About the Recipe for Reading Program from EPS

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. It can be used as a core reading program or as a supplement; it is an Orton-Gillingham based program and was initially developed for use with dyslexic students. Children who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

The program is centered on the Recipe for Reading Teacher’s Manual. It contains a series of structured lessons that cover the entire Recipe for Reading program. The material is presented in a flexible format, allowing teachers to differentiate instruction depending on the specific needs of their students. It contains instructions for all the Student Workbooks (1-8), Sound Cards, and The Alphabet Series readers.

The eight student workbooks are non-reproducible, consumable, and sold individually. There are 4 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, drawing exercises, sentence completions, matching sentences to pictures, identifying words that feature certain phonetic features, and other exercises. Each workbook covers a section of lessons from the teacher manual.

The Alphabet Series is a series of readers which can be purchased in three sets of 18 (covering 1/3 of the program in each volume), or together in the Alphabet Series Starter Set, which includes all 39 workbooks and covers the length of the curriculum. Stories increase in difficulty, and help students practice target words, sounds, sight words, and build up comprehension skills while reading motivating, engaging stories. Word lists, fluency sentences, and comprehension questions, as well as black-and-white illustrations, are also included, along with a Scope & Sequence.

The Sound Cards and Affix & Root Cards are supplemental resources designed for review and reinforcement.

The Recipe for Reading Starter Kit includes the teacher's manual as well as a set of 50 sequence charts and 100 sheets of writing paper (25 each of 4 different line-sizes). The latter two resources are not available for separate purchase at Christianbook.com.

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Recipe for Reading

Revised by Frances Bloom and Nina Traub, this manual contains a series of structured lessons that cover the entire Recipe for Reading sequence. The material is presented in a flexible format, allowing teachers to differentiate instruction depending on the specific needs of their students. Each lesson contains kinesthetic handwriting cues, phonological awareness and fluency activities, and words, phrases, and sentences for reading and dictation.

The revised manual features additional phonological awareness exercises in the introductions to each new sound; a new section, For Fun and Practice, in each lesson; and references to the workbook pages and The Alphabet Series storybook that correspond to the lesson. The Focus on Sound appendix from the previous edition has also been integrated into the main lessons. The glossary has also been expanded. Skills have been realigned to accommodate Vol. 2 of the Alphabet Series and the new workbooks.

255 pages, indexed, spiral-bound, softcover.

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Designed to be used alongside the sold-separately Recipe for Reading Manual, this Workbook K is intended to be used with children who need additional phonemic awareness support before proceeding further into the Recipe for Reading series.

25 lessons provide a child-friendly introduction to the initial consonants and short vowels through auditory, visual, kinesthetic activities. Engaging mnemonics help students understand and remember letter-sound relationships and letter shapes before practicing blending sounds to make words. There are five or six pages of activities for each lesson are provided. Consonants k, d, g, m, l, h, t, j, k, p, b ,r, f, n, s, w, y, v, z, qu and short vowels.

Grade K.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

Designed to be used alongside the Recipe for Reading Manual, Revised, (sold-separately), Recipe for Reading Workbook 1 corresponds to Lessons 1-16 in the manual. Skills covered include: consonants c, d, g, m, l, h, t, j, k, p, b, short vowels o, a, i, u, the consonant digraph ch, and a review of CVC words.

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, and short, decodable stories.

Workbook 1; Grades K-1. 88 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

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Designed to be used alongside the Recipe for Reading Manual, Revised (sold-separately), Recipe for Reading Workbook 2 corresponds to Lessons 17-31 in the manual. Skills covered include: consonants r, f, n, s, w, y, v, x, z, short vowel e, consonant digraphs sh, th, wh, qu, and a review of consonant digraphs.

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, and short, decodable stories.

Workbook 2; Grades K-1. 88 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

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Designed to be used alongside the sold-separatelyRecipe for Reading Manual, Revised, this workbook 3 corresponds to Lessons 32-42 in the manual. Skills covered include: compound words; spelling rule ff, ll, ss, syllables, dividing syllables, initial consonant plus l & r blends, three-letter initial consonant blends, final consonant blends, and endings ing, ang, ong, ung, ank, unk, onk, and ink.

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, and short, decodable stories. The workbooks can be used with any phonics or core program as additional practice. Workbook 3; Grades 1-2.

67 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

Designed to be used alongside the sold-separately Recipe for Reading Manual, Revised, this workbook 4 corresponds to Lessons 23-55 in the manual. Give children opportunities to practice saying and identifying the -ed ending, e in one & two syllable words, ph as /f/, ck as /k/, syllable division, and other phonetic principles.

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, and short, decodable stories. The workbooks can be used with any phonics or core program as additional practice. Workbook 4; Grades 1-2. 74 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

Designed to be used alongside the Recipe for Reading Teacher's Manual, Revised (sold-separately), Recipe for Reading Workbook 5 corresponds to Lessons 56-66 in the manual. Skills covered include: endings -ble, -fle, -tle, -dle, -gle, -kle, -ple, -zle, -y, -ly, -vy, -by, -dy, -ty, -fy, -ny, -py -sy, -my -ild, -old, -ind, -olt, -ost, igh, ow, ou, oo, and er (fern); ir (bird); ur (burn); ar (stat); or (horn)

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, drawing exercises, sentence completions, matching sentences to pictures, identifying words that feature certain phonetic features, and more.

Workbook 5; Grades 2-3. 77 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

Designed to be used alongside the Recipe for Reading Manual, Revised (sold-separately), Recipe for Reading Workbook 6 corresponds to Lessons 67-77 in the manual. Skills covered include: sounds of c and g, as well as the endings ge/dge, y as a vowel, dividing between two vowels, aw (straw); au (August); a (ball); oi (oil); oy (boy), and tch (catch).

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include matching words with pictures, completing sentences, identifying written sounds, and copying exercises with clear directions and simple illustrations

Workbook 6; Grades 2-3. 61 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

Designed to be used alongside the sold-separately Recipe for Reading Manual, Revised, this workbook 7 corresponds to Lessons 78-86 in the manual. Give children opportunities to practice saying and identifying the -ing and -ed endings, as well the same endings on words with silent e and after a doubled final consonant. The long A, E, and U, sounds are also explored along with additional phonetic principles. There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include phonemic awareness, encoding and decoding, and short, decodable stories. The workbooks can be used with any phonics or core program as additional practice. Workbook 7; Grade 3. 59 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

Designed to be used alongside the Recipe for Reading Manual, Revised (sold-separately), Recipe for Reading Workbook 8 corresponds to Lessons 87-97 in the manual. Skills covered include: spelling with affixes, tion and sion, and ow, ea, oo, ou, ch, and s.

There are 5 to 8 practice pages for each skill, and activities include putting together syllables to make words, matching pictures to sentences, completing sentences with a word bank, underlining vowel sounds, reading stories, and more.

Workbook 8; Grade 3. 67 non-reproducible pages, softcover.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a research-based, multisensory, phonics-based reading curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6 or beginning readers in grades K-3. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules. Incorporating visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques, this program is ideal for differentiated instruction.

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This set of "Recipe for Reading Sound Cards" is used throughout the "Recipe for Reading" program; the Recipe for Reading Teacher's Manual (sold-separately) includes instructions for teachers to use these cards in the lessons. Sixty cards are included; they feature a letter or letters on one side and a key word on the other side, which helps students to master phoneme-grapheme correspondence. Cards measure approximately 2.75" x 4" and are printed on cardstock; they are not laminated or otherwise r einforced.

Recipe for Reading from EPS is a curriculum that features intervention strategies for struggling readers in grades K-6. Students who progress through the program will learn consonant sounds, digraphs, consonant blends, diphthongs, short/long vowels, inflectional endings, suffixes, and spelling rules.

Please note that this item is available for purchase by Homeschools only.

This is a collection of writing paper to be used with beginning and developing young writers. Lined with blue "attic and basement" lines, red middle and spacer lines, children can develop a spatial orientation for writing letters. Each package includes 25 sheets of each of the following line spacing: 1.5 inches, 1 inch, .75 inches, and .5 inches. Intended for use with the Recipe for Reading program, but can be used for any lined paper need.

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