Primary Phonics

Students learning to read enjoy the satisfaction that comes from reading a whole book independently. The Primary Phonics illustrated storybooks series features books that are each approximately 16 pages long and which use words containing the phonetic elements taught in (not-included and sold-separately) workbooks.This Complete Starter Storybook Set 1-6 collection includes:

Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 1 (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 1A (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 2 (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks 2A (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 3 (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 4 (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 5 (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)
• Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 6 (10 Primary Phonics Storybooks)

This teacher's guide accompanies the Primary Phonics student materials that offer a complete beginning-phonics skill program. An included pretest can be used to determine whether level 1, 2, or 3 is the appropriate starting place for a student. Thirty lessons are also included that cover phonics from short a to consonant x, and address phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing. Materials-needed lists, warm-up exercises, phonemic awareness instruction, notes on completing the student pages, and additional reading ideas are included. Skills in Primary Phonics are most often taught in 1st grade. 199 pages, softcover, spiralbound.

This audio CD models fluent reading of connected text for young students. Recorded are all 50 storybooks from:

This teacher's guide is designed to accompany the sold-separately Primary Phonics Workbooks 4, 5, and 6. The thirty lessons included address phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing with warm-ups, fluency practice, reading context exercises, and more. Three different tiers of lessons allow you to customize your teaching to your students' levels. Each section of the lesson is clearly labeled, and the page numbers for the workbook included. 160 pages, softcover, spiralbound.

The Intervention Guide teaches and reinforces essential phonics and reading skills for struggling and dyslexic readers. Each of the 60 lessons sequentially corresponds to Primary Phonics workbooks and storybooks. Interactive coding is assigned to each phonetic rule, encouraging a tactile component that students apply to individual words, phrases, and sentences. Each lesson includes step-by-step instruction and sample dialogue for teaching new sight words, coding practice, oral and written comprehension, and sentence dictation. Opportunities to extend the lesson include activities and challenge words to ensure mastery of skills, and references to storybook and workbook pages for more practice. The guide comes with a separate book of Blackline Masters with activity pages and written comprehension questions to support instruction. A word coding poster for classroom reference is also included.

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This teacher's guide accompanies the Primary Phonics "Thinking About Mac and Tab" workbook series. Questions to ask students (with answers) are provided, as well as a follow-up activity, for each set in the book. The back contains an answer key with reduced student pages with the correct answers overlaid. 78 pages, softcover.

This workbook for Primary Phonics 1 reviews the consonants, short vowels and fifteen sight words practiced in the accompanying Primary Phonics 10 Storybook Set. Exercises include filling in sentences, answering simple questions, and matching words with pictures. 80 pages, softcover.

Students learning to read enjoy the satisfaction that comes from reading a whole book independently. These popular, illustrated storybooks, each approximately 16 pages long use words containing the phonetic elements taught in accompanying workbooks. As soon as students have learned the short vowel a, taught in the first pages of Workbook 1, they can read the first storybook, Mac and Tab. Each story contains only those words learned in the workbooks being studied. The 10 storybooks in set 1 use in context the words taught in workbook 1. The first book is Mac and Tab a story about Mac (a rat) and his friend Tab (a cat), who are recurring characters in the series. Other titles in Set 1 include: The Tin Man, Al, Tim, The Jet, Ben Bug, Ed, Meg, Ted, The Wig. To order the Workbook 1 that goes with these storybooks, use stock #360404

More Primary Phonics reinforces and expands skills developed in Primary Phonics. These workbooks and storybooks contain essentially the same phonetic elements, sight words and phonetic sequences as those in Primary Phonics. The More Primary Phonics Storybooks set M1 accompany Workbook M1. However with the addition of one sight word (was), they use the same vocabulary as the workbooks and the storybooks in set 1. The titles in this set include: The Cab, Kim and Wag, The Van and the Hot Rod, Fun in the Mud, Hal and Nip, Cop Cat, The Wet Pup, The Cod and the Fat Cat, Del, and Gum on a Cat. To Order the Workbook M1 that accompanies these storybooks order stock # 159141

The Thinking about Mac and Tab: Primary Phonics Comprehension workbooks introduce basic reading comprehension skills using each of the 50 original Primary Phonics storybooks. Thinking about Mac and Tab can also help teachers assess their students' reading abilities.

Thinking about Mac and Tab Book 1 is the comprehension component to Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 1. This book contains early comprehension exercises designed for beginning readers. The addition of a comprehension component to workbook exercises and story reading improves the effectiveness of the Primary Phonics series and forges a closer student-text relationship while enhancing analytical skills.

Exercises are included for each story in the set. Exercises include sequencing, story elements, and story recall. Follow-up activities include writing and illustration. Grades K-1.

Workbook 2 reviews the sounds learned in earlier workbooks and introduces the long vowels a, i, o, u and the vowel digraphs ie, oe, ee, oa, ai, ea. The activities are similar to those used to teach short vowels in Workbook 1, except that four-letter words with silent e and four-letter words with vowel digraphs are included. Discrimination between sounds is emphasized. More Primary Phonics Workbook M2 provides more practice with the skills covered in this book.80 pages, softcover.

Students learning to read enjoy the satisfaction that comes from reading a whole book independently. These popular, illustrated storybooks, each approximately 16 pages long, use words containing the phonetic elements taught in accompanying workbooks. Each story contains only those words learned in the workbooks being studied. The 10 storybooks in Set 2 use in context the words taught in Workbook 2. Titles in Set 2 include: Mac Gets Well, The Big Game, The Joke, The Cake, The Bee, The Goat, Sail, The Seal, Hide and Seek, and The Fire. To order the Workbook 2 that goes with these storybooks, use stock # 550404.

The Thinking about Mac and Tab: Primary Phonics Comprehension workbooks introduce basic reading comprehension skills using each of the 50 original Primary Phonics storybooks. Thinking about Mac and Tab can also help teachers assess their students' reading abilities.

Thinking about Mac and Tab Book 2 is the comprehension component to Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 2. This book contains early comprehension exercises designed for beginning readers. The addition of a comprehension component to workbook exercises and story reading improves the effectiveness of the Primary Phonics series and forges a closer student-text relationship while enhancing analytical skills.

Exercises are included for each story in the set. Exercises include sequencing, story elements, and story recall. Follow-up activities include writing and illustration. Grades K-1.

Workbook 3 reviews the sounds learned in earlier workbooks, and introduces a variety of new concepts. Matching, fill-in-the-blank, sentence practice, word order, and other exercises are used to help teach children primary phonics. 80 pages, softcover.

Students learning to read enjoy the satisfaction that comes from reading a whole book independently. These popular, illustrated storybooks, each approximately 16 pages long, use words containing the phonetic elements taught in accompanying workbooks. Each story contains only those words learned in the workbooks being studied. The 10 storybooks in Set 3 use in context the words taught in Workbook 3. Titles in Set 3 include: Slide, The Plane Trip, Spot, The Prints, The Dream, The Best Gift, Mittens, The Sea Gull, The Lost Duck, and Max and the Fox. To order the Workbook 3 that accompanies this set of storybooks, order stock #561414

The Thinking about Mac and Tab: Primary Phonics Comprehension workbooks introduce basic reading comprehension skills using each of the 50 original Primary Phonics storybooks. Thinking about Mac and Tab can also help teachers assess their students' reading abilities.

Thinking about Mac and Tab Book 3 is the comprehension component to Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 3. This book contains early comprehension exercises designed for beginning readers. The addition of a comprehension component to workbook exercises and story reading improves the effectiveness of the Primary Phonics series and forges a closer student-text relationship while enhancing analytical skills.

Exercises are included for each story in the set. Exercises include sequencing, story elements, and story recall. Follow-up activities include writing and illustration. Grades 1-2.

Workbook 4 reviews the sounds learned in earlier workbooks continuing to practice of plural forms, compound words and two-syllable words. The activities are combine fun illustrations to match with words and colors. Accompanying this worktext, the 10 Storybooks for Workbook 4 set contains stories that only consist of the words in this workbook. 80 pages, softcover.

Students learning to read enjoy the satisfaction that comes from reading a whole book independently. These popular, illustrated storybooks, each approximately 16 pages long, use words containing the phonetic elements taught in accompanying workbooks. Each story contains only those words learned in the workbooks being studied. The 10 storybooks in Set 4 use in context the words taught in Workbook 4. Titles in Set 4 include: Fish Fun, The Chicken Ranch, Ring the Bell, The Lost Horse, The Little Skunk, The White Hen, The Go Cart, The Brave Hunter, The Birdfeeder, and The Hard Worker. To order The Workbook 4 that accompanies these storybooks order stock #572424

The Thinking about Mac and Tab: Primary Phonics Comprehension workbooks introduce basic reading comprehension skills using each of the 50 original Primary Phonics storybooks. Thinking about Mac and Tab can also help teachers assess their students' reading abilities.

Thinking about Mac and Tab Book 4 is the comprehension component to Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 4. This book contains early comprehension exercises designed for beginning readers. The addition of a comprehension component to workbook exercises and story reading improves the effectiveness of the Primary Phonics series and forges a closer student-text relationship while enhancing analytical skills.

Exercises are included for each story in the set. Exercises include sequencing, story elements, and story recall. Follow-up activities include writing and illustration. Grade 2.

Workbook 5 reviews concepts taught in previous Primary Phonics workbooks and introduces additional vowel combinations, the qu combination, the three sounds of y, and special sounds and patterns for the letter a (i.e., water, ball, and palm). It also teaches the long vowel at the end of a syllable found in such words as, be, we, so, and no. Grade 2. 80 pages, softcover.

Students learning to read enjoy the satisfaction that comes from reading a whole book independently. These popular, illustrated, storybooks, each approximately 16 pages long, use words containing the phonetic elements taught in accompanying workbooks. The 10 storybooks in set 5 use in context the words taught in Workbook 5. The titles in Set 5 include: The Pet Poodle, The Good Cook, Snow Fun, A Cow In Town, The Mouse House, The Shy Tiger, The Lost Wallet, Too Small, The Square Egg, The Clumsy Rabbit. To order the Workbook 5 that accompanies these storybooks, order stock # 583434

The Thinking about Mac and Tab: Primary Phonics Comprehension workbooks introduce basic reading comprehension skills using each of the 50 original Primary Phonics storybooks. Thinking about Mac and Tab can also help teachers assess their students' reading abilities.

Thinking about Mac and Tab Book 5 is the comprehension component to Primary Phonics Storybooks Set 5. This book contains early comprehension exercises designed for beginning readers. The addition of a comprehension component to workbook exercises and story reading improves the effectiveness of the Primary Phonics series and forges a closer student-text relationship while enhancing analytical skills.

Exercises are included for each story in the set. Exercises include sequencing, story elements, and story recall. Follow-up activities include writing and illustration. Grade 2.

Workbook 6 continues practice in plural forms, compound words, and two-syllable words. New consonant sounds and diphthongs are introduced: hard and soft c and g, dge, ph, ie, oi, oy, igh, ow, and au. 80 pages, softcover.

Storybooks 6 includes 10 decodable storybooks that feature the concepts introduced in Workbook 6 and only contain previously taught phonetic concepts. Each book is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and has approximately 16 pages. All books feature engaging black and white illustrations; lively contemporary themes; and inside covers which clearly list phonetic concepts and sight words.

Titles in Set 6 include: At the Fair with Cecil and Alice, Garbage Day with Paige, Hedgehog Lodge, Sollie, the Timid Puppy, A Class Trip with Miss Royal, The Mighty Mustangs, Phil and Stephanie, Paulette in Space, A Lucky Day for Andrew, A Birthday Surprise for Goldie.

This Primary Phonics Comprehension Workbook 6 accompanies the sold-separatelyPrimary Phonics Storybook 6 Set.Advance your child's reading skills through early comprehension exercises designed for beginning readers. Sequencing, story elements, and story recall exercises are included for each story in the set. Follow-up activities include writing and illustration. Grades K-2. 21 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Skills Addressed

This workbook is designed for the student who needs additional practice with the concepts taught in Primary Phonics 3. Following the same sequence, students fill in the missing initial consonant blend in the spaces next to the pictures. Initial consonant blends include s-,l-, w-, and r-, blends, and sound-symbol relationships are also covered. 48 pages, softcover.

This Teachers Manual provides an answer key for the Initial Consonant Blend Workbook, as well as optional exercises. To order the Initial Consonant Blend Student Workbook, use stock # 159848.

The Primary Phonics Consonant Workbook reinforces the concepts introduced in Workbook K, providing additional practice with the seventeen consonant letters. Two pages are devoted to each new consonant sound. Each page uses illustrations that begin either with the new letter or with a previously learned letter. Students fill in the missing initial consonant in the spaces provided. The letters needed for the exercises are printed on the top left corner of the page. Initial consonant sounds, Sound-symbol relationships, and letter formation and identification are covered. 32 pages, softcover.

The Primary Phonics Consonant Lessons Workbook provides additional practice for the accompanying Consonant Lessons Manual and Script, which is necessary to use this workbook. Beginning sound recognition is practiced through exercises which require the student to fill in the missing first letter; full two-page scenes are also included. 72 pages, softcover.

The Primary Phonics Teacher's Guide K** provides instructions to administer the lessons in The Primary Phonics Workbook K . The scripts may be read by the teacher or recorded for students to use independently. In each lesson, students listen to oral directions and form lowercase letters; circle the key letter in context; and identify pictures that begin with that letter. Each lesson also includes cumulative review. 58 pages, softcover.

The More Consonant Workbook provides additional practice with the 17 consonants. It uses the same format as the Consonant Book, although some of the words labeling the pictures are longer. Students still only identify the first letter of the words.

This book is designed as additional practice for the concepts introduced in Workbook K and reinforced in the Consonant Workbook.

Designed for the student who needs additional practice with the concepts taught in Primary Phonics 1. Short vowels, short vowel discrimination and practice with the 17 consonants are emphasized, though at a faster pace than Primary Phonics 1. Initial consonant sounds, short vowel sounds, sight vocabulary and sentence construction are also included. 96 pages, softcover.

This set of 10 storybooks accompanies Primary Phonics'More Primary Phonics Workbook M2. These books use the same vocabulary as the Primary Phonics Workbook 2 Storybooks, with the addition of the word "was"; this set may be used in addition to, or in place of, the original set. Each storybook features an illustration with large-print text beneath for an easy, non-distracting decodable reader.

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Designed for the student who needs additional practice with the concepts taught in Primary Phonics 2. Long vowels, long-vowel discrimination and word construction skills are emphasized, though at a faster pace than Primary Phonics 2. Silent "e", Vowel digraphs, sight words, sentence construction and short vowel review are also included. 80 pages, softcover.

Part of the Primary Phonics series, this picture dictionary contains approximately 2,500 common words, including most in the Primary Phonics books. Arranged alphabetically, each word includes an accompanying simple illustration. 223 pages, softcover, spiralbound.

The Primary Phonics Color Workbook helps students to recognize eight color names: red, yellow, blue, orange, green, purple, brown, and black. Students read the color words above each picture and color the picture with the appropriate color. These words are sight words in all the Primary Phonics and More Primary Phonics workbooks. 32 pages, softcover.