The Humbug Vet and Medic Shop Chapter Book

Finally, a delightful book series that helps kids learn phonics rules step by step. Fun books designed for anyone learning to read with phonics, especially learners with dyslexia. Start anywhere in the series, according to your child's reading level. All DOG ON A LOG Books follow a Structured Literacy/Orton-Gillingham based phonics sequence. Gameboards, flashcards, and other activities can be downloaded from dogonalogbooks.com.

"I must have help. My grub is ill. It is

so small. I think it must see Dr. Gamut as

quick as can be."

"A small grub? That could be bad.

You must bring it here fast. What kind of

grub? Did it just exit its egg? Did it have

lunch?" Abdel Pipkin the bug medic says.

Sight Words:

a, are, as, be, come, comes, could, do, does, Dr., for, from, full, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, hi, his, I, into, is, island, like, may, me, my, of, OK, or, our, out, people, please, put, puts, say, says, see, sees, she, should, so, some, talk, the, their, there, they, to, walk, walks, want, was, we, what, where, would, you, your

Approximately 2,150 words

This is a Step 8 Chapter book.

Decodable books let a learner who has been taught the phonics rules and sight words in that book sound them out and read them. These are systematic books because each Step of books build on the skills practiced in the prior Steps.

Most kids who read DOG ON A LOG Books are proud that they can finally read a book without so much frustration.

Cream colored paper, 20 point Verdana font (one of the most dyslexia-friendly fonts)

DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression

Step 1

• Consonants, primary sounds
• Short vowels
• Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck
• 2 and 3 sound words
• Possessive 's

Step 2

• Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)
• "all"
• -s suffix

Step 3

• ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk

Step 4

• Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words
• 3 and 4 sound words ending in -lk, -sk

Step 5

• Digraph blends -nch to make 3 and 4 sound words
• Silent e, including "-ke"

Step 6

• ild, old, olt, ind, ost

Step 7

• 5 sounds in a closed syllable word plus suffix -s (crunch, slumps)
• 3 letter blends and up to 6 sounds in a closed syllable word (script, spring)

Step 8

• Two-syllable words with 2 closed syllables, not blends (sunset, chicken, unlock)

Step 9

• Two-syllable words with all previously introduced sounds including blends, exception words, and silent "e" (blacksmith, kindness, inside)
• Vowel teams ai, ay, ea, ee, oa (rain, play, beach, tree, goat)

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