Phonics, Level A

by Modern Curriculum Press

MCP "Plaid" Phonics Level A helps students become fluent readers. Activities help students develop spelling (encoding), recognize words in context, and use phonics in word-building and personal... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765226197
• ISBN13: 9780765226198
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Modern Curriculum Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.7"

Customer Reviews

great all around phonics workbook

We've used the K and A (first grade) for homeschooling and have not been disappointed with either. Both volumes seem to go slower than other phonics workbooks we have tried but they are inexpensive enough that I don't mind skipping around and just using the pages I feel will be most beneficial. I ordered this book here after buying it at a homeschooling conference this spring and finding out I had purchased the old edition. This new edition has much more color and a better layout and was only two-thirds the price of the old edition I purchased! Because the books are a bit behind other books at the same grade level I have had success using the K level for a second semester preschooler then beginning this A level volume with a mid-year kindergardener. The spelling pages have proven particularly beneficial. These pages have pictures with incomplete words that the child needs to complete, it's helped my daughter learn lots of words and is something that is not included in other phonics workbooks. Overall I like MCP phonics (and their math as well) as a supplement to a complete phonics program or as an extra workbook for kids who like them or want busywork that isn't just coloring for car rides. When I was learning to read about 20 years ago my school used an older edition of these 'plaid' MCP phonics workbooks in conjunction with lessons the teacher gave. It's a great product by a reliable publisher that has stood the test of time.

The Best!

I have home-schooled for 12 years and have used almost every phonics program out there. This is by far my favorite beginning phonics book. I teamed it up with MCP Spelling and it was incredible. It gave my children the confidence to excel. It has beautiful colored pages. There are small pullout reading books that they enjoyed reading. This made teaching my children to read simple and fun. They called this book the plaid pig book and loved to use it. We teamed it with the MCP spelling book with the frogs and they worked great together. We are using MCP from now on!

Modern Curriculum Press Phonics:Level A

I purchased Level K of this series for my daughter at the beginning of this year and it was great. I have tried other curriculum and I found this to be the best.So upon completing Level K I ordered Level A for first grade. It picks up where Level K left off. This is a really great curriculum. If you are just starting out homeschooling don't waste your money on others curriculums get this one. I have a son in preschool and another daughter and I plan to use this curriculum for both of them.

First grade phonics

I am a retired school teacher, who taught in the elementary grades for over 30 years. I never found any other Phonics book that was better than this one. It uses 5-6 standard formats that students get used to for a single page so they become independent workers once they know them (i.e. Circle all the words that start with the "s" sound, Find all the rhyming words, Spell the word or write the beginning consonant (i.e, Ss)for each picture, etc.). It also has a good sequence of phonetic concepts (covers beginning consonants, short vowels, long vowels, consonant blends, consonant digraphs, etc.), has a good number of practice idems per page, and includes an excellent review of the concepts coverered as you go (i.e. short vowel a for several pages, then s.v. i, and then a review of s.v. a and i, etc.). For either beginning teachers or experienced ones, using this book page by page with your first grade students will ensure that they get a good solid background of phonics for the year. Use the Level B for second grade, or higher achieving students.

MCP Plaid Phonics Level A

Good solid phonics practice to augment your phonics curriculum. Interesting activities that enable a child to be successful and gain confidence in reading skills.