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 2 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Series. The books are: --Mud On The Path Chapter Book --The Red Hen Chapter Book --The Hat And Bug Shop Chapter Book --Babs The ‘Bot Chapter Book --The Cub Chapter Book Sight Words: a, are, be, could, do, does, eggs, for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, is, like, likes, me, my, nest, of, OK, onto, or, puts, said, say, says, see, sees, she, should, the, they, to, want, wants, was, we, what, when, would, you, your Book lengths vary from 550 to 1,000 total words These are Step 2 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

When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper she is faced with a dilemma--can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret? Starting Middle School is rough for Autumn after her one and only BFF moves to California. Uncertain and anxious, she struggles to connect with her new classmates. The two potential friends she meets could not be more different: bold Logan who has big ideas and quiet Cooper who's a bit mysterious. But Autumn has a dilemma: what do you do when the new friends you make don't like each other? When Autumn is picked to be the secret voice of the Dear Student letters in the Hillview newspaper, she finds herself smack in the middle of a problem with Logan and Cooper on opposite sides. But before Autumn can figure out what to do, the unthinkable happens. Her secret identity as Dear Student is threatened. Now, it's time for Autumn to find her voice, her courage, and follow her heart, even when it's divided.

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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.

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.

Includes excerpt from Diary of a 5th grade outlaw: The friend thief.

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

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 5 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Series. The books are: --Bake A Cake Chapter Book --The Crane At The Cave Chapter Book --Ride A Bike Chapter Book --Crane Or Crane Chapter Book --The Swing Gate Chapter Book Sight Words: a, are, as, be, come, comes, could, do, does, egg, eggs, for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, is, me, my, of, OK, or, pull, pulls, put, puts, said, say, says, see, sees, she, should, talk, the, their, there, they, to, walk, walks, want, wants, was, we, what, where, would, you, your Each book has about 1,000 to 1,190 total words These are Step 5 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

The Kents are on a camping trip at Camp Split Rock. They plan to spend all their time fishing, grilling and relaxing. But a friendly fox named Pip turns their plans upside down. Together they uncover the biggest pet scam ever!

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.