Reading and Writing Activities
This 251 page, photocopiable activity workbook has activities related to each of the stories in the Dandelion Readers, Level 3, Vowel Spellings set of books. Each chapter presents four to five alternative spellings (vowel teams) for a vowel sound. Workbook activities cover the five elements of reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Skills Taught
- Book 1: /ae/: ‘ai’, ‘ay’, ‘a’, ‘a-e’, ‘ea’
- Book 2: /ee/: ‘ee’, ‘e’, ‘ea’, ‘y’
- Book 3: /oa/: ‘oa’, ‘o’, ‘ow’, ‘oe’, ‘o-e’
- Book 4: /er/: ‘ur’, ‘er’, ‘ir’, ‘or’, ‘ear’
- Book 5: /e/: ‘ea’ as /ee/, /ae/ and /e/
- Book 6: /ow/: ‘ow’, as /ow/ or /oe/
- Book 7: b/oo/t: ‘oo’, ‘ew’, ‘ue’, ‘u-e’
- Book 8: /ie/: ‘igh’, ‘i’, ‘y’, ‘ie’, ‘i-e’
- Book 9: /oo/: as in b’oo’t or l’oo’k
- Book 10: /aw/: ‘aw’, ‘a’, ‘al’, ‘au’
- Book 11: /oi/: ‘oi’, ‘oy’, ‘uoy’
- Book 12: /ar/: ‘ar’, ‘or’, and ‘air’
