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. This collection is the five books in Step 4 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Series. The books are: --The Push Truck Chapter Book --The Sand Hill Chapter Book --Lil Tilt And Mr. Ling Chapter Book --Musk Ox In The Tub Chapter Book --Trip To The Pond Chapter Book Sight Words: a, are, as, be, could, do, does, for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, is, like, likes, me, Mr., my, of, OK, or, push puts, said, saw. say, says, see, sees, she, should, the, there, they, to, want, wants,was, we, what, where, would, you, your Each book has about 700 to 1,130 total words These are Step 4 chapter books.There are also companion "Let's GO! Books" that have less text. Let's GO! Books can help build confidence and work as a bridge to reading the longer 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 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

From the author of the beloved classic Where the Red Fern Grows comes a timeless adventure about a boy who discovers a tree full of monkeys. The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of monkeys. But then Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have escaped from a traveling circus, and there’s a big reward for the person who finds and returns them. His family could really use the money, so Jay sets off, determined to catch them. But by the end of the summer, Jay will have learned a lot more than he bargained for—and not just about monkeys. From the beloved author of Where the Red Fern Grows comes another memorable adventure novel filled with heart, humor, and excitement. Honors and Praise for Wilson Rawls’ Where the Red Fern Grows: A School Library Journal Top 100 Children’s Novel An NPR Must-Read for Kids Ages 9 to 14 Winner of 4 State Awards Over 7 million copies in print! “A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased.” —The New York Times Book Review “One of the great classics of children’s literature . . . Any child who doesn’t get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years.” —Common Sense Media “An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.” —School Library Journal

A seven-day book of magic proves to be trouble for five children, who must learn the book's rules and tame its magic.

In this third and final installment of the classic My Father's Dragon trilogy, Boris, the baby dragon, is excited to be heading home to Blueland and looks forward to reuniting with his family.

Each book in the "Sound out" series in written in chapter format and gives student opportunities to practice decoding skills. Level 5 focuses on one-syllable spelling patterns, word endings, and compound words. Level 6 focuses on phonetically-regular two-syllable words including those with prefixes and suffixes.

Two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining “absolutely true” stories. There’s never been anyone like Gooney Bird Greene at Watertower Elementary School. What other new kid comes to school wearing pajamas and cowboy boots one day and a polka-dot T-shirt and tutu on another? From the moment Gooney Bird Greene arrives at Watertower Elementary School, her fellow second graders are intrigued by her unique sense of style and her unusual lunches. So when story time arrives, the choice is unanimous: they want to hear about Gooney Bird Greene. And that suits Gooney Bird just fine, because, as it turns out, she has quite a few interesting and "absolutely true" stories to tell. Through Gooney Bird and her tales, the acclaimed author Lois Lowry introduces young readers to the elements of storytelling. This book encourages the storyteller in everyone.

Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.