Book Description

Books for Phonics Readers and folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style. Let's GO! Books have less text and build confidence towards the same title Chapter Book. "Val is a fish. Val has a pal. Her pal is a pig." Sight Words: a, are, be, do, does, for, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, like, me, my, of, OK, says, see, sees. she, the, they, to, want, we, what, you, your Approximately 470 total words This is a Step 1 Chapter book. The DOG ON A LOG Books series are for phonics readers and dyslexic learners. They are Decodable books which means a child who has been taught the phonics rules and the limited sight words in that book can sound them out and read them. The words used reflect the inclusion of 1 to 3 new phonics rules in each step. There are five books at each step. The chapter books are written in a chapter format with one picture in most chapters. They are longer, have more detail, and sometimes offer more complexity than the Let's GO! Books. They're great for practicing known and new phonics rules. They're also just fun reading. DOG ON A LOG Let's GO! Books are shorter versions of DOG ON A LOG Chapter books. Let's GO! books tell the same stories with about 8 pictures and only a few sentences per page. They're perfect as an introduction to the new phonics rules or simply for fun reading for younger kids. 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 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 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, unfit) Paperbacks have black and white images. The books are optimized for dyslexic learners with cream colored paper and 24 point Verdana font. WATCH FOR MORE STEPS AND BOOKS COMING SOON For information on upcoming books see dogonalogbooks.com or visit our facebook page.