Independent Reading that Supports Skill Practice
Readability Level: 1st Grade Readability
DRP Level:35-48
Lexile: Below 100
Guided Reading: E & F
Designed to follow a skill sequence that gives students multiple opportunities to practice specific phonics skills, your student will 'graduate' from set A-1 to set C-2 with the confidence that comes from a successful reading experience. If your student has a learning disability such as dyslexia, or is learning English as a second language, or is a struggling reader, these are the books you have been searching for.
• Readability levels fall well beneath the standard Grade 1 reading scale
• Recommended for ages 7 to 11, and up
• Each book is 5x7, 32 pages with 22-point type
• Books include site words from the Dolch 220 list
• Ideal for independent reading
• 100% decodable text
• 48 fiction titles (18 level A, 18 level B, 12 level C)
• 18 non-fiction titles (level C)
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Sets A-1, A-2, and A-2 each consist of six books, three of which focus on shor vowels and three that focus on long vowels. Students with minimal reading skills can read these books from cover-to-cover. They'll have a successful and enjoyable reading experience with lots of decoding practice.
Learn more about Sound Out A-1,
Sound Out A-2, and the new Sound Out A-3 (See Set A sample chapter)

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Sets B-1, B-2 and B-3 each include six books that give practice in all the decoding skills found in Set A plus two groups of new skills: three of the books focus on consonant blends and digraphs and three focus on diphthongs, controlled vowels, and silent letters. Like Set A, only single-syllable words are included.
Learn more about Sound Out B-1, Sound Out B-2 and the new
Sound Out B-3.(See Set sample chapters from set-B )

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Sets C-1 and C-2 each include six books that give practice in all of the skills found in Sets A and B and add new skills. Three books focus on spelling patterns, inflectional endings, and compound words and three focus on prefixes and suffixes and regularly spelled two-syllable words. Learn more about Sound Out C-1 compound, and
Sound Out C-2. (See Set C sample chapter)
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Workbooks: Optional comprehension workbook are available for all fiction sets (A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2). Workbooks contain story synopses and pre- and post-reading activities. Helps students build vocabularies, practice comprehension, recall and other basic reading competencies. Includes answer key. 81/2x11 softcover, 56 pp. (Information and sample workbook pages are available for Individual Set Product Pages)
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Non Fiction (Level C)
Three sets each include six books that give practice in all of the skills found in Sets A and B and add new skills. Three books focus on spelling patterns, inflectional endings, and compound words and three focus on prefixes and suffixes and regularly spelled two-syllable words. Learn more about X-Sports, City Secrets, U.S. Sports
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Sound Out Skills Chart:
You can select the right Sound Out Chapter Book for your student by consulting the chart below.

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