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.
You can learn how to use this series in the e-book HOW TO USE DECODABLE BOOKS TO TEACH READING.This collection is the five books in Step 7 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter book series. The books are:—Quest For A Grump Grunt Chapter Book —The Blimp Chapter Book—The Spring In The Lane Chapter Book—Stamp For A Note Chapter Book—Stripes And Splats Chapter BookIndividual books can also be purchased separately.Sight Words: a, are, be, does, go, goes, has, he, her, his, into, is, like, my, of, OK, says, see, she, the, they, to, want, youEach book has about 1,350 to 2,640 total wordsThese are Step 7 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 ProgressionStep 1•Consonants, primary sounds•Short vowels•Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck•2 and 3 sound words•Possessive 'sStep 2•Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)•"all"•-s suffixStep 3•Letter Buddies: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unkStep 4•Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words•3 and 4 sound words ending in -lk, -skStep 5•Digraph blends -nch to make 3 and 4 sound words•Silent e, including "-ke"Step 6•Exception words containing: ild, old, olt, ind, ostStep 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