Build important phonics skills by introducing children to 25 different word families! Includes: * 25, 8" x 10" colorful 16-page books * 128-page teaching guide filled with lessons & mini-book versions of each storybook * Sturdy storage unit

"A learning library of rhyming storybooks that teach the top 25 word families"--Container.

Selections from books plus songs ; both are used to build phonemic awareness and teach the top word families.

READY, SET, READ! Introduce your child to short vowel sounds with this fun and colorful box set! Inside you’ll find 12 leveled storybooks featuring friendly animal characters, an activity sheet, and a helpful parent guide. Perfect for emerging readers! Kids will learn to: • Recognize consistent short vowel sounds and word families • Blend consistent short vowel word families with initial consonants and diagraphs • Read sentences with simple short vowel sight words THE READING HOUSE is a step-by-step learn-to-read program that takes kids aged 4-7 from letter recognition all the way up to independent reading. With four distinct stages, choosing the box set that’s just right for your reader is simple. The sets in Stage Two: Emerging Reader get children comfortable with short vowel sounds and words. The simple stories, decodable words, picture cues, and bright, colorful artwork make it easy to raise a confident, happy reader!

This trusted teacher resource and course text provides a comprehensive approach to assessing and building children's word knowledge (grades K–8). Kathy Ganske shows how carefully planned word study can improve students' reading and writing skills while fostering their appreciation of language. Complete instructions are provided for implementing the Developmental Spelling Analysis (DSA), an easy-to-use assessment tool, and for tailoring instruction to learners' strengths and weaknesses. Numerous word lists, student work samples, and "Literature Links" are included, along with 27 reproducible forms. The large-size format facilitates photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials. New to This Edition: *Addresses the Common Core State Standards. *Incorporates additional activities and technology tips, plus updated research findings. *Chapter explaining the meaning of word study and its role in literacy instruction, including "Researcher Voices" perspectives from noted experts. *Ideas for making the most of small-group instructional time. *Expanded "Literature Links" book lists, now including informational texts. *DSA answer sheets have been enhanced for easier scoring and several new reproducibles added. See also the companion volumes from Ganske, Word Sorts and More, Second Edition: Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K–3 and Mindful of Words, Second Edition: Spelling and Vocabulary Explorations, Grades 4–8, which provide a wealth of ready-to-use word study activities.

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Short Vowel Stories for Young Beginners is a phonetic primer that will help your child master sounding out very simple words. Each page consists of a short list of words and a very short story that provides the student practice in reading those words in the context of a sentence. This book blends the phonetic approach with mastery of sight words. It also presents new word families in a systematic, incremental way, helping children to become fluent readers. Illustrated with lively pictures, this is an excellent very first primer.