Phonics Easy Reader 4

I have been working with the Rock N Learn Easy Reader 4 with my small group of struggling readers in third grade. There are three contrived stories that focus on different phonetic elements-- this level focuses on au, aw, all, al, syllables, the schwa sound, ending sounds, and silent consonants. It fits in nicely with the patterns that are being learned it word study.

I have used the stories to go on word hunts, allowing the children to practice identifying and pronouncing these phonetic elements. I feel that the more practice students have using the words in context, the easier it will be to internalize the word patterns.

I think the rock n learn series would be useful to most lower elementary teachers.