Spelling Pen - In Elf Land: Decodable Chapter Books

By Cigdem Knebel

It is Matt's tenth birthday and he gets a lousy old pen from his rich Grandma Deb. But Matt does not like to write. What was Grandma Deb thinking...The pen turns out to be magical and soon Matt will learn that he has to help an elf clan to defeat King Gris before he destroys the Elf Land.Scope and Sequence Analysis: Explore detailed scope and sequence and read a sample chapter for each title on Simple Words Books' website.

Step: #4 Early Decodable Chapter Books
Decodability: 91.2%
Word Count: 7096 words
Chapters: 16

Irregular - taught: 1,521 words, 15 unique words, 21.4% of the word count. (a, the, to, are, do, of, does, from, they, was, you, have, says, there, what, Mr., Mrs.)Short vowels: 1,833 words, 136 unique words, 25.8% of the word count.Blends: 1,182 words, 149 unique words, 16.7% of the word count.Digraphs: 543 words, 73 unique words, 7.7% of the word count.FLSZ: 384 words, 37 unique words, 5.4% of the word count.Double consonants: 187 words, 4 unique words, 2.6% of the word count.-ng, -nk: 223 words, 33 unique words, 3.1% of the word count.-all: 80 words, 9 unique words, 1.1% of the word count.Open syllables: 527 words, 9 unique words, 7.4% of the word count.Silent e: 14 words, 3 unique words, 0.2% of the word count.-tch: 3 words, 1 unique word, 0.0% of the word count.Ctr r: 71 words, 3 unique words, 1.0% of the word count.Vowel teams: 106 words, 13 unique words, 1.5% of the word count.-old, -ost: 27 words, 6 unique words, 0.38% of the word count.Y vowel: 22 words, 3 unique words, 0.3% of the word count.Suffix -ing: 4 words, 15 unique words, 0.66% of the word count.Compound: 35 words, 7 unique words, 0.5% of the word count.Multisyllabic: 180 words, 46 unique words, 2.5% of the word count.Irregular - other: 96 words, 10 unique words, 1.4% of the word count.Pre-teach words: 15 words, 6 unique words, 0.2% of the word count.
Series: Spelling Pen
Genre: Fantasy
Category: Decodable Chapter Book #5 Novice Step
Publisher: Simple Words Books
Author: Cigdem Knebel

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0998454346
• ISBN13: 9780998454344
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Simple Words Books
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7