The Stone Child Chapter Book

Finally, a delightful book series that helps kids learn phonics rules step by step. Fun books designed for anyone learning to read with phonics, especially learners with dyslexia. Start anywhere in the series, according to your child's reading level. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a Structured Literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. Gameboards, flashcards, and other activities can be downloaded from www.dogonalogbooks.com.
"Here it is. This is the cave where

I got to see the stone child," Jade says.
Sight Words:

a, are, as, be, could, do, does, for, from, go, goes, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, is, me, my, no, of, OK, onto, or, pull, pulls, push, puts, said, say, says, see, she, should, talk, talks, the, their, there, they, to, walk, walks, want, wants, was, we, what, where, would, you
Abouty 2,000 words
A Step 6 Chapter book.
Decodable books let a learner who has been taught the phonics rules and sight words in that book sound them out and read them. These are systematic books because each Step of books build on the skills practiced in the prior Steps.
Most kids who read DOG ON A LOG Books are proud that they can finally read a book without so much frustration.
Cream colored paper, 20 point Verdana font (one of the most dyslexia-friendly fonts)
DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression
Step 1

Consonants, primary sounds

Short vowels

Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck

2 and 3 sound words

Possessive 's





Step 2


Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)

"all"

-s suffix





Step 3


Letter Buddies: ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk





Step 4


Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words

3 and 4 sound words ending in -lk, -sk





Step 5


Digraph blends -nch to make 3 and 4 sound words

Silent e, including "-ke"





Step 6


Exception words containing: ild, old, olt, ind, ost





Step 7


5 sounds in a closed syllable word plus suffix -s (crunch, slumps)

3 letter blends and up to 6 sounds in a closed syllable word (script, spring)





Step 8


Two syllable words with 2 closed syllables, not blends (sunset, chicken, unlock)





Step 9


Two syllable words with all previously introduced sounds including blends, exception words, and silent "e" (blacksmith, kindness, inside)

Vowel digraphs: ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe (rain, play, beach, tree, pie, goat, toe)





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