Books published by publisher Modern Curriculum Press, Inc.

Spelling Workout has all the components you need to lead students from simple sound-letter relationships to more complex spelling patterns. Students learn spelling skills based on phonics through unique, cross-curricular reading passages, practice, and high-interest writing activities. Packed with flexible lessons, motivating activites, including fun riddles and puzzles, this dynamic program leads students to spelling success! The Teacher's Edition: Provides detailed lesson plans for either a 3-day or 5-day plan. Offers strategy activities for reinforcing and analyzing spelling patterns. Includes Dictation Sentences for a Pretest and Final Replay Test. Suggests tips for meeting the needs of English language learners. Features Take-It Home masters to help foster home involvement. Follows the same scope and sequence of MCP "Plaid" Phonics.

"Plaid" Phonics: Grade 2 "The variety of activities and colorful presentation make these workbooks appealing to children, and large print reduces the intimidation factor." - Cathy Duffy, author of Top 100 Picks for Homeschooling Curriculum 55 MILLION READERS Teaching your child to read can seem challenging, but fortunately, you have years of knowledge on your side in the form of Phonics instruction. Phonics is a method of teaching reading that combines sound and symbol recognition. By pairing a group of letters with the sounds they make, your child will start to understand how to read the English language. "Plaid" Phonics is a homeschool program that helps you teach your child to read. Originally known as Modern Curriculum Press (MCP) "Plaid" Phonics and now published by Pearson, the "Plaid" Phonics K-6 program will help you teach your child the building blocks of language and literacy. "Plaid" Phonics has a long history of success. For more than 50 years, the program has helped more than 55 million children learn to read. GRADE 2 MILESTONES "Plaid" Phonics Grade 2 is a beginner's level program geared toward helping your child develop foundational reading skills. During this portion of the "Plaid" Phonics program, your child can focus on developing the following skills: Read simple multisyllabic words, such as "open." Read and understand words with prefixes and suffixes, and be able to isolate the meaning of those prefixes and suffixes. Notice mistakes he or she makes when reading aloud, and correct them. Read age-appropriate words that have irregular spellings, such as "half." ENGAGE EVERY LEARNER "Plaid" Phonics was designed with plenty of engaging activities meant to help your child become a fluent reader. Each lesson-planning guide is broken into six parts to solidify Phonics knowledge for your child. He or she will learn letter recognition, how to write letters, phonemic awareness and around-symbol correspondence. Every lesson features a Picture Dictionary page. Additionally, an array of multisensory teaching options addresses different learning styles. INTEGRATE SPELLING You can round out your child's Reading education by teaching Spelling alongside it. In fact, "Plaid" Phonics can be used in conjunction with MCP Spelling Workout. Be sure to select the corresponding MCP Spelling Workout program to ensure the two curricula are teaching your child at the same level. HOMESCHOOL BUNDLE The materials included in "Plaid" Phonics: Grade 2 Homeschool bundle will help your child become a skilled lifelong reader. The bundle includes a student edition, teacher's edition and parent guide. For more information, visit the Features and Benefits page. Looking for other grade levels? Kindergarten 1st Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade MCP "Plaid" Phonics will help your child become a fluent reader. Activities help develop spelling (encoding), recognize words in context, and use phonics in word-building and personal writing. It provides a direct instructional model for integrating phonics and reading through reading activities. Level B Students are empowered to become independent readers, with greater emphasis on word analysis, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. Level B engages children with more advanced phonics skill lessons focus on increasing fluency and critical thinking activities to help process words more efficiently and with meaning. MCP "Plaid" Phonics works side by side with Spelling Workout to reinforce key spelling and phonics skills. Looking for other grade levels? Kindergarten 1st Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade

Spelling Workout has all the components you need to lead students from simple sound-letter relationships to more complex spelling patterns. Students learn spelling skills based on phonics through unique, cross-curricular reading passages, practice, and high-interest writing activities. Packed with flexible lessons, motivating activites, including fun riddles and puzzles, this dynamic program leads students to spelling success! The Teacher's Edition: Provides detailed lesson plans for either a 3-day or 5-day plan. Offers strategy activities for reinforcing and analyzing spelling patterns. Includes Dictation Sentences for a Pretest and Final Replay Test. Suggests tips for meeting the needs of English language learners. Features Take-It Home masters to help foster home involvement. Follows the same scope and sequence of MCP "Plaid" Phonics.

These four-color activity books can be used at home or in the classroom independently or to supplement any social studies program. The books cover a variety of topics including Neighborhoods, Communities, the US, the World and more! The Student Editions in Grades Four and higher include a full-color world atlas. These books are kept up-to-date with revisions as they are reprinted. Student Edition/Level C-Grade 3

MCP Phonics Level K develops alphabetic and Phonemic awareness, phonics, and oral langauge skills youngsters need. Letters and sounds are introduced through a consistent six-page lesson sequence, which includes letter recognition, writing the letter, phonemic awareness, sound-symbol correspondence, and a Picture Dictonary page. An array of multisensory teaching options address different learning styles.

These four-color activity books can be used at home or in the classroom independently or to supplement any social studies program. The books cover a variety of topics including Neighborhoods, Communities, the US, the World and more! The Student Editions in Grades Four and higher include a full-color world atlas. These books are kept up-to-date with revisions as they are reprinted. Student Edition/Level F-Grade 6

These four-color activity books can be used at home or in the classroom independently or to supplement any social studies program. The books cover a variety of topics including Neighborhoods, Communities, the US, the World and more! The Student Editions in Grades Four and higher include a full-color world atlas. These books are kept up-to-date with revisions as they are reprinted. Student Edition/Level A-Grade 1

Spelling Workout has all the components you need to lead students from simple sound-letter relationships to more complex spelling patterns. Students learn spelling skills based on phonics through unique, cross-curricular reading passages, practice, and high-interest writing activities. Packed with flexible lessons, motivating activites, including fun riddles and puzzles, this dynamic program leads students to spelling success! The Teacher's Edition: Provides detailed lesson plans for either a 3-day or 5-day plan. Offers strategy activities for reinforcing and analyzing spelling patterns. Includes Dictation Sentences for a Pretest and Final Replay Test. Suggests tips for meeting the needs of English language learners. Features Take-It Home masters to help foster home involvement. Follows the same scope and sequence of MCP "Plaid" Phonics.

"Plaid" Phonics: Grade 1 “The variety of activities and colorful presentation make these workbooks appealing to children, and large print reduces the intimidation factor.” - Cathy Duffy, author of Top 100 Picks for Homeschooling Curriculum 55 MILLION READERS Learning to read is an important step in your child's education, and Phonics is designed to help that process. By learning the parts and sounds of words, your child will be better equipped to tackle new challenges in Reading. “Plaid” Phonics is a homeschool program designed to introduce and solidify your child's Reading foundation. This curriculum not only promotes Reading fluency, but also introduces critical thinking skills, which your child will use throughout his or her academic career. Originally known as Modern Curriculum Press (MCP) "Plaid" Phonics and now published by Pearson, our comprehensive K-6 program will help you teach your child the building blocks of language and literacy. “Plaid” Phonics has a long history, as it has been helping children learn Reading skills for more than 50 years. Furthermore, the program has trained more than 55 million children. GRADE I MILESTONES “Plaid” Phonics Grade 1 is the second program in the series. It was designed to help you teach your child foundational Phonics knowledge you will build on later in his or her education. During the Grade 1 program, your child will get the opportunity to focus on these key areas: Recognize basic parts of a sentence, including capitalization and punctuation Read words with a single syllable that have simple spellings, such as "cat" Break longer words into syllables to try and sound them out Read simple words that have irregular spellings, such as "where" ENGAGE EVERY LEARNER “Plaid” Phonics was designed with plenty of engaging activities meant to help your child become a fluent reader. Each lesson-planning guide is broken into six parts to solidify Phonics knowledge for your child. He or she will learn letter recognition, how to write letters, phonemic awareness and around-symbol correspondence. Every lesson features a Picture Dictionary page. Additionally, an array of multisensory teaching options addresses different learning styles. INTEGRATE SPELLING You can round out your child's Reading education by teaching Spelling alongside it. In fact, “Plaid” Phonics can be used in conjunction with MCP Spelling Workout. Be sure to select the corresponding MCP Spelling Workout program to ensure the two curricula are teaching your child at the same level. HOMESCHOOL BUNDLE The materials included in the Homeschool “Plaid” Phonics Grade 1 bundle were designed to help you work toward the Level 1 Reading benchmarks. The bundle includes a student edition, teacher’s guide and parent guide. For more information visit the Features and Benefits page. Looking for other grade levels? Kindergarten 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade

Spelling Workout has all the components you need to lead students from simple sound-letter relationships to more complex spelling patterns. Students learn spelling skills based on phonics through unique, cross-curricular reading passages, practice, and high-interest writing activities. Packed with flexible lessons, motivating activites, including fun riddles and puzzles, this dynamic program leads students to spelling success! The Teacher's Edition: Provides detailed lesson plans for either a 3-day or 5-day plan. Offers strategy activities for reinforcing and analyzing spelling patterns. Includes Dictation Sentences for a Pretest and Final Replay Test. Suggests tips for meeting the needs of English language learners. Features Take-It Home masters to help foster home involvement. Follows the same scope and sequence of MCP "Plaid" Phonics.