CompuRead Level 2 - Stories 1-10

Level 2-Story 2, The Big Surprise – Phonetic Elements: /th/ voiced.

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells about a young boy named Nick. Our story opens where Nick is ill at home. He was very sad that his friends will not come to see him when he was ill and thought his friends forgot about him and didn’t care about him.

Nick’s mother did her best to make him feel better. Then one day Nick was very surprised when his friends visited. They brought some very special presents and even mom had a wonderful present and a great surprise.

The story is written around the phonetic elements of the voiced /th/ sound and shows the reader how each letter is used in words. The audio narration provides further reading skills in insights to the listener by having the student listen to the words and sentences allowing the learner to not only see the words, but to hear them properly pronounced.

The MAIN IDEA, “I Will Be Especially Thoughtful Of The Ill” demonstrates to the reader how to be thoughtful of the ill and how to visit them when they are feeling ill.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT NARRATION allows the student to hear the words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others.

This section continues with more advanced activities for the voiced and unvoiced /th/ sound in:

• Advanced writing exercises

• Blends and Words to Sound, Read and Spell, and

• Sight Words

• Consonant Blends

• Categorizing

• Word Details

• Rhyming Sounds

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre, Animal Stories/Realistic Fiction, that this story was written under.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery. It introduces how a story could be changed by altering the way the story is worded. Activities included are several exercises and practice tests for multiple choice answers along with several advances phrases for vocabulary and comprehension.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about how to properly visit a friend who is ill and emphasizes courtesy when visiting the ill.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Level 2 stories and questions expand upon the understanding that the Level 1 lessons and concepts are well learned and the student is able to draw upon that knowledge.

If the student is unfamiliar with the Level 1 concepts, revisit Level 1 and relearn that skill. Level 2 concepts are built upon Level 1 mastery, and prepares for more advanced reading and writing skills in Level 3 and for more challenging stories and learning concepts further into the CompuRead series.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 3, Pretty Beth – Phonetic Elements: /th/ unvoiced

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells about when a young girl, Beth, and when she saw her mother with “mud” all over her face. In fact, this mud was a form of a facial. Beth’s mother needed to explain to her that this was a special type of mud and not the mud found in the back yard for making mud pies. But Beth wanted to be beautiful just like her mother. So, she and her brother, Thad, ran down the path and got mud all over themselves to make themselves pretty. She and her brother, Thad, had a wonderful time running and falling into the mud and getting to be pretty all over. Neither of them thought how foolish they were.

The story is written around the phonetic elements of the unvoiced /th/ sound and shows the reader how this letter blend is sounded and how it’s different from the voiced /th/. The narration provides further reading skills by listening to the words and sentences allowing the learner to not only see the word, but to hear it pronounced.

The MAIN IDEA, “I will think before I make a decision that could be foolish.” This Value Theme shows how foolish an outcome might be if one simply jumps into a decision without thinking about the follow-on consequences.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT NARRATION allows the student to hear the words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s being pronounced by others.

This section continues with activities for letters; /th/, ph and the letter f, showing to the learner the difference in pronunciation through the following activities:

Writing Directions

• Advanced Writing Concepts

• Word Meanings

• Words that Make Sense

• Blends and Words to Sound, Read and Spell, and

• Sight Words

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre, Realistic Fiction, that Pretty Beth was written under.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery. It includes opposite words and their meanings, asking and telling sentences and the difference between them. In addition this section has; rhyming, vocabulary test practice, several vocabulary words with the /thr/ sound and several phrases with their advanced vocabulary included.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about cosmetics that people apply to their skin to make them beautiful and how people around the world use other types of mud for cosmetic purposes.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process. This section emphasizes the very important activity of reading to your child.

The Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 4, What is a Singular and Plural – Letters th.

This story talks about singular and plural concepts and how important it is to be able to know the difference, especially for a young child. It emphasizes the th sound and shows how a singular child or student can become a part of a group and be a plural. It also shows how students can be friends with many other students and be included into a group.

The story is written around the phonetic elements of th and shows the reader how each letter is used in words. The narration provides further reading skills by listening to the words and sentences allowing the learner to not only see the word, but to hear it pronounced.

The MAIN IDEA, “Everyone needs one special friend” This Value Theme shows how children need and can be included into a group with their playmates.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with many creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others. This story has several activities included with it showing contractions, phonetically regular words, sight words, personal pronouns, spelling and punctuation, rhyming, and tests in the National Testing format.

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre; She/he is lonely as can be, could that good friend just be me, was written under. It also provides many examples of fiction writing to have the student just start their writing education.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery through high and lower vocabulary phrases.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about being and making friends, something every child needs to understand.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Level 2-Story 5, Biff and Chad – Letters ch.

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells about Biff and Chad, two young Eskimo brothers who go out into the wilderness with their parents and are taught how to build and igloo. After much cutting and fitting of the snow and ice blocks, their igloo falls in. This did not deter these two brothers and their parents came and helped them again to build another igloo.

The story is written around the phonetic elements of ch and shows the reader how each letter is used in words. The narration provides further reading skills by listening to the words and sentences allowing the learner to not only see the word, but to hear it pronounced.

The MAIN IDEA, “Sometimes plans don’t turn out as anticipated, but can be enjoyed anyway.” This Value Theme shows how we all can work together, but sometimes those plans just don’t work out and we all learn how not to do the task the next time.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT NARRATION allows the student to hear the words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds. As with all CompuRead stories, it includes relevant questions designed to help the student fully comprehend the story elements.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others. It emphasizes the beginning ch and ending ch sounds. This story explains the Consonant Ending Rule and shows with several examples what this means.

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the Character Rhyme was written under; Try many times till it comes our right; You might just have to put up a fight.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery and how words are alike and not alike. It also teaches the concept of cause and effect and features a vocabulary test practice with the answer format patterned after National Testing.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about and explores the Eskimo, their history and how they live and what the Eskimo’s life is today.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 6, Who Shot Shep?

The MAIN IDEA, “I will admit wrong doing. I will think before I act. I will be responsible for my actions.” This Value Theme shows how a child can become honest for their actions and stand up for what they do wrong, or right.

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells how Randall found a gun in his father’s gun cabinet and how he handled it without knowing how to handle guns. Randall takes the gun outside and fires it and accidentally hits this neighbors dog, Shep. Shep is hurt and is taken to the veterinarian. Randall is very sorry, Shep is OK, and both his friend Jim and Randall receive firearm training. Randall owns up to his mistake.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT NARRATION allows the student to hear the “sh” words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds. As with all stories, they are questions throughout the story that compels the reader to think through the story to master the comprehension and value message.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others.

This section continues with activities for who or what did the action along with Writing Directions

• Body Writing

• Sound Sentences

• Quickie Questions

• Blends and Words to Sound, Read and Spell,

• Poetry and

• Sight Words

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre that xx was written under.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING give the student the opportunity to deepen their writing skills by providing outstanding ways to express themselves with relevant writing activities. This also enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery.

This story introduces antecedents or the concept of Personal Pronouns and is explained in easy to understand terms and gives many examples how a personal pronoun is used in English. There are also activities to build proper word usage such as word opposites, singular and plural word use and audible word emphasis. Also the difference between multi syllable words and compound words are explained with several activities to ensure the student understands this concept.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about gun safety and how a young person can learn about guns and their safe handling and use. The National Rifle Association plays and extensive role in the safe handling and use of firearms.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Reading Skills Review and the Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 7, Cash in the Ash Can

Cash in the Ash Can is about two brothers, Calvin and Todd, who want to become police officers. They’ve grown up talking about how fun it would be to stand in the middle of cars and directly them to where to go. They saw themselves helping many people and performing their duties with red lights blazing to answer emergency calls.

They have an uncle, Burton Davidson, who is a police officer and stops by their home sometimes and he tells them lots of things about what a police officer does.

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells about how Todd and Calvin, when on an outing, they find a trash can full of ashes. This can has been stuffed with money and they are determined to find out why. The thief comes to get the can full of money and Todd and Calvin attempt to perform dangerous police work.

Real police officers are called in to apprehend the criminal and Todd and Calvin learn their lesson to allow the local policemen to perform actual police work.

The MAIN IDEA, “I will help policemen and know how to get help in emergencies.” This Value Theme shows respect for law enforcement and demonstrates our willingness to help others in an emergency.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT NARRATION allows the student to hear the words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others.

This section continues with activities for word meanings through...

• Writing Directions

• Body Writing

• Sound Sentences

• Quickie Questions

• Blends and Words to Sound, Read and Spell, and

• Sight Words

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre; Realistic Fiction, this story was written under and emphasizes the Character Rhyme; “I’ll be a hero some other time, Officers of the law should handle crime.”

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery. Also fun and engaging poetry captures the student’s imagination about rhymes and poems.

Several sight words, compound words and multiple syllable words are again introduced to further enhance the student’s word meaning and story comprehension.

Comprehension is again tested with the National Testing format to ensure student mastery.

Several low and high vocabulary phrases are introduced to further enhance the student word mastery.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND talks about police officers and how they assist in the public good and enforce the laws of the land.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Reading Skills Review and the Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 8, Polly Patches

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells about the story of Polly Patches and how a children can be a friend to others and find ways to help those less fortunate that themselves.

Polly lived over 150 years ago when people had few clothes, and Polly was one of them. She had only one dress, all patched up.

At first, Polly was very sad that she had only one good dress, all patched up and all the other girls made fun of her for her patched dress. But, after talking to her friends, Polly discovered that her patched dress was actually quite unique and all the other girls wanted patched dresses, just like Polly’s.

Polly makes friends with all the other girls and they have a great time sewing patches on their dresses.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT NARRATION allows the student to hear the words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others.

This section continues with activities with poetry and rhyming and continues with...

• Writing Directions

• Games

• Body Writing

• Sound Sentences and word endings

• Word tenses and forming plural words with s, ss, x, sh and ch word ending

• sentence sequences and word contractions

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre of Realistic Fiction was written under. The Character Rhyme is: I am lucky as I can be, to help kids with fewer thing than me.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases and rhyming that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about cloth and how it’s made.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Reading Skills Review and the Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 9, The Witch That Shivered

The PRESTORY BACKGROUND tells about a little sister that wanted to go out with her big brother, Mitch and his friends during Halloween night. Mitch was the greatest big brother anyone could have, but when he was finished help Sis with her preschool work, he wanted to go out with his friends and have Halloween fun.

One day, Mitch was helping Sis with her homework and the families black cat crawled onto Sis’s shoulders and sat there. Everyone had a great time with Sis and the black cat. Mitch even said that she must be a witch. Sis didn’t know what a witch was and a very interesting discussion of Halloween and it’s traditions was taught to the entire family.

The story is written around the phonetic elements of itch, atch and otch and shows the reader how each letter is used in words. The narration provides further reading skills by listening to the words and sentences allowing the learner to not only see the word, but to hear it pronounced.

The MAIN IDEA, “I know older family members have their own friends. I can’t always tag along.”

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION allows the student to hear the words pronounced along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds. Many questions are asked to ensure the student is following the story line and is comprehending the words and phrases.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others.

This section continues with activities in...

• dictated spelling and writing assessments

• short and long vowel spelling rules and activities to enforce this learning

• Listening

• quickie questions

• Blends and Words to Sound, Read and Spell, and

• Sight Words

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre of Realistic Fiction that this story was written under.

The Character Rhyme is: My brother/sister helps me with my studies, So they need time for friends and buddies.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery. This story also introduces the a.m and p.m and compares it to the time of year of the Halloween season. A very information discussion for a young child. Plus many more activities.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND talks about cats and many of the interesting facts about this favorite pet. It also includes learning about pumpkins and parties we have for celebrating the various times of the year.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.

Level 2-Story 10, Mr. King and His Gang

The MAIN IDEA, “I will appreciate the Adult and Senior Citizens that help me” demonstrates that older people, no matter when they live, can greatly contribute to the joy of living in this world.

Mr. King wanted to help younger boys and wanted to assist them in getting to know the outdoors. He, along with his wife, volunteered to be camp leaders to show how older adults and the younger generation can indeed learn from each other.

The story is written around the phonetic elements of; ing, ang, ong, ung, ink, ank, onk and unk and shows the reader how each letter blends are used in words. The narration provides further reading skills by listening to the words and sentences allowing the learner to not only see the word, but to hear it pronounced.

LISTENING TO THE STORY WITHOUT INTERRUPTION allows the student to hear the words articulated along with viewing the story on screen, demonstrating the relationship between letters, words and sounds.

PHONICS, WRITING AND SPELLING provides the student with creative ways to listen to their voice, and to recognize the sound that’s said by others.

This section continues with activities for the letter blends mentioned above and includes:

• adding ing to words and knowing the rules for their spelling

• Properly showing and spelling the possessive in words

• Listening and following directions

• using is and are and was and were

• digraphs

• Blends and Words to Sound, Read and Spell, and

• Sight Words

FICTION NONFICTION WRITING includes several genres that the CompuRead program stories are written around. It also emphasizes the story title, main idea and the specific genre of Realistic Fiction and how we all can learn with the Character Rhyme of: Volunteers help with education, We’ll give them our cooperation.

VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIVE SPEAKING includes relevant phrases that enhances the student’s vocabulary and sight word mastery.

SCIENCE BACKGROUND tells about about quick sand; what it is and how to overcome it. It also tells about the Bald Eagle, why it was chosen as the national symbol and many facts about this majestic bird.

Also, a concept that is difficult to understand is before and after. This concept is explained and activities are giving to help the child understand what before and after means in their life. Another concept is alike and dislike or thinking in a divergent way.

STORY MAPPING again reviews the story telling and writing process and shows the various aspects of writing and how a story is composed. This section, Step 6, contains many activities working with phonics, word endings, how words are alike and different, listening for unk, onk, ing, ung and ong along with several pages.

HOME FUN contains activities the student can be involved with at home to assist in his learning to read process.

The Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion provides a way for the student and teacher to review the concepts learned and tracks the student’s progress through the CompuRead Courses reading program.

Module 2 contains the steps 4-6;

• Phonics, Writing and Spelling (Step 4),

• Fiction/Non Fiction Writing (Step 5), and

• Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking (Step 6)

These steps are critical for the student to accomplish as many of the activities and exercises as the teacher feels is needed. However, please don’t skip over these activities, they’re here for the student to fully grasp the reading process and story comprehension. They prepare the student for more challenging and advanced reading skills within the CompuRead Program.

The CompuRead Program is noted for its success due to the step-by-step and skill-by-skill process whereby the student takes small steps in learning to read. Take your time and allow the student to learn at their own pace and success will be assured.

Module 3 contains the steps 7-9;

• Science Background (Step 7),

• Story Mapping (Step 8) and

• Home Fun (Step 9)

These steps in the reading process provide additional reading experiences for the young reader in expanding reading education. These steps greatly assists the student along the path of fluent reading and writing. Don’t forget to download the Reading Skills Review and Certificate of Completion upon completing this course.