (w/ur/); words ending -ment, -ness | sure, sugar, half, quarter, straight, touch | |
| Week 10 | s (/zh/); wa (w/o/); qua (qu/o/) | caught, daughter, journey, area, heard, early | |
| Week 11 | words ending -tion | Revision of previous exception words | |
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