This Comprehensive Super-Bundle includes 944 Task Cards plus a FREE 15-PageTeacher Guide as a bonus download

Many secondary students cannot read at a sufficient level to do the work required of them. The Science of Reading principles can be adapted to fill in the gaps for older students lacking in certain literacy skills. With its focus on phonics, phonemic awareness, and especially decoding skills, as a foundation for success, then moving on to expanding vocabulary, text comprehension, and finally fluency, the Science of Reading has a proven track record. This Super-Bundle of digital books was created for students in grades 4 and up who have been introduced to all the basic reading skills but still need practice to attain mastery of some of these skills.

 Homework • Individualized Seatwork • Small Group Instruction

The Task Card format was chosen for its flexibility of use and the ability to target specific skills in short, doable activities. The cards can be used for skill reintroduction and review plus enhanced understanding through lots of practice that can lead to skill mastery. The format, presentation, photos, illustrations, and content are meant to appeal to and engage older students. 

The cards can also be used to help with skill-assessment. After assessing a students skills, you can mix and match the cards to create custom, individualized study units. As recommended by the Science of Reading, the content of these cards are rich with a variety of activity formats.

Science of Reading for Older Students Super-Bundle Includes:

PHONICS FOR OLDER STUDENTS

• 240 Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Task Cards

• Titles/Skills: Short & Long Vowels, Consonants, Syllables, Compound Words, Prefixes & Suffixes

Activity Formats Include:

• Fill in the Blanks

• Complete the Word

• Word Puzzles

• Word Jumbles

• Word Square Puzzles

• Solving Riddles and Word Codes

VOCABULARY FOR OLDER STUDENTS

• 240 Vocabulary Task Cards

• Titles/Skills: Synonyms, Antonyms, Clipped & Blended Words, Word Families, Homonyms, Homographs & Heteronyms, Contractions & Abbreviations

Activity Formats Includes:

• Fill in the Blanks, Using the Correct Word

• Writing Sentences using Specific Words

• Match Words to Definitions/Writing Definitions

• Word Puzzles

• Rhyming

• Solving Riddles

• Word Jumbles

• Solving Word Codes

• Word Web 

TEXT COMPREHENSION FOR OLDER STUDENTS

• 320 Text Comprehension Task Cards

• Titles/Skills: Finding the Main Idea, Making an Inference, Summarizing, Predicting, Context Clues – Plus Figurative Language practice with Similes & Metaphors, Idioms & Personification, Hyperbole & Allusion

Activity Formats Include:

• Multiple Choice

• Fill in the Blank

• Write the Answer

• Use Critical Thinking Skills

• Identifying Details

• Story Webs

• Story Frames

• Identify Context Clues

• Write the Definition

FLUENCY FOR OLDER STUDENTS

• 144 Fluency Task Cards

• To perfect their Fluency, students get lots of practice with automaticity and prosody. Each story has a word count and each book has Fluency Tracker charts for automaticity and prosody. 

• Read-aloud story topics include Social Studies, Science, General Non-Fiction,and a special book for read-aloud Dialogue