Phonics & Reading

These classics are sure to excite even the most reluctant reader!

This workbook contains 10 short, easy-to-read chapters and is followed by 100 specific comprehension questions and 60 vocabulary exercises. Skills focused on include: main idea, critical thinking, inference, recalling details, sequencing, and vocabulary in a modified cloze format. Key words are defined and used in context prior to each chapter to make reading easier and more pleasurable. Book is tested against the Fry Readability Graph and uses McGraw-Hill’s Core Vocabulary. Book contains 72 pages with exciting illustrations. The included audio CD features a word-for-word reading directly from the chapter pages of the workbook and exciting sound effects.

Grade Level: N/A

Interest Level: 4-12

Reading Level: 1

Strengthen your student's reading skills with dedicated phonics review and instruction.

The Phonics Workbook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt includes skill-specific pages that link phonics with spelling and reading. Two-page lessons include a "skills box" that explains the rules and cites examples, exercises that use both visual and auditory modes of learning, and a context activity. Reviews and assessments are also included throughout.

This grade 1 workbook covers consonants, and short and long vowels, and more.

124 classroom-reproducible perforated pages, softcover.

Line listed answer key included.

1st Grade.

Strengthen your student's reading skills with dedicated phonics review and instruction.

The Phonics Workbook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt includes skill-specific pages that link phonics with spelling and reading. Two-page lessons include a "skills box" that explains the rules and cites examples, exercises that use both visual and auditory modes of learning, and a context activity. Reviews and assessments are also included throughout.

This grade 2 workbook covers consonants, short and long vowels, controlled vowels, and more.

71 classroom-reproducible perforated pages, softcover.

Line listed answer key included.

2nd Grade.

Strengthen your students reading skills with dedicated phonics review and instruction.

The Phonics Workbook provides skill-specific pages that link phonics with spelling and reading. Two-page lessons include a skills box that explains the rules and cites examples, exercises that use both visual and auditory modes of learning, and a context activity. Reviews and assessments are also included throughout. This grade 3 workbook covers consonants, short and long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs, syllables, and silent consonants, r-controlled vowels, y as a vowel, and more.

124 classroom-reproducible perforated pages, softcover.

Line listed answer key included.

3rd Grade.

Strengthen your student's reading skills with dedicated phonics review and instruction.

The Phonics Workbook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt includes skill-specific pages that link phonics with spelling and reading. Two-page lessons include a "skills box" that explains the rules and cites examples, exercises that use both visual and auditory modes of learning, and a context activity. Reviews and assessments are also included throughout.

This grade 4 workbook covers short and long vowels, consonants, variant consonants, silent letters, digraphs, and more.

62 classroom -reproducible perforated pages, softcover.

Line listed answer key included.

4th Grade.

Strengthen your student's reading skills with dedicated phonics review and instruction.

The Phonics Workbook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt includes skill-specific pages that link phonics with spelling and reading. Two-page lessons include a "skills box" that explains the rules and cites examples, exercises that use both visual and auditory modes of learning, and a context activity. Reviews and assessments are also included throughout.

This grade K workbook covers readiness skills, consonants, short vowels, alphabetical order, and more.

121 classroom-reproducible perforated pages, softcover.

Line listed answer key included.

Grade K.

This grade 1 workbook covers a variety of skills, including facts & inferences, vocabulary, using context clues, classifying, drawing conclusions, and more. 26 stories with skills review.

147 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

>1st Grade.

Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success! Core Skills: Reading Comprehension workbooks engage and develop reading skills through high-interest selections featuring relatable scenarios.

Age-appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills.

This grade 2 workbook covers a variety of skills, including facts & inferences, vocabulary, using context clues, classifying, drawing conclusions, antonyms, and more. 26 stories with skills review.

147 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

2nd Grade.

Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success! Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Core Skills: Reading Comprehension workbooks engage and develop reading skills through high-interest selections featuring relatable scenarios.

Age-appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills.

This grade 3 workbook covers a variety of skills, including understanding conversation in plays, the reader's point of view, prefix un, reading fables, sequencing, facts & inferences, and more. 17 stories with skills review.

152 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

2nd Grade.

Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success! The Core Skills: Reading Comprehension workbooks from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will engage and develop your student's reading skills through high-interest selections that feature relatable scenarios. Age -appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills.

This grade 4 workbook covers a variety of skills, details & inferences, cause and effect, word meanings-using context clues, compare and contrast literary works, classifying, main and supporting ideas, and more.

116 classro om-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

4th Grade.

Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success!

The Core Skills: Reading Comprehension workbooks from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will engage and develop your student's reading skills through high-interest selections that feature relatable scenarios.

Age -appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills.

This grade 5 workbook covers a variety of skills, facts & inferences, cause and effect, vocabulary-word meanings, using context clues, synonyms, multiple meaning words, classifying, identifying main and supporting ideas, and more.

117 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

5th Grade.

Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success! The Core Skills: Reading Comprehension workbooks from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will engage and develop your student's reading skills through high-interest selections that feature relatable scenarios. Age -appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills. This grade 6 workbook covers a variety of skills, constructed response items, dialect, literary genres, vocabulary-idioms, hyperbole, study skills-using the encyclopedia, using an index, evaluating sources of information and more. 117 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover. Line-listed answer key included. 6th Grade.

Provide students with the reading comprehension practice opportunities they need to achieve reading success!

Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Reading Comprehension Workbooks engage and develop reading skills through high-interest selections.

Age-appropriate reading passages (fiction and non-fiction) are followed by a variety of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank exercises that cover vocabulary and different comprehension skills.

This grade 7 workbook covers a variety of skills, including the main idea, synonyms, fact and opinion, summarizing, characterization, using a circle graph, analogies, and more. Fourteen passages with skills review.

122 classroom-reproducible, perforated pages, softcover.

Line-listed answer key included.

7th Grade.

Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read Levels 5 & 6 Complete includes both 1st Grade levels (There are 8 levels in the  Learn to Read series)

Designed to help your child learn the building blocks of reading, Learn to Read Levels 5&6 Complete covers:

- Levels 3&4 Review

- Beginning Consonant Blends Like “ch-,” “sh-,” “th-,” and “qu-”

- Ending Consonant Blends Like “-ch,” “-th,” and “-es”

- Suffixes “-ing,” “-er,” “-ly,” and “-ed”

- Two-Syllable Words

- 36 New Sight Words

Designed in conjunction with leading educators, award-winning authors, teachers and parents, Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read uses a proven, simple, and fun method to give your child a strong foundation in phonics and reading skills.

- Learn: Your child learns to read new words by watching the videos and reading the workbook.

- Practice: Your child practices reading the new sound combinations and words in the workbook.

- Read: Your child puts it all together to read a great story.

- Celebrate: Celebrate success after each lesson and track your child’s progress!

Designed to give your child a strong foundation in phonemic awareness, a crucial pre-reading skill, Learn to Read Levels 1&2 Complete introduces these beginning concepts:

- The Alphabet

- Recognizing and Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters

- Tracing and Learning Letter Shapes

- Identifying Letter Sounds

- Rhyming Words and Beginning Sounds

Designed in conjunction with leading educators, award-winning authors, teachers and parents, Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read uses a proven, simple, and fun method to give your child a strong foundation in phonics and reading skills.

- Learn: Your child learns to read new words by watching the videos and reading the workbook.

- Practice: Your child practices reading the new sound combinations and words in the workbook.

- Read: Your child puts it all together to read a great story.

- Celebrate: Celebrate success after each lesson and track your child’s progress! Pre-K (Ages 3-4)

Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read Levels 3&4 Complete includes both Kindergarten levels of the complete 8-level Learn to Read series.

Level 3: Emergent Readers (Kindergarten)

- Level 4: Emergent Readers (Kindergarten)

Designed in conjunction with leading educators, award-winnin authors, teachers and parents, Hooked on Phonics® Learn to Read uses a proven, simple, and fun method to give your child a strong foundation in phonics and reading skills.

- Learn: Your child learns to read new words by watching the videos and reading the workbook.

- Practice: Your child practices reading the new sound combinations and words in the workbook.

- Read: Your child puts it all together to read a great story.

- Celebrate: Celebrate success after each lesson and track your child’s progress!

Horse Heroes By MARY POPE OSBORNE and NATALIE POPE BOYCE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA

Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #21: Stallion at Starlight, they had lots of questions. Why did people tame horses? What jobs do horses have today? Why was Alexander the Great’s horse so famous? What are some other famous horses in history? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.

Paperback | Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Mar 26, 2013 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years

This two-book set with included “Ace”—the Talking, Teaching Dog™ pen provides children with 100 lessons on a variety of beginning reading skills from letter recognition to reading readiness activities. Fifteen of the 100 lessons are challenge activities that prepare children for skills for pre-kindergarten.

Shh…They’re Learning!

•Playful, interactive learning
•Confidence-building feedback
•Provides ample practice time
•Encourages independent learning
Cut to the Chase •85 Pre-kindergarten-level lessons in these areas: Letter Recognition, Reading Readiness, Phonics, Sight Words, Punctuation & Grammar, PLUS 15 challenge reading lessons for advanced learners

The Big Idea Retellings of four favorite, ''must-know'' princess fairytales made interactive with the Magical Talking Wand(TM) pen. Classic princess stories include Rapunzel, The Princess and the Pea, The Frog Prince, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Psst...They're Learning!

• Playful, interactive learning
• Encourages parent-child interaction
• Develops early learning skills necessary for school success
• Offers confidence-building feedback

The Big Idea Learning gets more majestic with the Magical Talking Wand(TM). This splendid wand guides preschoolers and kindergartners through an interactive learning experience with enchanting speech and sound effects that are ''dazzling'' while encouraging independent, self-paced learning.

Psst...They're Learning!

• Playful, interactive learning
• Confidence-building feedback
• Develops early learning skills necessary for school success
• Provides ample practice time

Cut to the Chase:

The Magical Talking Wand(TM) is a 7'' tall pen made specifically for Hot Dots that guides young learners through Hot Dots Jr. cards and learning books

Crown lights up green for correct answers and red for incorrect answers

17 Speech and sound-effect responses

For use with Hot Dots Jr. card and book sets

Requires 2 AAA batteries (not included)

Ages 3-6 From Educational Insights

This two-book set with included Hot Dots® pen provides children with 100 lessons on a variety of reading and language arts skills, from reading comprehension and vocabulary to spelling and punctuation. Fifteen of the 100 lessons are challenge activities that prepare children for skills at the next grade level. Shh…They’re Learning! Playful, interactive learning Encourages parent-child interaction; Develops early reading skills necessary for school success; Offers confidence-building feedback; Provides ample practice time. 85 First-grade-level lessons in these areas: Phonics, Sight Words, Punctuation & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, PLUS 15 challenge reading lessons for advanced learners

The Big Idea

Build early literacy skills – and kid confidence! - with the Hot Dots Alphabet Set! Preschoolers practice letter recognition and formation all by themselves with 72 colorful letter lessons and an interactive Hot Dots Pen. Kids simply press the pen to any answer dot for an immediate audio (mutable) and visual response – green light and congratulatory sounds for correct responses, red light, and gentle redirection for incorrect answers. Hot Dots Pen requires 2 AAA batteries, not included.

Psst…They’re Learning!

• Playful, interactive learning
• Confidence-building feedback
• Provides ample practice time, and perfect tool for early reading skills
• Encourages independent learning

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; Illustrated edition (March 13, 2018)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages 

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years

Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3 Item 

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.1 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches

By Laura Driscoll, Illustrated by Catalina Echeverri

For the child who says, "I want to be a police officer when I grow up!" And for any child who wants a gentle behind-the-scenes look at being a police officer.

 Police officers help to keep people safe. Did you know that there are many different ways to be a police officer? Join Eva as she meets Officer Green and the other officers at Town Safety Day.

With this story blending narrative with nonfiction elements, readers meet police officers who protect people, investigate crimes, and even work with trained dogs.

I Want to Be a Police Officer is part of a new I Can Read series that introduces young readers to important community helpers. This Level One I Can Read is perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the short sentences, familiar words, and simple concepts of Level One books support success for children eager to start reading on their own.

For anyone looking for books about community helpers for kids, the I Can Read My Community books are a great choice. The books are bright and upbeat and feature characters who are diverse in terms of gender, race, age, and body type. Kids ages 3-6 will enjoy finding out more about the people who do so much to help all of our communities.