Phonics Adventure: Decodable Books for Dyslexia & Early Readers

The DOG ON A LOG Book series helps kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following Step of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression lets kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed. The word list below will help you decide where in the series your child should start. For added practice, free printable game boards, flashcards, handwriting sheets, and more can be downloaded from the DOG ON A LOG Books website.

The (purple) Let’s GO! books have less text for new or less confident readers. The (red) chapter books are longer for more reading practice. Kids enjoy these stories that get more complex and longer as more phonics are added throughout the series.

Books can be purchased individually or as collection volumes. This is an individual Step 4 Let’s GO! Book.

The “Look Inside” feature will help you see if this book is right for your child.

Additional information on using this series is available in the kindle book HOW TO USE DECODABLE BOOKS TO TEACH READING.

DOG ON A LOG Books follow a structured literacy/Orton Gillingham phonics progression.

DOG ON A LOG “What Step Should We Start With” Word List
Have your child read the following words. If they can’t read every word in a Step, that is probably the step they should start with. For some kids, you may want to start at an earlier Step so they can build confidence in their reading ability.

Step 1
fin, mash, sock, sub, cat, that, Dan’s

Step 2
less, bats, tell, mall, chips, whiff, falls

Step 3
bangs, dank, honk, pings, chunk, sink, gong, rungs

Step 4
silk, fluff, smash, krill, drop, slim, whisk

Step 5
hunch, crate, rake, tote, inch, mote, lime

Step 6

child, molts, fold, hind, jolt, post, colds

Step 7
strive, scrape, splint, twists, crunch, prints, blend

Step 8
finish, denim, within, bathtub, sunset, medic, habit

Step 9
hundred, goldfinch, free, wheat, inhale, play, Joe

Step 10
be, remake, spry, repeat, silo, sometime, pinwheel

Many early reader books or leveled books are written so they cannot be sounded out. Kids often struggle and grow frustrated when they can’t sound out the words. However, kids who have been taught the phonics in DOG ON A LOG Books can be proud when they are able to sound out and read almost every word.

Paper books have black and white images. The books are optimized for learners with dyslexia. They have cream colored paper and large Verdana font. Research has shown Verdana is one of the most dyslexia-friendly fonts.

More DOG ON A LOG Books:

DOG ON A LOG Pup Books
—Before the Squiggle Code (Pre-Reading Skills)
—The Squiggle Code (Learning Letters and Words)
—Kids’ Squiggles (First Stories)

DOG ON A LOG Parent and Teacher Guides
—Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom’s Experience with Dyslexia
—How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading

You can read the complete DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression (Scope and Sequence) at the DOG ON A LOG Books website.

You can print a copy of the Quick Assessment Tool (“What Step Should We Start With” Word List) at the DOG ON A LOG Books website.

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From the Publisher

Sound-Out Books For Learning To Read

This is a BEGINNING Sound-Out Decodable Book. It has just 120 words. Great for kids who are not ready for the longer chapter books.

The DOG ON A LOG Book series help kids, including kids with dyslexia, learn to read. They are sound-out books that start with just a few phonics rules. Each following Step of books adds a few more phonics rules and sight words. This gradual progression helps kids learn to read without feeling so overwhelmed.

New readers love reading books that look like “regular” books. They especially love that they get to read “real chapter books.” Having multiple books and chapter books in each Step means struggling readers are more likely to master the phonics without memorizing the books.

Start anywhere in the series based on your child’s reading skills. The word list below will help you decide where in the series your child should start. Printable game boards, flashcards, handwriting sheets, and more are available for additional practice. Information on the printables is provided in each book.

The “Look Inside” feature will help you determine if this book is right for your reader before you buy. Click the Book’s Cover Picture at the top of the page to see inside the book.

Books can be purchased individually or as collection volumes. This is an individual Step 4 Let’s GO! Book. It has about 120 words. It is a companion to Trip To The Pond Chapter Book which has about 975 words. The (purple) Let’s GO! Books can help prepare your reader for the longer (red) chapter books. (You can see a comparison of the two series below.)

Step by Step Learning

Research shows the most effective way to teach reading is with explicit systematic phonics. That means you teach just a few phonics rules then the student practices reading books with just the rules they have been taught. Each DOG ON A LOG Book also has a list of the “sight words” that cannot be sounded-out with the presented phonics. Kids can learn those words before beginning each book. The listed sight words will be the only words in the book that cannot be sounded-out with the rules from the DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression.

Many early reader books, leveled books, and even “Beginning Phonics Books” are written so they cannot be sounded-out. Kids often struggle and grow frustrated when they can’t sound out the words. However, kids who have been taught the phonics in DOG ON A LOG Decodable Books can be proud when they are able to sound out and read almost every word.

DOG ON A LOG Books follow an Orton Gillingham/systematic phonics-based progression.

For additional information on using this series, see the DOG ON A LOG Parent and Teacher Guides:

—Teaching a Struggling Reader: One Mom’s Experience with Dyslexia

—How to Use Decodable Books to Teach Reading

Paper books have black and white images. The books are optimized for learners with dyslexia. They have cream-colored paper and large Verdana font. Research has shown Verdana is one of the most dyslexia-friendly fonts.

Kindle books have color images.

Start with Any Step of Books Based on your Reader’s Skills

If your child isn’t ready for Step 1 books, DOG ON A LOG Pup Books will help you teach them the essential Pre-Reading skills then the letters and how to sound-out words.

—Before the Squiggle Code (Pre-Reading Skills)

—The Squiggle Code (Learning Letters and Words)

—Kids’ Squiggles (First Stories)

Choose the Right Series for Your Reader. The purple “Let’s GO!” books can prepare your reader for the longer red chapter books.

Two Ways to get All the Books

The Collection Volumes area the most cost-effective way to get all the books in each Step.

Each DOG ON A LOG Book is part of a series. To find the books you are looking for, you can search out each series using Amazon’s search bar.

The DOG ON A LOG Books series are:

DOG ON A LOG Parent and Teacher Guides provide information on teaching reading and dyslexia.

DOG ON A LOG Pup Books provide a road map for teaching the essential foundational Pre-Reading skills. This is followed by teaching the letters and blending letters into words, sentences, and stories.

DOG ON A LOG Chapter Books Real chapter books help kids master the phonics skills they are learning.

DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections Each volume contains all the books from each Step of the Chapter Books series.

DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Books are the individual Let’s GO! books. With just a sentence or so on each page, they help build confidence in students that are intimidated by the longer chapter books.

DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Book Collections Each volume contains all five books from each Step of the Let’s GO! Books series.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ DOG ON A LOG Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 16, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1949471608
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1949471601
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.59 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 6 – 12 years
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.08 x 8 inches
Book 20 of 25 ‏ : ‎ DOG ON A LOG Let’s GO! Books
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