read to How Adult or buddy reader's text the stories in book this Chapter 1 Stardust Market Meg stood at the railing of the ferryboat as it approached Stardust Island We're almost there Greg Greg didn't look up Let me finish this chapter Detective Smart is solving the casel Meg grinned Did your cousin Martha get a dog Greg looked up What Oh yes a new puppy named Scarlet I see them But not your aunt Carmen Meg said Kid's text On the dock Martha gave Greg a big hug PAR Hi Meg This is Scarlet Hi Martha I am so glad you came with Greg to visit us My aunt is probably at the farmers market She has a jewelry stall Greg said Meg smiled I love farmers markets Greg rubbed his tummy Me tool I love all the yummy treats for sale Stardust Let's go to the market and get lunch Meg and Greg is a series of decodable phonics storybooks for children ages 6 to 9 who are struggling to learn how to read because of dyslexia or another language-based learning difficulty The stories are designed for a child and an experienced reader to share the reading as shown in the diagram above A child feeling overwhelmed at reading sentences could start by reading only the illustration labels More about this approach is on page 152 8
149 What is included in these stories The stories in this book are for a child who is familiar with all the basic consonant sounds including consonant blends short vowel sounds and the thirteen phonograms and spellings introduced in Meg and Greg Book 1 ck sh ch th Book 2 nk ng tch dge and Book 3 a e e e i e o e u e The stories in this book focus on words pronounced with vowel sounds controlled by the letter r They are known as r-controlled or bossy r words We introduce the sounds shown inside slashes in this order ar star or north door more er her bird turn and air fair bear parent carrot heron errand Some of these spellings are pronounced differently in some accents The stories also use a few common words that can be tricky to sound out listed to the right Find out more on pages 148 A note about or er and air For the first time we have written stories that introduce multiple spellings for a single sound More on page 150 Suffixes Also look out for a few suffixes ing and er in some of these stories More on page 151 Warning These words look little but they can be tricky to read a as has is his of the do to I be he me she we OK have give you all family ball small etc what when where which why New for this book was go no so 9
All the stories in this book introduce words that contain an r-controlled vowel When the letter r appears with a vowel the pronunciation of the vowel is very different from its short or long sound Consider the difference between the pronunciation of the vowel in băn short vowel and barn r-controlled vowel This story focuses on words containing the sound ar as in sharp and star This sound is only spelled with the ar phonogram which can appear anywhere in a syllable at the beginning as in art in the middle as in farm or at the end as in market We do not include the suffix ar as in lunar which is pronounced differently The story also includes the thirteen phonograms and spellings introduced in Meg and Greg Book 1 ck sh ch th Book 2 nk ng tch dge and Book 3 a e e e i e o e u e For a list of words with the sound ar including all the ones used in this story go to orcatworead.com 10
the and Scarlet Ring A story featuring the sound market ar Carmen Fresh Plum Tarts Scarlet 11 ar Martha Chard
