For years we have been hearing from special education teachers who have found the Sound Out Phonics-Based Chapter Books effective in teaching basic reading skills. Designed to follow a skill sequence that gives students multiple opportunities to practice specific phonics skills, your student will 'graduate' from set A-1 to set C-2 with the confidence that comes from a successful reading experience. If your student has a learning disability, or is learning English as a second language, these are the books you have been searching for:

-Readability levels fall well beneath the standard Grade 1 reading scale
-Recommended for ages 7-11 and up
-Narrative style and age appropriate themes
-Each book is 5x7, 32 pages with 22-point type
-Books include site words from the Dolch 220 list
-Ideal for independent reading
-100% decodable text
Set A-1, 6 titles: The Red Cap, The Tug, Up the Hill, Bass Lake, The Red Gem Mine, The Deep Sea
Set A-2, 6 titles: Tuck Dam, A Job for Zack, Fun in the Hills, Jake Makes the Team, A Day at the Lake, The Sea Foam
Set B-1, 6 titles: The Car Trip, North Meets South, Miss French, Champs, The Best, Star Bus
Set B-2, 6 titles: Sal Takes Charge, Three Cheers for Chet, A Gift from Shawn, Shell Beach, A Brave Act, Camp Cook
Set C-1, 6 titles: The Missing Chime, A Night at the Shore, Into the Wild, One Winter Day, Silly Dreamers, The Wooden Box
Set C-2, 6 titles: The Dump, The Fun House, Hang on Tight, Dogs at Work, Doing the Right Thing, Home on the Highway

Sets A-1 and A-2 each consist of six books, three of which focus on short vowels and three that focus on long vowels. Students with minimal reading skills can read these books from cover-to-cover. They'll have a successful and enjoyable reading experience with lots of decoding practice.

Sets B-1 and B-2 each include six books that give practice in all the decoding skills found in Set A plus two groups of new skills: three of the books focus ... (more)