Pat and his pals return in the fifth installment of the Pat & Pals series! This time, they bring you a hilarious chapter book in a vibrant graphic novel style titled, Jill & Pat’s Egg Shack: A Decodable Chapter Book for Graphic Novel Fans!
Perfect for beginning and struggling readers, such as those with dyslexia, this story features decodable text based on a limited number of previously learned phonics rules. With single and multisyllabic short vowel words and comic illustrations, readers of all ages will enjoy making progress without feeling overwhelmed.
Alongside this engaging decodable story, the book includes sections designed to assist educators and parents. These sections feature vocabulary words, discussion ideas to enhance reading comprehension, and suggestions for connecting reading and writing.
Scope and Sequence for Jill & Pat's Egg Shack: A Decodable Chapter Book For Graphic Novel Fans
Readers who have learned how to sound out single and multisyllabic closed syllable words will be able to read most of this graphic novel independently. A single closed syllable has a short vowel sound and ends with a consonant. Examples: CVC (consonant-short vowel-consonant words: sad, hop and rush) and VC (short vowel-consonant words: on, it, and up). Multisyllabic closed syllable words consist of two closed syllables that form one word. Examples: basket, picnic, bottom, and cabin).
Included are single and multisyllabic closed syllable words with these concepts:
♥︎ digraphs: ch, ck, sh, th, wh (examples: path, back, this, then, kick)
♥︎ double consonants: l, f, s, all (examples: will, whiff, kiss, ball)
♥︎ suffix -s (examples: bugs, fits, chips)
♥︎ ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk (examples: thank, think, sink, stink)
♥︎ consonant blends CCVC, CVCC (examples: melt, snug, drag, jump, flick, pond)
♥︎ 5 sounds CCVCC (examples: slept, swept)
♥︎ possessives and contractions (examples: crab’s, frog’s, let’s, that’s)
♥︎ 2 closed syllables forming a single word (e.g. chicken, finish, picnic)
This graphic novel also has “sticky words” or words that have irregular spellings or phonics spellings that have not been learned yet. A list of sticky words precedes each story.
