Five Chapter Books 6: Systematic Decodable Books for Phonics Readers and Folks with a Dyslexic Learning Style (DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Collections)

Finally, a delightful book series that helps kids learn phonics rules step by step. Fun books designed for anyone learning to read with phonics, especially learners with dyslexia. Start anywhere in the series, according to your child's reading level. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a Structured Literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. Gameboards, flashcards, and other activities can be downloaded from dogonalogbooks.com.

You can learn how to use this series in the kindle book HOW TO USE DECODABLE BOOKS TO TEACH READING.

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This collection is the five books in Step 6 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter Book Series. The books are:

--The Colt Chapter Book
--The Gold Bolt Chapter Book
--Hide In The Blinds Chapter Book
--The Stone Child Chapter Book
--Tolt The Kind Cat Chapter Book

Sight Words:
a, are, as, be, come, comes, could, do, does, for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, I, into, is, me, Ms., my, no, of, OK, onto, or, pull, pulls, push, put, puts, said, say, says, see, sees, she, should, so, some, talk, talks, the, their, there, they, to, walk, walks, want, wants, was, we, what, where, would, you

Each book has about 1,390 to 2,000 total words

These are Step 6 Chapter books.

Paperbacks have black and white images. The books are optimized for learners with dyslexia. They have cream colored paper and 20 point Verdana font. Research has shown Verdana is one of the most dyslexia-friendly fonts.


Decodable books let a learner who has been taught the phonics rules and sight words in that book sound them out and read them. These are systematic books because each Step of books build on the skills practiced in the prior Steps.

Most kids who read DOG ON A LOG Books are proud that they can finally read a book without so much frustration.

DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression

Step 1

• Consonants, primary sounds
• Short vowels
• Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck
• 2 and 3 sound words
• Possessive ‘s

Step 2

• Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)
• “all”
• –s suffix

Step 3

• ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk

Step 4

• Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words
• 3 and 4 sound words ending in –lk, -sk

Step 5

• Digraph blends –nch to make 3 and 4 sound words
• Silent e, including "-ke"

Step 6

• ild, old, olt, ind, ost

Step 7

• 5 sounds in a closed syllable word plus suffix -s (crunch, slumps)
• 3 letter blends and up to 6 sounds in a closed syllable word (script, spring)

Step 8

• Two syllable words with 2 closed syllables, not blends (sunset, chicken, unlock)

Step 9

• Two syllable words with all previously introduced sounds including blends, exception words, and silent "e" (blacksmith, kindness, inside)
• Vowel digraphs: ai, ay, ea, ee, ie, oa, oe (rain, play, beach, tree, pie, goat, toe)
  
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