Phonics: Book 2This three book series helps students develop reading skills. Students review and practice phonemic awareness and alphabet recognition skills and work their way through more advanced phonics concepts including blends, digraphs, synonyms, and antonyms. Suitable for ELL and intervention programs.

Each of the 15 units includes: a 3-page reading passage addressing a different aspect of character development

short fiction

and crosscutting concepts (CCCs)

multiplication

pre-algebra

Students will form teams

but also to communicate ideas in any writing format

The practice tests may be used in a variety of ways to maximize learning and improve math fluency

each page includes extension activities designed to enable a child to make connections between the skill or concept being explored and his or her world

flash card sets include answers in small print on the reverse side of each card

and add and subtract numbers from 1–10

Activities for each section allow students to process portions of the novel through individual and collaborative exercises that encourage close reading