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    • Level 4. Phonics Patterns Overview >
      • Phonetic Words And Stories, 1-8
      • Basic Phonics Patterns, 1-8
      • Basic Phonics Patterns Lesson Outline
      • Know The Phonetic Code, 1-3
      • Color-Coded Phonetic Lists
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    • Sound Story PDF
    • Phonemic Awareness PDF
    • Manuscript Handwriting PDFs
    • Cursive Handwriting PDFs
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet PDFs
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words PDFs
    • Level 3 - Short Vowel PDFs
    • Level 4 - Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Large Picture-Word Pages PDF
    • Flashcards PDF
    • Wall Charts Newer PDF
    • Wall Charts Older PDF
    • Activities And Games PDF
    • Older PDF Files
  • Pictures
    • Sound Story Pictures
    • Keyword/Sound Chart Pictures
    • Level 1 And 2 Pictures
    • Level 3 Pictures
    • Level 4 Pictures
    • Consonant Blends
    • Level 5 Pictures
  • Audio
    • Sound Story Part 1
    • Sound Story Part 2
    • Individual Sound Pictures Part 1
    • Individual Sound Pictures Part 2
    • Individual Letter Sounds ABC Order
    • More Letter Sounds - sh, th, ch, wh, ck, tch, ng, oi, oy, ou, ow
    • Sound Pictures And Letters Part 1
    • Learning The Alphabet And Exploring Sounds In Words Charts
    • Level 3 Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Level 3 Advanced Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Sound Blending - Short U
    • Picture-Word Page Short U
    • Level 4, Book 1 Sound Charts
    • Level 4, Book 2 Sound Charts
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    • Robot Game a_e/safe
    • Advanced Sound Charts
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This section provides an overview of the Phonetic Words And Stories books.  To download the PDF files for these books, look under the PDF FILES - BOOKS FOR ALL LEVELS menu heading and go to PDF FILES FOR LEVEL 4 - PHONETIC WORDS AND STORIES 1-8 on the sub-menu .

Level 3 - Short Vowels

At the short vowel level students develop the  following skills.
  1. They learn to spell and read short vowel words.
  2. They learn the sight words a, A, as, has, was, is, his, and I.
  3. They read simple sentences which these sight words along with short vowel words.
  4. They listen to Part 2 of the Sound Story and learn the "Beyond The Alphabet" patterns including single long vowels, dotted vowels, and consonant digraphs.  They practice writing the patterns and saying their sounds, but they do not yet read words with these patterns.​​
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Books

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Rhyming Short Vowel Words For Beginning Readers
This book includes short vowel words on the right hand page with the related pictures on the left page.  Using these pages, the teacher plays the "Robot Game" with the students to develop an awareness of the separate sounds in the words and the ability to put the sounds together mentally to form a word.  This skill is called oral blending.  Then students read the same words going down two columns.  In the first column, arrows separate the individual letters, making it easy for students to decode (sound out) the word going from left to right.  In the second column, students read the same words without arrows.  The vowels are color-coded.

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Rhyming Short Vowel Words For Beginning Readers
This book includes short vowel words on the right hand page with the related pictures on the left page.  Using these pages, the teacher plays the "Robot Game" with the students to develop an awareness of the separate sounds in the words and the ability to put the sounds together mentally to form a word.  This skill is called oral blending.  Then students read the same words going down two columns.  In the first column, arrows separate the individual letters, making it easy for students to decode (sound out) the word going from left to right.  In the second column, students read the same words without arrows.  The vowels are color-coded.

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PDF here











​
Rhyming Short Vowel Words For Beginning Readers
This book includes short vowel words on the right hand page with the related pictures on the left page.  Using these pages, the teacher plays the "Robot Game" with the students to develop an awareness of the separate sounds in the words and the ability to put the sounds together mentally to form a word.  This skill is called oral blending.  Then students read the same words going down two columns.  In the first column, arrows separate the individual letters, making it easy for students to decode (sound out) the word going from left to right.  In the second column, students read the same words without arrows.  The vowels are color-coded.

Picture
PDF here











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Workbooks

Click On The PDF File To Download

Rhyming Short Vowel Words For Beginning Readers
This book includes short vowel words on the right hand page with the related pictures on the left page.  Using these pages, the teacher plays the "Robot Game" with the students to develop an awareness of the separate sounds in the words and the ability to put the sounds together mentally to form a word.  This skill is called oral blending.  Then students read the same words going down two columns.  In the first column, arrows separate the individual letters, making it easy for students to decode (sound out) the word going from left to right.  In the second column, students read the same words without arrows.  The vowels are color-coded.

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PDF here











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  • A Sequential Phonics Program
    • How To Navigate This Site
    • What Happened To The Old Site
    • Can I buy physical copies of the books?
    • How Was This Program Developed?
    • Information About The Author
    • Copyright Information
    • Information About Reading Street
    • How To Use The PDF Files
    • Using A Print Shop
    • Other Recommended Sites
    • How To Get Started
    • Understanding Vowels
    • Understanding Consonants
  • Materials
    • Step Charts
    • Flow Charts
    • Program Overview
    • Overview Of All Of The Phonics Books
    • Level 1
    • Level 1. Learning The Alphabet Overview
    • Level 2. Exploring Sounds In Words Overview
    • Level 3. Short Vowels Overview
    • Level 4. Phonics Patterns Overview >
      • Phonetic Words And Stories, 1-8
      • Basic Phonics Patterns, 1-8
      • Basic Phonics Patterns Lesson Outline
      • Know The Phonetic Code, 1-3
      • Color-Coded Phonetic Lists
  • PDF Files
    • How To Work With PDF Files
    • Baseline Assessment PDF
    • Sequence Charts PDF
    • Sound Story PDF
    • Phonemic Awareness PDF
    • Manuscript Handwriting PDFs
    • Cursive Handwriting PDFs
    • Level 1 - Learning The Alphabet PDFs
    • Level 2 - Exploring Sounds In Words PDFs
    • Level 3 - Short Vowel PDFs
    • Level 4 - Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Level 5 - Advanced Phonics Patterns PDFs
    • Large Picture-Word Pages PDF
    • Flashcards PDF
    • Wall Charts Newer PDF
    • Wall Charts Older PDF
    • Activities And Games PDF
    • Older PDF Files
  • Pictures
    • Sound Story Pictures
    • Keyword/Sound Chart Pictures
    • Level 1 And 2 Pictures
    • Level 3 Pictures
    • Level 4 Pictures
    • Consonant Blends
    • Level 5 Pictures
  • Audio
    • Sound Story Part 1
    • Sound Story Part 2
    • Individual Sound Pictures Part 1
    • Individual Sound Pictures Part 2
    • Individual Letter Sounds ABC Order
    • More Letter Sounds - sh, th, ch, wh, ck, tch, ng, oi, oy, ou, ow
    • Sound Pictures And Letters Part 1
    • Learning The Alphabet And Exploring Sounds In Words Charts
    • Level 3 Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Level 3 Advanced Short Vowel Sound Charts
    • Sound Blending - Short U
    • Picture-Word Page Short U
    • Level 4, Book 1 Sound Charts
    • Level 4, Book 2 Sound Charts
  • Video
    • Sound Story Part 1 Videos
    • Robot Game a_e/safe
    • Advanced Sound Charts
  • Reading Street
    • Reading Street Stories
    • Reading Street Tests
    • Spelling Worksheets For Reading Street
    • Decoding Practice Pages To Use With Reading Street
    • Word Cards And Phonogram Cards
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