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 8 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter book series.The books are: – Anvil and Magnet Chapter Book– The Mascot Chapter Book– Kevin’s Rabbit Hole Chapter Book– The Humbug Vet and Medic Shop Chapter Book– Chickens in the Attic Chapter BookIndividual books can also be purchased separately.Sight Words: a, all, are, as, be, come, comes, could, do, does, Dr., for, friends, from, full, go, goes, has, have, he, here, hi, his, I, into, is, island, like, may, me, Ms., my, no, of, OK, onto, or, our, out, people, pic, pics, please, pulls, push, put, puts, said, say, says, see, sees, she, should, so, some, talk, talks, the, their, there, they, to, walk, walks, want, wants, was, we, were, what, where, would, you, yourEach book has about 1,700 to 2,875 total wordsThese are Step 8 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 1Consonants, primary soundsShort vowelsDigraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck2 and 3 sound wordsPossessive ‘sStep 2Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)all–s suffixStep 3ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unkStep 4Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words3 and 4 sound words ending in –lk, -skStep 5Digraph blends –nch to make 3 and 4 sound wordsSilent e, including -keStep 6ild, old, olt, ind, ostStep 75 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 8Two syllable words with 2 closed syllables, not blends (sunset, chicken, unlock)Step 9Two 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
