Phonic Books Dandelion Readers Vowel Spellings introduces vowel spellings in a gradual way. Dandelion Readers Vowel Spellings Level 3 comprises 12 fully decodable books which introduce four to five alternative spellings for each of the vowel sounds. Dandelion Readers Vowel Spellings Level 3 is aimed at children in Kindergarten and Grade 1 and each book introduces a vowel team.
Book 1: Jake the Snake (/ae/: ‘ai’, ‘ay’, ‘a’, ‘a-e’, ‘ea’)
Book 2: The Stream (/ee/: ‘ee’, ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘y’)
Book 3: Toad in a Hole (/oa/: ‘oa’, ‘o’, ‘ow’, ‘oe’, ‘o-e’)
Book 4: Surfing (/er/: ‘ur’, ‘er’, ‘ir’, ‘or’, ‘ear’)
Book 5: The Mean Robot (/e/: ‘ea’ as /ee/, /ae/ and /e/)
Book 6: The Crow (/ow/: ‘ow’, as /ow/ or /oe/)
Book 7: The Blue Pond Club (b/oo/t: ‘oo’, ‘ew’, ‘ue’, ‘u-e’)
Book 8: The Kite (/ie/: ‘igh’, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘ie’, ‘i-e’)
Book 9: The Tooth (/oo/: as in b’oo’t or l’oo’k)
Book 10: The Tent on the Lawn (/aw/: ‘aw’, ‘a’, ‘al’, ‘au’)
Book 11: The Royal Chest of Coins (/oi/: ‘oi’, ‘oy’, ‘uoy’)
Book 12: Ted Gets Scared (/ar/: ‘ar’, ‘or’, and ‘air’)
The accompanying reproducible activities for covering the five elements of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension can be found in Activities for Dandelion Readers Vowel Spellings Level 3.
Dandelion Readers:
More books for beginner readers aged 4-7 introducing vowel digraphs. Fully decodable books with more text on a page to build reading stamina.
The VCe set focuses on split vowel spellings specifically while the Vowel Spelling Series, Levels 1-3 introduces the tricky concept that a sound may be spelled in a variety of ways.
An ideal resource for Kindergarten to Second Grade.
