Five Chapter Books 4: Systematic Decodable Books Help Developing Readers, including Those with Dyslexia, Learn to Read with Phonics

This collection is the five books in Step 4 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Series. The books are:

--The Push Truck Chapter Book

--The Sand Hill Chapter Book

--Lil Tilt And Mr. Ling Chapter Book

--Musk Ox In The Tub Chapter Book

--Trip To The Pond Chapter Book

Sight Words:

a, are, as, be, could, do, does, for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, is, like, likes, me, Mr., my, of, OK, or, push puts, said, saw. say, says, see, sees, she, should, the, there, they, to, want, wants,was, we, what, where, would, you, your

Each book has about 700 to 1,130 total words

These are Step 4 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)

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