Activity workbook linked to the Dandelion Readers, Level 3, Vowel Spelling set of books. Each chapter presents activities relating to four to five alternative spellings (vowel teams) for a vowel sound.
Activities covering the five elements of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
Books for beginner readers aged 5-8 introducing vowel digraphs. Fully decodable books with more text on a page to build reading stamina.
The VCe Spellings focuses on split vowel spellings specifically while the Vowel Spellings Sets introduce the tricky concept that a sound may be spelled in a variety of ways.
An ideal resource for Kindergarten to Second Grade.
How to use the books in this series:
- Each book contains a list of words the reader may need help with and a list of vocabulary words that are specific to each story.
- Encourage the student to say the sounds in the words and blend the sounds together, using ‘pure’ sounds (without adding the ‘uh’ sound after consonant sounds).
- Discuss new vocabulary and talk about the story before reading the book.
- Encourage the student to read the words on the Reading Practice page before reading the book.
- Each book may include some words with spellings the reader may not have learned yet. When reading these words, ask the reader to sound out the spelling he/she knows. Provide the sounds not yet learned. If the reader struggles, offer the whole word.
- Some words may have suffixes added to base words, e.g. -s, -ed and -ing. It is important to teach these explicitly.
- Ask the student to point to the words as he/she reads.
- If the reading is labored, reread the sentence after the student has read it to aid comprehension.
- Discuss the story using the questions at the end of the story.
- The games at the end of each book consolidate new learning.