Short Vowels-Book 1:

Teaches rhyming and the easier patterned endings: an, et, id, op, ug.

This helps young students develop both their reading skills and their fine motor skills for example colouring and cutting.

Skills taught:

1. Cute Little Pull Through teaches:

• consonants,
• short vowels,
• consonant blends and digraphs
• decoding words with patterned endings.

2. Skinny Sentence Books teach:

• consonants and short vowels,
• consonant blends and digraphs
• sight words,
• progressively harder sight word vocabulary,
• oral reading and decoding practiceand
• putting skills into context.

Formats used:

1. My cute Little Pull Throughs are colouring book-style pictures withstripsthat the students colour, cut and pull throughto read.

As the student pulls through the words appear one at a time to read. As the consonants change the students practice their letter sounds and blending. Colouring and cuttingpractice is built into the cute, fun format.

2. My Skinny Sentence Books are strip books that the student cut, stapleand flip to read. Both the phonogram and the sight words are patterned so repetition helps the students review consonants, short vowels and learn sight word vocabulary. They practice oral reading with the words in context. Even grade Ones have no trouble making them!

The Learn-a-lot series is convenient:

• provides complete sets of activities so you do not need to make your own.
• gives you freedom to pick and choose, mix and match activites to suit yourstudents individual or group needs.
• lets you photocopy and store ahead of time for ready to use materials.
• provides you with flexible, time-saving resources.