Student Readers use a distinctive print font that is easy on the eyes and utilizes the forms of letters being taught (i.e. a manuscript "g rather than the more typical printed "g). Stories have noticeable moral content.
Discover the excitement of having your child read to you! With the Horizons 2nd Grade Phonics & Reading Student Reader 2—A Little Princess & Other Classic Stories from Alpha Omega Publications, your child will improve his reading skills using 80 phonics-based poems and short stories. Emphasizing godly character qualities and strong moral values, each entertaining story in this fun-filled reader uses one- and two-syllable words to reinforce and correlate with phonics rules taught in lessons 81-160 in the Horizons 2nd Grade Phonics & Reading Student Book 2. As a result, your child will be able to sound out new words, improve his reading fluency, and increase his reading comprehension. Eventually, he'll have so much fun reading each story, he'll want to reread them several times over!
But that's not all! Thought-provoking principles are also included at the beginning of many selections to help your child reflect on the character qualities highlighted in each story. And with comprehension and review questions also available in the accompanying teacher's guide, you're sure to make each story even more meaningful in your child's heart. So why are you waiting? Add a copy of the Horizons 2nd Grade Phonics & Reading Student Reader 2 to your homeschool shopping cart today and start your child on a lifelong reading adventure!
This creative and colorful course from Alpha Omega Publications is a complete phonetically-based word recognition and reading program. With all the elements one expects to find in an excellent, easy-to-use program, basic concepts are approached in several ways for emphasis. Concepts are presented one at a time while review of previous material helps student achieve mastery. Sounds, the basic building blocks of reading, are presented phonetically and are practiced in words, word lists, word families, and short sentences. There is also a strong emphasis on general language arts skills and comprehension. The Horizons courses are notable for their balance between teacher/student interaction and independent student work.
Covers schwa sounds, triple consonant blends, inflected endings, final adjacent clusters, silent letters, and long vowel digraphs.
The Complete Boxed Set for this grade level includes two student workbooks, two readers, and a teacher guide, but these are also available for separate purchase. Teacher guide and readers are non-consumable while workbooks are consumable.
This is an excellent, comprehensive phonics curriculum that my children love!