This complete set includes:

• Phonics for Reading Student Book First Level
• Phonics for Reading Student Book Second Level
• Phonics for Reading Student Book Third Level
• Phonics for Reading Teacher Guide First Level
• Phonics for Reading Teacher Guide Second Level
• Phonics for Reading Teacher Guide Third Level

It support students who struggle with reading comprehension from weak phonemic awareness and decoding skills. The books across the three levels of the series help build phonemic awareness, decoding and fluency skills to strengthen reading comprehension. They include systematic, explicit instruction that builds confidence and motivation. Furthermore, the books are specifically designed to appeal to older students, so that they can be used across the curriculum and year levels to bring instruction to the students who need them most, regardless of age.

The structure of each lesson in the three levels of Phonics for Reading is consistent throughout the program, so students are able to focus on the content rather than on the teaching procedures being used. Lessons are carefully scripted for the teacher in the Teacher Guide for each level so that instruction is just as easy to deliver as it is to follow!

Assessment opportunities include:

• Placement Tests- Use for placing students within the program or to measure growth at the end of the program or school year.
• Checking Up-Ten activities throughout each level offer teacher and students a formal measure of skills.
• Fluency Assessment-Teacher Guides for Second and Third Level provide directions for using story passages to assess fluency and activities for building fluency.

Teacher Guides include:

• Information about the research base
• Lesson objectives and scripting
• Word lists
• Answer keys
• Reproducible IPs/progress letters
• Scope and sequence chart
• Pre- and post-assessment tools
• Downloadable resources containing easily printable copies of the reproducible for classroom use.

The First Level in the Phonics for Reading series focuses on short vowels; double consonants; consonant blends; and consonant digraphs. The Second Level in the Phonics for Reading series progresses students' understanding by focusing on: long vowels; vowel combinations; CVCe words; word endings; and r-controlled vowel sounds. The Third Level in the Phonics for Reading series expands on students' knowledge of concepts by focusing on: letter/vowel combinations; prefixes and suffixes; minor sounds of c and g; and minor sounds of vowel combinations.