Five Chapter Books 5: Systematic Decodable Books Help Developing Readers, including Those with Dyslexia, Learn to Read with Phonics

· DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collection Book 5 · DOG ON A LOG Books
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Finally, a delightful book series that helps kids learn phonics rules step by step. Fun books designed for anyone learning to read with phonics, especially learners with dyslexia. Start anywhere in the series, according to your child's reading level. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a Structured Literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. Gameboards, flashcards, and other activities can be downloaded from dogonalogbooks (dot) com.


This collection is the five books in Step 5 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Series. The books are:


--Bake A Cake Chapter Book

--The Crane At The Cave Chapter Book

--Ride A Bike Chapter Book

--Crane Or Crane Chapter Book

--The Swing Gate Chapter Book


Sight Words:

a, are, as, be, come, comes, could, do, does, egg, eggs, 

for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, 

is, me, my, of, OK, or, pull, pulls, put, puts, said, say, 

says, see, sees, she, should, talk, the, their, there, 

they, to, walk, walks, want, wants, was, we, what, 

where, would, you, your


Each book has about 1,000 to 1,190 total words


These are Step 5 Chapter books. There are also companion "Let's GO! Books" that have less text. Let's GO! Books can help build confidence and work as a bridge to reading the longer chapter books.


Decodable books let a learner who has been taught the phonics rules and sight words in that book sound them out and read them. These are systematic books because each Step of books build on the skills practiced in the prior Steps.


Most kids who read DOG ON A LOG Books are proud that they can finally read a book without so much frustration.


DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression


Step 1

•Consonants, primary sounds

•Short vowels

•Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck

•2 and 3 sound words

•Possessive 's


Step 2

•Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)

•"all"

•-s suffix


Step 3

•Letter Buddies: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk


Step 4

•Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words

•3 and 4 sound words ending in -lk, -sk


Step 5

•Digraph blends -nch to make 3 and 4 sound words

•Silent e, including "-ke"


Step 6

•Exception words containing: ild, old, olt, ind, ost


Step 7

•5 sounds in a closed syllable word plus suffix -s (crunch, slumps)

•3 letter blends and up to 6 sounds in a closed syllable word (script, spring)


Step 8

•Two syllable words with 2 closed syllables, not blends (sunset, chicken, unlock)


Step 9

•Two syllable words with all previously introduced sounds including blends, exception words, and silent “e” (blacksmith, kindness, inside)

•Vowel digraphs: ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe (rain, play, beach, tree, pie, goat, toe)

WATCH FOR MORE STEPS AND BOOKS COMING SOON

About the author

 My child needed an ongoing supply of progressive phonics books that use an Orton-Gllingham approach. This proved to be a nearly impossible, expensive task.


I decided to put my talents to use and simply write books for her. She is learning to read using an Orton-Gillingham approach. These books follow a gentle progression of phonics rules. DOG ON A LOG Books have five books at each step to allow for practice, repetition, and enjoyment.

I want to share our books with new readers and their families. I also want to make them affordable. Since every family will have different needs and different budgets, I am making the books available in both digital and paper editions. They can be purchased as individual books or collections of five same-step books in one volume. Paperbacks have black and white images. They are optimized for dyslexic learners with cream colored paper and Verdana font. The digital books all have color pictures. 

As our reading journey progresses I will continue to write books for my daughter and to share them with other families.

I was not going to include artwork because drawing is not my talent. However, my daughter was adamant she wanted her books to include pictures. I am grateful to the artists who have made their images available for public domain uses. These sweet images give my daughter a break when the reading is challenging.

I hope other new readers will be entertained by these stories as they practice, and master, each step of their reading journey.   

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