Stepping Up in Reading: 3

Stepping Up in Reading 3 contains word, phrase, and sentence lists that provide practice in decoding, word recognition, and expressive reading. Students can achieve automaticity by focusing on sound/symbol associations, blending, proper pronunciation, phrasing, and intonation. Activities provide more practice and help develop reading comprehension. The phonetically controlled lists follow the sequence in the PAF program. *Additional vowel combinations (choice, fault, piece) *Soft c and g, silent letters (center, gentle, known) *Multisyllable root words (adjective, introduce, allowance) *25 sight words *Sentences that focus on content-based vocabulary