How to Get a Smile - (Decodable Books: Read & Succeed) by Jodene Lynn Smith & Jodene Smith (Paperback)

About the Book

Read about fun activities that will make anyone smile! This decodable book covers phonics and phonemic awareness concepts for early readers. Students engage with high-frequency words and develop foundational reading skills with this fiction book!

Book Synopsis

Make learning to read engaging for children with this decodable fiction book about some fun activities that will make anyone smile! This book provides a built-in phonics review for early readers. Today, students need help learning how to read more than ever before. This illustrated book excites young readers while they gain meaningful practice with several high-frequency words: come, make, time, some. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 14 covers long vowels (silent e). Develop foundational reading skills with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book!

Review Quotes

"Recommended. This visually attractive series offers plenty of decodable reading practice, engaging topics, and stimulating child-adult engagement."

-- "School Library Journal"

About the Author

Jodene L. Smith, M.A., has worked for over 30 years in education, as both as classroom teacher and more recently as an instructional coach for kindergarten through second grade teachers. She supports teachers in understanding why and how to implement the science of reading in their literacy instruction. In addition, Jodene develops curriculum and has authored a wide range of resources that translate educational research into practical classroom strategies, including What the Science of Reading Says: Literacy Strategies for Early Childhood.