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The Sand Hill: Systematic Decodable Books Help Developing Readers, including Those with Dyslexia, Learn to Read with Phonics

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Pamela Brookes

The Sand Hill: Systematic Decodable Books Help Developing Readers, including Those with Dyslexia, Learn to Read with Phonics

eBook (DOG ON A LOG Books Oct. 14, 2017)
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 www.dogonalogbooks.com.

Let's GO! Books have less text and build confidence towards the same title Chapter Book.

To see if this book is the correct level for your child, you can use the "Look Inside" feature. There is a longer preview of a Step 4 book visible on the 'Five Let's GO! Books 4' detail page.

Fran and Brad sit in the sand box.
“This should be a hill,” Fran says.

Sight Words:
a, are, as, be, from, go, he, I, is, like, of, says, should, the, they, to, want

About 110 words

This is a Step 4 Let’s GO! book.

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 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
•Letter Buddies: 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
•Exception words containing: 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, 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

Pages
26

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