Five Chapter Books 7

This collection is the five books in Step 7 of the DOG ON A LOG Chapter book series.

The books are:

Quest For A Grump Grunt

The Blimp

The Spring In The Lane

Stamp For A Note

Stripes And Splats

Sight Words:
a, are, as, be, by, come, comes, could, do, does, for, from, go, goes, has, have, he, her, here, his, Hmmm, I, into, is, me, Mr., Ms., my, no, of, OK, or, our, out, Pop E., pull, pulls, push, put, puts, said, say, says, see, sees, she, should, so, talk, talks, the, their, there, they, to, TV, walk, walks, want, wants, was, we, what, where, would, you, your

Each book has about 1,350 to 2,640 total words

These are Step 7 Chapter books.

The DOG ON A LOG Books series are for phonics readers and folks with a dyslexic learning style. They are Decodable books which means a learner who has been taught the phonics rules and the limited sight words in that book can sound them out and read them. The words used reflect the inclusion of 1 to 3 new phonics rules in each step. There are five books at each step.

Please note: The language in decodable books tends to sound awkward compared to normal speech and writing. The more limited the phonics, the more awkward it may seem. (In Step 1 books there is no suffix -s which makes the writing even more unusual.) The upside is new readers can't guess what the words might be so they have to actually read what is on the page.

The chapter books are written in a chapter format with one picture in most chapters. They are longer, have more detail, and sometimes offer more complexity than the Let's GO! Books. They're great for practicing known and new phonics rules. They're also just fun reading.

DOG ON A LOG Let's GO! Books are shorter versions of DOG ON A LOG Chapter books. Let's GO! books tell the same stories with about 8 pictures and only a few sentences per page. They're perfect as an introduction to the new phonics rules or simply for fun reading for younger kids.

DOG ON A LOG Phonics Progression

• Consonants, primary sounds


• Short vowels


• Digraphs: ch, sh, th, wh, ck


• 2 and 3 sound words


• Possessive 's

• Bonus letters (f, l, s, z after short vowel)


• "all"


• -s suffix

• ang, ing, ong, ung, ank, ink, onk, unk

• Consonant Blends to make 4 sound words


• 3 and 4 sound words ending in -lk, -sk

• Digraph blends -nch to make 3 and 4 sound words


• Silent e, including "-ke"