A workbook to prepare the older, ‘catch-up’ students for reading the Magic Belt Series.
Aimed at children with weak sound/letter knowledge, it introduces the sounds and letters of the alphabet through a variety of activities (50 pages).
When Zak’s grandfather falls ill, Zak must go on a quest to find 10 magical gems to help cure him.
Zak is ten years old. He lives with his Grandpa. One day, Grandpa gets very sick. When Zak goes to seek help, he meets a wizard. Strangely, the wizard already knows that Zak’s Grandpa is sick. He offers to cure his Grandpa and, in return, Zak must go on a quest. He must find ten magic gems. Zak sets off with his friend, Finn. How will they find the magic gems? Will they find them in time to save Grandpa?
- Designed for guided or independent reading
- Ideal for practicing specific decoding patterns in the context of a larger narrative
- Text is supported by color pictures on each page
- Each book focuses on a set of sound-spellings for readers to practice
- Action-packed stories in short books (about 300 words each)
This action-packed quest story takes the student from CVC and CVCC word level text through to adjacent consonants, consonant teams and suffixes.
Includes 12 decodable books for ‘catch-up’ students who are reading at CVC level.
Book 1: cvc, cvcc
Book 2: cvcc
Book 3: cvcc
Book 4: ccvc and ‘ed’
Book 5: ccvcc
Book 6: ‘ch’ and ‘tch’
Book 7: ‘sh’
Book 8: ‘th’
Book 9: ‘ck’ and ‘qu’
Book 10: ‘ng’
Book 11: ‘wh’ and ‘ing’
Book 12: ‘le’