MCP Phonics, Level B

This is the best phonics review for kiddos I have come across! Further, this bookseller is awesome when it comes to dealing with the buyer, potential returns, etc.!!!!

My 6 year old (1st grade) homeschooler finished Level A in December of 2012, and we started this book in January. We do a page, front and back, 5 days a week. We should finish Level B by May 2013. We LOVE MCP and will continue with Level C when we are ready for that one :)This book goes further than more sounds than taught in Level A including:- hard and soft consonants (such as g,c)- r-controlled vowels- more variety of diagraphs- contractions- endings- suffixes- vowel pairs- vowel diagraphs like 'oo', 'au', 'aw'- dipthongs like 'ou','ow', 'oy', and 'ew'- prefixes- synonyms, anonyms- homophonesThere is much more WRITING than Level A and the lessons have lots of variety including unscrambling words, crossword puzzles, word ladders, selecting the right word from a word box to fill in the blank, circling the right word, and reading stories with fill-in-the-blank comprehension.The word ladders are a bit too challenging for my daughter. We skip those and are using Daily Word Ladders: Grades 1-2: 150+ Reproducible Word Study Lessons That Help Kids Boost Reading, Vocabulary, Spelling and Phonics Skills! For comparison, MCP Level B gives 4 word ladders per page with only the first and last word of each ladder. The children just have to figure out how to get to the last word of each ladder on their own. Daily Word Ladders gives one ladder per page, the beginning word, and clues (definition + which letter to change) to help the child figure out the next word. Once she can do the word ladders without clues, we'll do the ones in this book.If you wanted to make the word ladders easier, you could also give your children a word bank :)

If you are trying to teach reading, this series is the one to use! It is thoughtful, sequential teaching of phonics in the necessary sequence of skill building. Speaking as a thirty year veteran reading teacher, this series is a gold mine. This is the book and series to buy if you are serious about giving your student(s) a great reading foundation!

I bought this phonics book because it is what I used as a child. My son is in 1st grade and has learned so much from this book. His reading has improved since he started this. Before we were using reading curriculum that just had him reading words, this book uses the rules and repeats them as they work on different pages. It really emphasizes what he needs to remember about sounding out words. I am very pleased with the way this book is laid out and my son also really likes working through it.

Boo was missing several pages.

Modern Curriculum Press Plaid Phonics: Level BThis series is great. I have used them as a Montessori teacher and also as a suppliment to a son with Dyslexia. I liked the easy progression and colorful interesting pages. We look forward to working through the next level. Once my son mastered reading this was an excellent choice for mastering writing.

I ordered 3 MCP books at the same time. This one of the three was a clean copy with minimal wear as stated in the description. I wish the other two had also met expectations.

will use with granddaughter to reinforce phonics principles.

My child like the exercises and is learning while having fun. Nice visuals and little stories to add variety. We use it for homeschooling.

Came on time and was exactly what I wanted

Excellent book for children needing that extra help with school

I ordered this for homeschooling my oldest daughter. Considering the publisher is listed as "Pearson Canada", I was expecting the Canadian version of the book. However, upon opening it up this September to start working in it with my daughter, we saw the English/Spanish and realized we were shipped the American version of this book. This isn't too much of a problem at the beginning level of phonics but it has guaranteed for me that I all not be ordering the next levels from Amazon.

Has the right balance of variety and repetition for the kids to learn their phonics. They like the rhymes and pictures, too.