lacell Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thank you so much to all who recommended these. They are working like a charm for my son who can sound out a word many, many times and not gain recognition of the word. Because he thinks they are so funny, he can tolerate the repetition needed to gain fluency. Here's a link if anyone else wants to try it. There are also higher level books that were written later, but they aren't free: http://www.marriottmd.com/sam/ 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abba12 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Yup! Mine had some points where she stalled out in reading but outright refused to repeat anything, ever. We ended up using 100EZ, ETC and the I See Sam readers in combination to give her enough practice without repetition. The I See Sam readers were definitely a huge help, and funny little stories while offering slow steady practice and progression 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abba12 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 The full 8 sets are now available as an app by the way, they still need to be bought but they're a lot more affordable than the hard copy books, something like $80 for the lot maybe? Can't remember offhand 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 We've love them here as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I learned to read with these way back in the 1970s. Great books. I remember that there was a site where you could print them for free. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingmom Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I learned to read with these way back in the 1970s. Great books. I remember that there was a site where you could print them for free. The link is in the OP Sent from my SM-T530NU using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) I learned to read with these way back in the 1970s. Great books. I remember that there was a site where you could print them for free. Me too, then we had Dick and Jane in First Grade, luckily I had enough phonics by then to read well, although I was a poor speller until I started teaching phonics and finally learning the spelling rules. I got 100% on spelling tests all the way through grade school without ever learning to spell well or learning a single rule, we had random lists of spelling words. Edited January 10, 2016 by ElizabethB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacell Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 I only use them for fluency We do plenty of real phonics work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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