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About the cover artist

Elizabeth Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language groups in the APY Lands in outback South Australia. She was born in Adelaide and spent much of her upbringing in remote communities, learning her language and receiving cultural education.

'This artwork represents the literacy and numeracy learning journey, and the path towards independent learning. The circles represent the collaborative learning and supports around children with specific learning difficulties, including children, schools, families, SPELD SA and others.'  Elizabeth Close, Artist.
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About the cover artist Elizabeth Close is an Anangu woman from the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara language groups in the APY Lands in outback South Australia. She was born in Adelaide and spent much of her upbringing in remote communities, learning her language and receiving cultural education.

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IMPORTANT: To receive Member Discounts, you must login to your Member Account for discounts to be applied

Sounds introduced in Set 1 books

s, a, t, i, p, n

Hear the letter sounds also available from the Jolly Phonics website

SPELD SA is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1969. We provide advice and services to children and adults with specific learning difficulties and those who care for, teach, and work with them.

Our organisation is governed by a council, whose members include parents, teachers, accountants, lawyers, psychologists, optometrists, doctors, speech pathologists and other interested professionals.

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IMPORTANT: To receive Member Discounts, you must login to your Member Account for discounts to be applied SPELD SA is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1969. We provide advice and services to children and adults with specific learning difficulties and those who care for, teach, and work with them.

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Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson, Read Aloud Book for kids, Rhyming Story for Children

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Making an INFERENCE is when the text does not actually tell us, but we can work out the answer by considering the hints and clues in the text in the light of our own knowledge and experience.
Making inferences is an important skill for students to practise.  When reading you can ask a range of inferencing questions.

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Read by Eric Carle

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Eric Carle reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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A range of passages that start with cvc short vowels.
Watch for some American spellings - Mom. Use this as a teachable moment to discuss that they spelling it like that in America and we spell Mum in Australia.

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Starts with recognising letters and sounds and works towards simple passages for students to read.

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Some consonant teams and vowel teams making a new sound

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More vowel teams and other letters teams making new sounds.

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More vowel teams and more...

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Lots of stories to listen to.

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book reviews "read aloud" "soothing asmr"

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Welcome to The StoryTIme Family! Family life is hectic! That's why it's more important than ever to take time out and settle down for some calming quiet time, to recalibrate and just be in moment. Reading with our boys has always been our nightly routine since they were babies and we hope to extend the joy of reading with you.

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Famous people reading books to kids.

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sag-aftra foundation "screen actors guild" storyline "storyline online" sag children's literacy stories story celebrity celebrities famous actors reading boo...

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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's award-winning and Daytime Emmy-nominated children's literacy website, Storyline Online, streams imaginatively produced videos featuring celebrated actors including reading children's books alongside creatively produced illustrations, helping to inspire a love of reading in children. Storyline Online is available 24 hours a day for children, parents, and educators worldwide.

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Flyleaf Publishing - early levels are decodable

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Flyleaf Publishing - early levels are decodable

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A range of decodable readers with accompanying activities to print.

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Flyleaf Publishing - Online Materials Portal

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For Students - Flyleaf Publishing - Online Materials Portal

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FREE Beautiful Online Decodable Phonics Books for Early Readers and Dyslexia

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Here's a great resource of free decodable books and stories found online. I use these fabulous readers as supplements with my students that I tutor reading online. All early readers can benefit from using decodable texts. Decodable texts are essential for dyslexic students. Contact Lisa at abctutorusa@gmail.com

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Who was the main character?
What is the setting?
What happened first, next and last?

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Arrange the pictures in the order of the story.

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'The Rainbow Fish' read by Ernest Borgnine

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Who was the main character?
What is the setting?
What happened first, next and last?

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Arrange the pictures in the order of the story.

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1. What do you think this man's job is?
2. What time of day do you think it is?
3. What do you think he has been doing?
4. What might he do next?

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Who was the main character?
What is the setting?
What happened first, next and last?

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Who was the main character?
What is the setting?
What happened first, next and last?

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Before During After Reading Questions - Non-Fiction

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Before During After Reading Questions - Non-Fiction

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Vocabulary plays an important part in learning to read. Beginning readers must use the words they hear orally to make sense of the words they see in print.

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You could explore a word a day from a story you have read. You do not need to do all these boxes - just the ones appropriate for your child.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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CBeebies Nursery Rhymes

A collection of nursery rhymes from the BBC such as The Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Old MacDonald Had a Farm and more.

Washing Line Rhyme

This is a rhyming game where you need to click on the picture that rhymes with each word. Listen to each choice before you decide.

Bookbug Song and Rhyme library

Find new songs and rhymes to share with little ones - including Gaelic.

Make your own Shark Rhyme

Listen to a sentence about a shark and then choose the next line which you think rhymes best. You can make up a poem and hear how it sounds at the end.

Nursery Rhymes

A lovely site! You can sing along with the rhymes and then do activities based on the characters and the events you have heard. Great for an interactive whiteboard.

The Tale of Red Riding Hood

The story of Little Red Riding Hood narrated in rhyme.

Six Little Mice

A nursery rhyme with simple drag and drop matching games.

The Animal Fair

Sing along to the song and video clip of the nursery rhyme The Animal Fair. Lyrics are provided together with a print-out version. Click icon for full-screen format.

Humpty Dumpty

A calypso style version of the song of the nursery rhyme 'Humpty Dumpty'. Delightful animation which young children will love. Lyrics are available for this extended version of the rhyme.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

A jolly version of the nursery rhyme with amusing animation. View the lyrics on-screen or download to print them out.

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CBeebies Nursery Rhymes A collection of nursery rhymes from the BBC such as The Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Old MacDonald Had a Farm and more. Washing Line Rhyme This is a rhyming game where you need to click on the picture that rhymes with each word.

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Suzie the Scientist and Millie the Mathematician

The Suzie the Scientist and Millie the Mathematician early reader books represent a new take on levelled readers, linking reading development directly to the Australian Curriculum in Science and Maths.

The 24-book sets feature an engaging "cool" scientist (Suzie), and her "cool" mathematician sister (Millie), who present interesting scientific and mathematical concepts to engage kids and empower parents to explore these ideas with their children while developing and improving reading literacies and fluency.

Each book connects to these science and maths concepts using uniquely Australian contexts and Australian content that you, as a parent, can easily relate to - allowing you to be fully equipped to facilitate the scientific/mathematical learning and reading development of your child

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The Suzie the Scientist and Millie the Mathematician early reader books represent a new take on levelled readers, linking reading development directly to the Australian Curriculum in Science and Maths.

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DOG ON A LOG Book Previews DOG ON A LOG Book Previews

To see if DOG ON A LOG Books are a good match for your needs, you can

download five printable PDF Bookfolds (at the bottom of the page)

or follow the links listed to preview portions of each book.

Here are the series links to Amazon.com where you can "Look Inside" and preview at least 40% of each book.

(You will have the option to order as well, if you choose.)
Click Here To Preview The Parent And Teacher Guides or read or download a printable PDF bookfold for distribution. Click Here to Preview the Pre-Readers
(Phonological and Phonemic Awareness)
Click Here to Preview the Let's GO! Collection Volumes Click Here to Preview the Individual Let's GO! Books
They are the same stories as the chapter books, but a lot less words for kids who would be overwhelmed by the chapter books.

Collection Volumes are more economical.

Individual books may be less intimidating for some kids.

DOG ON A LOG Book Previews
Click Here To Preview The Chapter Book Collection Volumes Click Here To Preview The Individual Chapter Books
Collection Volumes are more economical.

Individual books may be less intimidating for some kids.

sound out books
Click here to Download The DOG ON A LOG Printable Quick Assessment Tool

Sample Books

Download the following printable PDF bookfolds. The print books that are available for sale have cream colored paper and black and white images. These bookfolds can be printed with color images. (E-books are available with color pictures.)

I highly recommend printing pages 1 to 4 to verify your printer is set up for double-sided bookfold format. If these print correctly, they will print in landscape format and you can fold them in half to form a small book. Every printer requires different commands to print in bookfold format so I cannot say how your printer should be set up.

DOG ON A LOG Book Previews

Once you download these books, you should be able to preview them on your device even if you do not print them.

All books are protected by Copyright laws and may not be sold or distributed. They are provided here so you may evaluate if they will meet your needs prior to purchase.

Samples and See the DOG ON A LOG Sound Out Book Previews

Step 1

Approximately 260 words

Step 1

Approximately 50 words

Step 4

Approximately 1,130 words

Step 4

Approximately 145 words

Step 7

The Blimp Chapter Book

Approximately 1,580 words
Click to see the DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression Click to see the DOG ON A LOG Sight Word Progression Click to see an picture guide to DOG ON A LOG Books and more

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To help decide which DOG ON A LOG Sound Out Books are best for your needs, you can to to the DOG ON A LOG Sample Books plus Preview Links page where you can go to previews for each book as well as download five PDF printable books.

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If you want hard copies of the books for your students and your school cannot afford to buy them, many teachers have written grants to obtain them, asked their PTO for help or used websites such as Donors Choose who buy materials for classrooms. It is unlawful to copy the books!

Please know that these digital books show up best on computers or iPad and tablets rather than phones.

In addition, you will see that I have listed the skills that children need to learn, BEFORE reading each set of books. Each book builds upon the skills from previous books so the books should be presented in sequence. An explicit, systematic, sequential and cumulative approach to teaching reading is the Science of Reading!

I have also included links to the FREE Teaching Guides, Activity Pages and Literacy Centers. You have permission to download and print these supplemental resources but you do not have permission to change the content and/or resell them.

Thank you and happy reading!

LuAnn Santillo, Author

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Online Materials Portal - Half Pint Kids Decodable Books

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If you want hard copies of the books for your students and your school cannot afford to buy them, many teachers have written grants to obtain them, asked their PTO for help or used websites such as Donors Choose who buy materials for classrooms. It is unlawful to copy the books!