Help students build a strong literacy foundation as they journey to become proficient readers. These collections are designed to focus on various aspects of literacy instruction including: -blending, segmenting, and phoneme manipulation.
14 Unique Titles Focusing on Early Sound Blends. Example: /b/, /i/n/d/g/, a/t/p/i
NLC1-EREDC23 | Red | $155.80
20 Unique Titles Focusing on Simple, Letter Sound Blends Example: /ch/sh/oo/ng
NLC1-EYELLOW23 | Yellow | $155.80
20 Unique Titles Focusing on Learning Consonant digraphs (sounds made up of two letters together such as ‘ch’ or ‘ll’) and long vowel sounds (such as ‘igh’ or ‘ai’).
*Note Collections can be customized to meet specific title and budget needs
Decodables Fiction/Nonfiction Paired Collections
NLC1-Turquoise23 | Turquoise | $107.86
14 unique titles focusing new graphemes and alternative pronunciations for known graphemes. For example: /u/ow/, /g/, /o/
NLC1-Purple23 | Purple | $155.80
20 unique titles focusing new graphemesa and alternative pronunciations for known graphemes. For example: /ou/, /y/, /ea/
NLC1-Gold23 | Gold | $159.80
In Level 9, children will have learned most of the common letter-sound combinations and can read familiar words automatically. 16 unique titles
NLC1-White23 | White | $121.86
In Level 10, children will have learned most of the common letter-sound combinations and can read familiar words automatically. 10 unique titles
NLC1-Lime23 | Lime | $131.86
In Level 11, children will have learned most of the common letter-sound combinations and can read familiar words automatically. 10 unique titles
Supersonic Phonics Color Band Levels
Supersonic Phonics is organized by level and color bands, providing a consistent and structured approach that helps guide and support reading instruction. As the reader moves through the color band levels, the page numbers, level of repetition, and sentence structure complexity all advance at a rate which encourages development and reading confidence.
GRADES: PRE-K GRADES: PRE-K
PICTURE BOOKS: WORDLESS
LEXILE: 40L - 220L
GRL: C
GRADES: K-1
LEXILE: 130L - 250L
GRL: D
GRADES: K-1
LEXILE: 220L - 350L
GRL: D-F
GRADE: 1
LEXILE: 350L - 530L
GRL: G-I
GRADES: 1-2
LEXILE: 350L - 600L
GRL: G-I
For Students Pre-K through Kindergarten
Nurture early phonic skills using a highly structured phonic scope & sequence, each book introduces only a few letters/sounds at a time, allowing independent reading from the outset. Activity books available for each stage’s set.
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Launchers Stages 1-7 | $45
14 Unique titles Sam, Tam, Tim (Alphabet Code).
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Launchers Stages 8-15 | $52
16 Unique titles Words with Four Sounds CVCC.
Launchers Stage 16-20
The Itch | $40
10 Books in pack
Two Syllable Suffixes -ed and -ing and Spelling.
Ideal resources for Kindergarten through Second Grade
More books for emergent readers, introducing vowel teams
Three skills levels to introduce vowel spellings in a gradual way
*All readers have accompanying workbooks. Ask your sales representative for more information
Easily incorporate our decodable readers into any phonics program using our scope & sequence chart, which illustrates the cumulative progression of our books.
Series Teaching Focus
Dandelion Launchers Stages 1-7
Dandelion Launchers Stages 8-15
Gradual introduction of the sounds/letters of the alphabet. Reading CVC words within decodable stories.
• Stage 1: s, a, t, mi,
• Stage 2: n, o,p
• Stage 3: b, c, g,h
• Stage 4: d, e, f, v
• Stage 5: k, l, r, u
• Stage 6: j, w,a
• Stage 7: x, y, ff, ss, zz
Reading words with adjacent consonants (consonant blends –CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC) and with consonant digraphs (consonant teams).
• Stage 11: ch
• Stage 12: sh
• Stage 13: th
• Stage 14: ck, wh
• Stage 15: ng, qu
Dandelion Launchers Stages 16-20
Dandelion Readers
Vowel Spellings Series
Dandelion Readers
Vowel Spellings, Level 1
Dandelion Readers
Vowel Spellings, Level 2
Dandelion Readers
Vowel Spellings, Level 3
Dragon Egg Series
Designed to help children make the transition from the simple phonic code to vowel teams in the complex phonic code.
• Stage 16: Spellings ‘ve’ and ‘tch’
• Stage 17: Simple two syllable words
• Stage 18: Two syllable words and the suffix ‘-ed’
• Stage 19: Two syllable words and the suffix ‘-ing’
• Stage 20: Two syllable words and the spelling ‘le’
Younger beginner readers
Ages 3-6
Younger beginner readers
Ages 3-6
Younger beginner readers
Ages 4-7
Reading words with vowel spellings: a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, and u- e Y oung beginner readers
Ages 5- 8
Introduction of one vowel team for 12 different vowel sounds: ai, ee, oa, ur, ea, ow, b‘oo’t, igh, l‘oo’k, aw, oi, ar
Young beginner reader s Ages 5- 8
Introduction of two to three vowel teams for 12 different vowel sounds: /ae/, /ee/, /oe/, /er/, /ow/ & /oi/, /oo/, /igh/, /aw/, /air/, and /ar /
Young beginner reader s Ages 5- 8
Introduction of four to five vowel teams for 12 different vowel sounds: /ae/, /ee/, /oe/, /er/, /ow/ & /oi/, /oo/, /igh/, /aw/, /air/, and /ar /
Young beginner reader s Ages 5- 8
Consolidation of six to seven alternative vowel teams for 11 different vowel sounds: /ae/, /ee/, /oe/, /er/, /ow/, /oi/, /oo/, /igh/, /aw/, /air/, and /ar /
Young emergent readers Ages 8-12
Example instructional sequence using Dandelion Launchers and activity books
Phonic Books Dandelion Decodable Books
Scope and Sequence
Dandelion Stages 1 - 7
Dandelion Stage 16 - 20
Dandelion Sets 1-3
Dandelion Readers Levels 1-4
Dandelion Library Bindups
The Dandelion Library Bindups provide decodable books for beginner readers in an optimal format for libraries, with each multi-book reader set bound into one edition for easy cataloging and circulation.
Dandelion 44 Sounds Cards
The 44 Sounds Cards are for use as a phonics classroom display or for phonics instruction.
The cards cover the 44 phonemes and provide a clear image for each sound to aid learning.
Phonics Instructional Manuals
The Phonics Instructional Manuals Kindergarten and Grade 1 are essential resources for using Dandelion Launchers and Readers in a lower elementary setting.
The guides provide an overview of phonics, including explanations of key phonics concepts, terms, and methodologies, an overview of the Phonic Books program, assessment, and guidance for pronunciation and teaching of high-frequency words. There are also structured lesson plans for varying amounts of time. These plans are full of engaging and effective activities that are easy to implement.
Phonics coverage:
Dandelion Launchers
Stages 1-7: Sounds of the alphabet; Stages 8-15: Consonant blends and digraphs Dandelion Readers VCe Spellings
Stages 1-7: Sounds of the alphabet; Stages 8-15: Consonant blends and digraphs; Stages 16-20: Simple two-syllable words and suffixes
Dandelion Readers Level 1: One spelling for each vowel sound
Dandelion Readers VCe Spellings
Dandelion Classroom Kit
Make sure young learners are getting the help they need to build their confidence with phonics and reading fluency.
Dandelion Classroom Kit
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The Dandelion Classroom Kit includes a variety of resources to support phonics learning, ideal for use in classrooms and phonics intervention groups. This classroom kit includes:
• Instruction booklet
• Reproducible handwriting practice book
• Reproducible four-in-a-row games book
• 80 cardboard counters
• Writing the alphabet poster
• Sounds frieze
• Vowel valley poster
• Consonant sound chart poster
• 25 phonics skills mats
• 48 mouth pronunciation cards
• 30 high-frequency word cards
• 48 grapheme cards
• Five matching words and pictures card games
• Rex the dinosaur mailbox
• 15 wipe-clean magnetic phoneme frames
• 180 magnetic letters
• Five wipe-clean magnetic whiteboards
• Five pens with erasers
• Alf the rabbit puppet
Structured
phonics books for beginner readers aligned to the UFLI Foundations program
Each book in these nonfiction sets offers extra practice of a specific phonics skill and spelling pattern—perfect for educators who need to provide their students with additional practice of the sounds just taught.
Scope and sequence
Catch-up readers
Engaging fantasy and adventure stories, as well as nonfiction offerings,perfect for Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions in grades 3 and above
The activity books:
• Offer comprehension, blending, writing, and spelling activities based on the stories in the reader sets
• Include some activities that precede reading the books
• Help students to develop the skills necessary to become proficient readers, including blending, segmenting, and phoneme manipulation
• Provide a simple and effective way for students to develop their reading and spelling
Moon Dogs
Follow the adventures of the Moon Dog band! The series includes four sets of decodable books designed for older children at the very early stages of reading. It features engaging illustrations and exciting storylines based on the adventures of a group of teenage friends in a band.
The Phonics Instructional Manual is an essential resource for using the Phonic Books catch-up range with older readers.
Phonics coverage:
• Moon Dogs Set 1: Sounds of the alphabet
• Moon Dogs VCe Spellings
• Moon Dogs Vowel Spellings
• That Dog!: Consonant blends and digraphs, suffixes -ed and -ing
• Island Adventure: Alternative vowel spellings
Catch-up Classroom Kit
Make sure young learners are getting the help they need to build their confidence with phonics and reading fluency.
The Catch-up Classroom Kit includes a variety of resources to support phonics learning, ideal for use in classrooms and phonics intervention groups. This classroom kit includes:
•Instruction booklet
• Reproducible handwriting practice book
• Reproducible four-in-a-row games book
• 80 cardboard counters
• 15 curriculum words posters
• 30 phonics skills mats
• 6 sets of word cards
• 30 high-frequency word cards
• 5 matching words and pictures card games
• 15 wipe-clean magnetic phoneme frames
• 180 magnetic letters
• 5 wipe-clean magnetic whiteboards
• 5 pens with erasers
Catch-up Classroom Kit 9780593967331
Phonic Books
Truly decodable Spanish nonfiction readers for children to build reading confidence while learning more about the world around them
Aimed at children at the very early stages of reading, each book introduces a few sounds at a time, allowing independent reading from the outset.
Each level practices new letters/sounds while supporting previously taught letters/sounds and high-frequency, or sight words. A nonfiction knowledge builder section features in each book, perfect for children and adults to read together. This is a fun way to enhance vocabulary and deepen comprehension of the book's content.
Dandelion Mundo
Accompanying reproducible activities for word building, blending, spelling and comprehension can be found in the Activities books.
Phonic Books Dandelion Mundo
Phonics Readers Boxed Sets
Grades K-2
Grab these best-selling boxed sets for your shelves before they’re gone!
Features:
Five boxed sets feature well-written and visually engaging nonfiction and fiction readers. These readers provide meaningful practice informed by the Science of Reading and span Grades K-2 phonics skills.
- Decodable readers develop phonics and content knowledge with high-quality photos and illustrations.
- Embedded support in each book introduces high-frequency words and offers a post-reading prompt.
- Activity Guides help parents and teachers read with children and promote phonics skills.
- Audio for every title provides opportunities for multi modal learning.
Each boxed set includes: Varied number of books (19-24) dependent on skill covered in the box and 1 Activity Guide all packaged in a reusable box | $24.99 to $27.99
NEW Lecturas Decodificables
for Grades K - 1
Features:
60 Titles (30 unique titles per grade) address appropriate mathodology specific to Spanish literacy.
- Offer authentic phonics with engaging story lines and characters. - Empower children to experience the joy of reading independently. Each book is 8 pages Aligned to scope & sequence
Available to complete collections or by individual title. $5.25 per title *Minimum order quantity for individual titles is 20.
