A series of reproducible lessons introducing basic phonetics skills involving short vowels.

Help beginning readers advance to proficiency with The Big Book of Decoding Vowels. This helpful workbook teaches students how to decode words and match them to pictures, identify sentence-picture correlation, apply vowel sounds to spell words, and more! It is also great for remediation.

Encourage reading fluency with activities that emphasize word families. Each unit is composed of three parts: Part 1 introduces students to word families; Part 2 challenges their knowledge of word families through independent work; and Part 3 reviews the lessons to ensure students are able to read, write, and identify the word families.

Each of the eight centers in this book contains:sets of a two-sided mat and corresponding task card,reproducible activity pagesPractice It! and Read It!for written practice and assessment,cards presenting words with the targeted letter-sound pattern,answer key, and student record forms

"The new Units of study in phonics provide a lean and concise instructional pathway in phonics that is realistic and doable, and that taps into kids' skills and energy for tackling the fabulous challenge of learning to read and write, introduce high-leverage phonics concepts and strategies in a way that keeps pace with students' reading and writing and helps them understand when, how, and why they can use phonics to read and write, offer delightfully fun and engaging storylines, classroom mascots, songs, chants, rhymes, and games to help students fall head over heels in love with phonics and to create a joyous community of learners, align with state-of-the-art reading and writing workshops for a coherent approach in which terminology, tools, rituals, and methods are shared in ways that benefit both teachers and kids."--provided by publisher.

Lessons detailing how to read, write, discuss, research, remember, and listen to information from nonfiction sources give students the meaningful practice they need to master nonfiction comprehension skills. Strategies are correlated to McREL s Standards.

The activities in this book provide an excellent source of phonics practice for primary students. The pages can be used as drill reinforcement or as independent instructional material. The whimsical pictures help to motivate students to learn through a variety of activities. These activities include tracing and writing, coloring, cutting and pasting, matching, and puzzles. Review pages are included, as well as an awards page at the end of the book for added motivation. In this book, students will learn about unusual consonant sounds and their spellings, and unusual vowel sounds (other than long and short). Therefore, the teacher may want to give more initial instruction before presenting some of the pages. Students will learn the more unusual sounds of vowels, exceptions, and also the diacritical markings for their sounds.