Chalk Pictures: Level 2: Book 7

Make learning to read engaging for children with this decodable fiction book about Kent and Phil exploring the beauty of chalk art! This book offers a built-in phonics review for young readers. Today, students need help with phonics concepts more than ever before. This illustrated book will engage and excite young readers while they gain practice with several high-frequency words: best, goes, last, left, live. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 7 covers final consonant blends such as –mp, –nd, and –st. Build key reading skills and reading comprehension with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book! | Follow along as Kent and Phil explore the beauty of chalk art! This decodable book covers phonics and phonemic awareness concepts for young readers. Students practice with high-frequency words and build reading comprehension with this fiction book. |

Jody Smith, M.A., has worked for over 30 years in education, as both as classroom teacher and more recently as an instructional coach for kindergarten through second grade teachers. She supports teachers in understanding why and how to implement the science of reading in their literacy instruction. In addition, Jody develops curriculum and has authored a wide range of resources that translate educational research into practical classroom strategies, including What the Science of Reading Says: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood.