by Bailey Carroll A decodable book is a book that is written using learned. The phonics focus of each book can be Reading With Your Child Here are some ways you and your child may enjo Before your child reads 5/5/23 12:13 PM Dear Family, Congratulations! Your child has received a brand literacy experts at Scholastic. This exciting take-h skills and supports his or her classroom reading • books that target the phonics and word stu • access to engaging, information-packed vid him or her build background knowledge fo • Grab and Go Decodables activity sheets to What Is a Decodable Book?
What’s Inside a Book Pack? Scholastic Grab and Go Decodables build at-home libraries, extend decoding practice, and increase independent reading. Each take-home pack includes:
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Review Book 3: Consolidated Review of Text Sets 7–9
READ TO KNOW T E X T S E T S
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Content-Area Vocabulary: book, desert, dry
Phonics Focus and Other Targets
Review Skills
Phonic Elements
Word Type and/or Syllable Type
Long Vowels With Final e ( a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e )
Soft c and g
Final -e Syllables
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edge huge place
daytime reptile reptiles sunshine unlike
bike bites here hide hides huge
like makes pale place quite
ride safe shapes snake snakes
take these thrive wakes while
Two-Syllable Words With Closed Syllables (VC/CV)
Compound Words
TEXT SET 8
cactus insect rabbits
reptile reptiles unlike
daytime sunset sunshine
Take-Home Books 10 knowledge-building decodable texts to extend reading practice beyond the classroom. *
Long a ( ai, ay ); Long e ( ea, ee, ie ); Long i ( ie, igh ); Long o ( oa, ow ); Long u ( ew, ue )
Vowel Team Syllables
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bright coat day daytime due ears
eat eats feeds feet fellow few
flight gray grow heat high
keeps low may might need
night see seeds shields shown
sleep sleeps stay tail
daytime fellow
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ears fur
store water
SHORT READS DECODABLES
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READ TO KNOW T E X T S E T S
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Bones! Bones! Bones! Informational: Retelling Bones? No Bones? Informational: Expand Knowledge >> Yikes! Realistic Fiction
Shared Content-Area Vocabulary bones skeleton spine Shared High-Frequency Words down have now of what
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* PreK pack includes 10 pre-decodable texts.
Phonics Focus and Other Targets
Challenge Words
faces Gem huge place race Ridge Soft c and g
Long Vowels: Final- e (a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e)
break keep or their
cute faces home huge made names
place race ride rode safe smile
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GRAB AND GO DECODABLES ACTIVITY Name:
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Pet Rabbits
Draw a picture that shows a good home for a pet rabbit. Write about how a rabbit home can be set up.
Reader Activities Printed student activity sheets reinforce learning and encourage readers to practice new concepts and skills.
Pick the best word to complete each sentence. Then read each sentence.
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GRAB AND GO DECODABLES • Talk about the book together. This deepens the book—and it’s a great way to extend you learned, what was most interesting, and wha • Direct your child to complete the Grab and G directions and provide additional support as • Store these new books in an easy-to-access Most importantly, enjoy yourself as you help your Best wishes and happy readin Dear Family, Congratulations! Your child has received a brand-new collection of books, selected by the literacy experts at Scholastic. This exciting take-home resource helps your child build literacy skills and supports his or her classroom reading and learning. This book pack contains: • books that target the phonics and word study skills your child is learning at school. • access to engaging, information-packed videos to pique your child’s interest and help him or her build background knowledge for reading. • Grab and Go Decodables activity sheets to reinforce learning and celebrate reading. What Is a Decodable Book? A decodable book is a book that is written using the words and letter sounds children have learned. The phonics focus of each book can be located on the back cover of each book: Reading With Your Child Here are some ways you and your child may enjoy sharing these books together: Before your child reads 2/5/25 12:51 PM Use with Text Set 8. 5. + = GG25_WS_G2_W09_CompoundWords.indd 1 2/5/25 1:16 PM
1. Pet rabbits must have a safe place __________________ your home.
2. Put a __________________ pan in the rabbit’s home to keep it clean.
3. Ask for help if you have a __________________.
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GRAB AND GO DECODABLES
Estimada familia: ¡Felicidades! Su niño o niña recibió una colección nueva de libros seleccionados por los expertos en lectoescritura de Scholastic. Este recurso ayudará a desarrollar sus destrezas de lectura y a reforzar lo que está aprendiendo en la escuela. El paquete incluye: • libros que refuerzan la fonética y las palabras en inglés que su niño o niña aprende en la escuela. • videos interactivos e informativos que despertarán el interés de su niño o niña y le ayudarán a prepararse mejor para la lectura. • actividades de Grab and Go Decodables para reforzar el aprendizaje y celebrar la lectura. ¿Qué es un libro decodif cable? En este programa, un libro decodif cable es un texto en inglés que usa palabras y sonidos que su niño o niña ya conoce. El enfoque fonético de cada libro aparece en la contracubierta.
Family Letter English and Spanish letters outline the ways for families to read these books and learn together. A QR code links to engaging knowledge-building videos for families to watch together.
Ideas para disfrutar los libros juntos: Antes de leer
• Guide your child to read the Text Sets in number order. See the back covers for Text Set numbers. Books within the same text may be read in the order your child chooses. We recommend saving the Review Books for last, to reinforce learning. • Scan the QR code below to watch the video that corresponds with the Text Set of your child’s current book. You’ll find one video for each Text Set. • Preview the back cover with your child and review the Content-Area Words, High-Frequency Words, and Challenge Words. During reading • If your child struggles with a word, guide him or her to try sounding it out sound by sound and then blend the sounds together. • Help your child as needed, but resist the urge to read words for your child—the goal is to get your child into the practice of sounding out (decoding) words independently. After reading • Talk about the book together. This deepens your child’s learning and understanding of the book—and it’s a great way to extend your time together! You might ask what your child learned, what was most interesting, and what he or she would like to learn more about. • Direct your child to complete the Grab and Go Decodables activity sheets. Read directions and provide additional support as needed. VIDEOS WATCH & LEARN Scan to view • Store these new books in an easy-to-access place, so your child can reread them anytime! Most importantly, enjoy yourself as you help your child further down the road to reading success! Best wishes and happy reading!
• Ayude a su niño o niña a leer los Paquetes de libros (Text Sets) en el orden numérico de la contracubierta. Los libros del mismo paquete pueden leerse en cualquier orden. Para reforzar lo aprendido, recomendamos dejar los libros de repaso (Review Books) para el f nal. • Escanee el código QR para ver el video de cada libro que su niño o niña está leyendo. • Revisen la contracubierta, las palabras de contenido (Content-Area Words), las palabras de uso frecuente (High-Frequency Words) y las palabras desaf antes (Challenge Words). Durante la lectura • Si su niño o niña tiene dif cultad con una palabra, anímelo a dividirla en sonidos individuales y luego a unirlos. su cuenta primero. La idea es que practique decodif car las palabras independientemente. Después de leer • Conversen sobre el libro para reforzar la comprensión y convertir la lectura en un momento especial. Puede preguntar qué le gustó, qué aprendió o qué más le gustaría descubrir. • Ayude a su niño o niña a completar las actividades de Grab and Go Decodables. Lea las instrucciones y brinde apoyo según sea necesario. • Guarde los libros en un lugar accesible para que su niño o niña pueda volver a leerlos cuando quiera. Y recuerde, disfrute cada momento mientras acompaña a su niño o niña hacia el éxito en la lectura. Les deseamos lo mejor ¡y que disfruten la lectura !
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Knowledge-Building Videos Watch & Learn informational videos build knowledge and excitement about the topics explored in each book.
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