kozamom Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hello All:~) My 4 year-old ds & dd will be finishing 100EL in the coming days. I would love to follow-up with another structured reading program. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Kozamom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amber in AUS Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 You could move to OPGTR and just work out the right place to start. I have heard of people moving to Funnix 2 also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I switched to Explode the Code after 100 Easy Lessons, as well as reading "I can read" books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Hello All:~) My 4 year-old ds & dd will be finishing 100EL in the coming days. I would love to follow-up with another structured reading program. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! Kozamom I used the Scholastic Clifford phonics readers with two kids and Sonlight's I Can Read It books with the other. Both offered a controlled progression of stories to work through. We also read a lot of readers that I bought or found at the library. Each publisher has a little different idea of what is a level 1 or level 2. So you pretty much have to open up the book and look at text density and word choice to know if it will work or not. (I remember one Star Wars book that I ended up getting rid of. It was supposed to be level 1, but was filled with alien names that my kids didn't know because they hadn't seen the movie referenced.) Dr Seuss has some great titles in the expanded Beginner Books series. Look for titles by P. D. Eastman and Robert Lopshire. Skip over the books by Seuss himself that were written for better readers. A lot of these books are library standards. (Go Dog Go was a special favorite. So was Put Me in the Zoo.) Sometimes a series can be a lot of help. Some that we enjoyed included: Little Bear by Minarek Poppleton by Rylant Henry and Mudge by Rylant Frog and Toad by Lobel (followed by Uncle Elephant, Mouse Tales and The Grasshopper in the Road when we'd read all the Frog and Toad stories). Mr. Putter and Tabby by Rylant For a while my older kids read one chapter a day of a level 3 or level 4 DK reader. They were interesting, had lots of pictures and were a little less intimidating than a chapter book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I did Explode The Code for both girls and it was a nice transition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 with both my kids we moved through OPGTTR. We just started after the letter sounds and didn't use any of the extras(cards?). It was just perfect and challenged them enough to make better readers. We were already doing ETC and continued that as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Alphaphonics and/or Phonics Pathways. Both are classics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozamom Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Thanks a lot:~) All of the responses were extremely helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warriormom Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I am planning on using the Phonics Page movies with my son- http://www.thephonicspage.org/movies.html after we finish TYCR100EZ lessons. After that, I am considering starting All About Spelling. Be sure to let us know what you decide because I might be interested:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kozamom Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 I sure will:~) And I'll also take a look at what you're doing too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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