BOOKS IN SERIES: 9
BOOKS IN READING F REEDOM 2000 PROGRAM: 24
ISBN: 978174020 0622
AUTHOR: Hunter Calder
RRP: strong> $15.95
PAGES: 120 pp.
The Word Wo rkers Activity Books have been written specifically for students at the early to intermediate years of reading acquisition (suggested ages 7-11) . The series is structured to develop, in a sequential manner, basic rea ding skills. Word Workers takes students from the earliest skills of pho nemic awareness to the higher order skills of syllabification and struct ural analysis.
In Word Workers Book 4: Consonant digraphs, studen ts learn to read words containing digraphs, long vowels and words with t he soft 'c' and 'g'. The activity pages consolidate the acquisition of t hese skills. Blending techniques are used to apply to new skills as they are introduced. After completing this book, students will be able to re ad and spell words containing these sounds and phonic generalisations an d work with skill-appropriate comprehension activities.