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Fred's Phonograms & Lucy's Letters
Grades Pre K–2
Research-based, explicit instruction creates a foundation for early reading skills
Program instruction is based on stories about real-life experiences, so students always begin with what they already know.
Support and encourage early reading with instruction in
- letter/sound correspondence
- initial consonant blends and digraphs
- phonogram patterns and variations
- long and short vowels
Titles in This Program
Program Features & Resources
Lucy's Letters
Grades Pre K–1
The Alphabet
Research-based, explicit instruction in letter/sound correspondence creates a foundation for early reading skills
- This practical, organized, affordable program establishes the relationship between sounds and letters.
- Colorful, engaging storybooks focus on one letter of the alphabet, including separate books for long and short vowel sounds.
- The eight-page student books are 5 1/2" x 6 1/2".
- Emergent readers practice
- the alphabetic principle
- phonological awareness
- phonemic awareness
- print awareness
- oral language
Initial Consonant Blends and Digraphs
Research strongly supports the teaching of initial consonant blends and digraphs as an early reading strategy
- Thirty-six student books introduce early readers to initial consonant blends and digraphs as the next logical step beyond single letters in learning letter/sound correspondence.
- Consonant clusters are fairly predictable in the sounds they make providing the basis for developing word-decoding skills.
- The eight-page student books are 5 1/2" x 6 1/2".
- Developing readers practice
- the alphabetic principle
- phonological awareness
- phonemic awareness
- print awareness
- oral language
Fred's Phonograms
Grades K–2
Most Frequent and Common Phonograms
Research-based, explicit instruction using phonogram patterns to support and encourage early reading
- Fred's Phonograms student books use a whole-to-part phonics approach to introduce phonograms in a story context.
- The 50 titles feature common word patterns—in stories!
- Phonograms support early readers with decodable patterns that provide a comfortable entry point to print.
- The phonograms featured are from the Most Frequent Phonogram list (Wylie & Durrell, 1970) and the Most Common Phonogram list (Fry, 1998).
- This easy-to-use program develops
- phonemic awareness
- word decoding
- word recognition
- word generation
- comprehension
Phonogram Variations
Research supports the teaching of phonograms as a foundation from which early readers can access the world of print
- These student books present multiple phonograms within a story context, significantly increasing word generation potential.
- The 20 titles feature varied, but related word patterns.
- Featured phonograms represent vowel and consonant substitutions of a common phonogram.
- Early readers practice
- phonics
- word decoding
- word recognition
- word generation
- comprehension
Long and Short Vowels
The highly retentive nature of the component sounds within phonograms makes them perfect for teaching the long and short vowel sounds
- These student books use multiple phonograms in a story context to introduce the long and short sounds of the vowels.
Look Inside
Sample Pages
Fred's Phonograms
Student Book | Teacher Guide
Lucy's Letters
Student Book | Teacher Guide
Teacher Materials
Lucy's Letters
Comprehensive Teacher Guides include
- extensive teacher information
- before-, during-, and after-reading activities
- take-home activities for each book
Fred's Phonograms
Most Frequent and Common Phonograms
- Teacher Guides feature classroom activities for each title. Each title-specific section has three parts: Find the Phonogram, Feed the Phonogram, and Free the Phonogram. Also included are home-school newsletters for each title.
- A Reading Assessment Resource includes classroom activities for early reading development and reinforcement of skills as well as assessment tasks for the evaluation of early reading skills.
Phonogram Variations
- A title-specific Teacher Guide features classroom activities and take-home newsletters for each of the 20 titles.
- A Reading Assessment Resource offers assessment tasks to evaluate early reading skills and additional classroom activities for building a strong reading foundation.
Long and Short Vowels
- A Teacher Guide features classroom activities and a take-home newsletter for each title.
- A Reading Assessment Resource offers assessment tasks to evaluate early reading skills and additional classroom activities for building a strong reading foundation.
Research