Check out the programs below to discover which part of the Pine Hollow Adventure fits your student!
A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM
Letters to Little Words is for students who show readiness to learn the sounds of the alphabet and other phonograms, or for students who have begun to learn, but not mastered, most of the phonetic sounds of the alphabet. This program includes fun resources for mastering basic phonics, sound recognition, and letter formation. The easygoing format makes it perfect for students new to structured learning.
A HALF- or FULL-YEAR PROGRAM
Syllables to Sentences is for students who are beginning to read three-letter words, such as bat, win, and pot. This program includes fun, easy readers with short stories designed to teach advanced phonics and word families for increased reading recognition and decoding skills. Two included schedules allow customized instruction whether student needs time to absorb the new material, or is ready to rapidly accelerate their reading.
A HALF- or FULL-YEAR PROGRAM
Paragraphs to Pages begins where the instruction in Syllables to Sentences ends. Flexible scheduling allows parents to slow down or speed up to meet student needs. Students will master new phonograms such as -dge, ee, igh, ou, enjoying adventures in their first write-in reader. By the end of the program, students should be able to fluently decode longer passages.
A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM
Stories to Short Chapters focuses on reading comprehension and adding higher-level phonograms. Each day, students read a Pine Hollow adventure passage that presents them with longer words and more reading than they encountered in Paragraphs to Pages. As they increase their reading speed and comprehension, students will also practice handwriting, spelling, vocabulary, and phonics fluency. They will also be slowly introduced to basic grammar concepts such as capitalization and punctuation. Students will complete their assignments and reading in our wonderful write-in readers, and reinforce what they learn with Acorn’s Game Set and the Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game!
A YEAR-LONG PROGRAM
Readers to Real Books is the final step in reading fluency. Students increase their reading speed and comprehension as they encounter fun Pine Hollow adventures in their write-in readers. Students are asked to consider their stories, and tell back what happened first or next, predict what took place just before or after the story, or share about the critter characters in the story. Students are introduced to concepts such as dividing words into syllables or what a noun is as they work through pages on phonics, comprehension, handwriting, spelling, vocabulary, and more. Students will love how they learn new concepts with hands-on activities and the included game sets from Stories to Short Chapters.
