In Five Mice Bake a Cake, beginning readers learn about the phonics concept of long vowels in an exciting, fantastical setting. Follow along as five mice bake a cake for a duke, all while incorporating long vowel sounds, in this fun decodable book. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience.
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Grasshopper Books offers simple, fun fiction for emerging readers. Five Mice Bake a Cake is part of Jump!'s Fairy Tale Phonics series. Fairy Tale Phonics introduces beginning readers to early phonics concepts including consonant and vowel sounds, CVC and irregularly spelled words, spelling, and word families in decodable book formats featuring fun, fictional settings. Each title focuses on a key early-elementary phonics concept with a focus on language arts curriculum standards, sight and CVC words, tightly controlled vocabulary, and repetitive text patterns and sounds. Vibrant illustrations and fun storylines ensure readers will learn key phonics concepts and develop reading skills.
These phonics fairy tales include tools for teachers and caregivers, a table of contents, a picture glossary, and an index. A Let's Review! feature asks readers to go back through the book and reflect on the phonics concept presented in the story.
