Sounds of the Band (The Decodables: Things We Like to Do)

Many children delight in making music and playing various simple instruments. In this book, readers enjoy a rollicking text that presents the fun and sounds of music making. While thinking about different musical sounds they will also be exploring the use of -ng and other blends in a variety of charming words, along with using previously taught short vowels and digraphs. The -ing suffix is also presented encouraging ready recognition of this key suffix.

This series of decodable books for early readers explore activities that offer a mix of the familiar and a little bit new. Each cumulative book helps readers learn to incorporate consonant blends and key suffixes in their reading. The books introduce each new blend while incorporating patterns that were previously taught in this set of books and earlier Decodables sets. Examples of high-frequency words are also included. The Things We Like to Do series offers intriguing books with ample opportunities to practice the central blend. Each title includes a note to the caregiver and a word list organized by Focus words, High-Frequency words, and Challenge words.