Modern Curriculum Press Phonics: Level A

Excellent for new readers!

for english teachers, primary schoolwell protected in the packaging..the children i use it with seem to love it too:-)

Has the right balance of variety and repetition for the kids to learn their phonics. They like the rhymes and pictures, too.

A vero good book

I am a retired school teacher, who taught in the elementary grades for over 30 years. I never found any other Phonics book that was better than this one. It uses 5-6 standard formats that students get used to for a single page so they become independent workers once they know them (i.e. Circle all the words that start with the "s" sound, Find all the rhyming words, Spell the word or write the beginning consonant (i.e, Ss)for each picture, etc.). It also has a good sequence of phonetic concepts (covers beginning consonants, short vowels, long vowels, consonant blends, consonant digraphs, etc.), has a good number of practice idems per page, and includes an excellent review of the concepts coverered as you go (i.e. short vowel a for several pages, then s.v. i, and then a review of s.v. a and i, etc.). For either beginning teachers or experienced ones, using this book page by page with your first grade students will ensure that they get a good solid background of phonics for the year. Use the Level B for second grade, or higher achieving students.