Sound Sequence & Sample Story

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Book 1 : Short Vowels

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STORY 1

Zak the Yak

SHORT A

Scope & Sequence

Book Focus Skills Covered

1 Short Vowels

2 Digraphs

3 Blends

4 Bossy E

Short A Short E

Short O Short U

Short I Short vowel review

CH FF, SS, ZZ, LL

SH CK

TH Digraph review

Long A words (A_E) Long U/E words (U_E, E_E)

Long I words (I_E) Soft C/G Bossy E words

Long O words (O_E) Bossy E review

L-blends 3-letter blends

R-blends Digraph blends

S-blends Blend review

Final blends

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In This Story: Zak the Yak

Short A makes the sound /a/, as in apple.

Skill Practiced: Short A-ak -at -ad -an -as -ap

Zak hat tad can has map

yak rat bad ran

fat sadglad

Sight Words Covered

I have the

a put inam to is

am Zak.

am a yak.

am Nat.

Zak has a hat.

Nat is a fat rat.

I

II

I

II

I

II

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have Zak’s hat!

I am sad!

Nat is a tad bad.

I

III

II

Nat put Zak’s hat in a can!

Zak has a map!

Zak ran...

...to the can.

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Zak has the hat!

am glad!

I

II

After You Read: Zak the Yak

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

1. Where did Nat put Zak’s hat? 2. How did Zak find his hat? 3. Why did Nat put Zak’s hat in the can? 4. What other trouble do you think Nat the rat will get up to?

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS SKILLS

1. What is a word that rhymes with “ran”? 2. What do you get if you blend the sounds /c/ /a/ /t/? 3. How many sounds do you hear in the word “map”? 4. Can you change the first sound in “bad” to /s/? What’s the new word?

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STORY 2

Rod Has a Job

SHORT O

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In This Story: Rod Has a Job

Short O makes the sound /o/, as in octopus.

Skills Learned Previously: Short A

Skill Practiced: Short O-ox -og -op -ot -od -ob

box jog mop hot Rod job

fox bog top cot

log lotfog got

Sight Words Covered

I he the

a in hasis to amon at

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Buy Comics & Phonics today!25 Stories & 4 Early Reading Patterns

Short Vowels • Digraphs • Blends • Bossy E

Each story targets a different sound in sequential order

Encourages independent reading by using simple words

Comprehension and phonological awareness practice after each story

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