Fred's Phonograms & Lucy's Letters

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

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  • The Alphabet
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  • Initial Consonant Blends and Digraphs
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  • Phonogram Variations
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  • Long and Short Vowels
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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

Reading First Research

Lucy's Letters
Fred's Phonograms