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Fred's Phonograms | GRADES K–2
Most Frequent and Common Phonograms | Grades K–2
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
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phonemic awareness
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word decoding
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word recognition
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word generation
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comprehension
Teacher Guide
A comprehensive Teacher Guide features 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.
Reading Assessment Resource
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.
Complete Title List and Ordering Information
Phonogram Variations | Grades K–2
Research supports the teaching of phonograms as a foundation from which early readers can access the world of print
Fred's Phonogram Variations 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
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phonics
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word decoding
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word recognition
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word generation
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comprehension
Teacher Guide
A comprehensive, title-specific Teacher Guide features classroom activities and take-home newsletters for each of the 20 titles.
Reading Assessment Resource
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 | Grades K–2
The highly retentive nature of the component sounds within phonograms makes them perfect for teaching the long and short vowel sounds
Fred's Long and Short Vowels student books use multiple phonograms in a story context to introduce the long and short sounds of the vowels. Ten of the titles feature a single long or short vowel sound. The other ten feature the five long sounds of the vowels or the five short sounds in different phonogram patterns. Developing readers practice
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phonics
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word decoding
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word recognition
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word generation
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comprehension
Teacher Guide
A comprehensive Teacher Guide features classroom activities and a take-home newsletter for each title.
Reading Assessment Resource
A Reading Assessment Resource offers assessment tasks to evaluate early reading skills and additional classroom activities for building a strong reading foundation.
