Americana Universal Set

Americana continues the Skill Development Stage. Students will read nonfiction stories about American history and culture. The reading level gradually increases, providing opportunities for vocabulary development and allowing students to learn how to spell words in an interesting context.

Americana:

• Features nonfiction stories about American history and culture
• Involves the three core activities for Spelling You See:
  • chunking – provides hands-on experience with the many irregular letter patterns in English
  • copywork – requires the brain to pay attention to details in print
  • dictation – gives an opportunity for student to demonstrate decoding and encoding in a meaningful context
• Gradually increases in reading level, providing opportunities for vocabulary development and allowing students to learn how to spell words in an interesting context
• Includes 36 weekly lessons divided between two books; each lesson has five parts, A through E
• Has daily activities consisting of two facing pages
• Includes erasable colored pencils with the Student Pack