Oxton House Publishers, LLC

Stories from Somerville

The 75 stories in the Stories from Somerville readers were written by Kim Ramsey, a talented K-8 resource room teacher with a flair for storytelling.  She used each story, along with some worksheets, as the basis of a week of work on decoding, spelling, and comprehen- sion.  We have published them in a somewhat more flexible format.  The original stories and comprehension exercises for them are in this Stories from Somerville set.  The decoding and spelling exercises appear in our Say, Read, & Spell worksheets, which match up, story by story, with the skills covered in these readers but can also be used independently.

The stories in these books are not about real people, but they reflect typical experiences of real children and describe common social interactions among children. They were originally developed for a group of elementary school children with reading disabilities.  Some also had behavioral difficulties or came from families who acted out anger inappropriately.  In several stories, some characters behave inappropriately.  This gives students a chance to see what their behavior looks like to others.  It provides a non-personal, yet realistic setting that children can relate to while they read and discuss the stories.

Book 1 focuses on one-syllable words, including their use with common suffixes.  It begins with the simplest CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words.  Each story introduces a new skill or pattern.  $19.95

Book 2 emphasizes two-syllable word structures, including suffixes, along with the one-syllable words and suffixes from Book 1.   Most stories introduce new skills or
patterns; a few just provide practice with the skills or patterns from the previous story.  $19.95

In both books, above the title of each story is a list of at least ten words that typify the skill or pattern introduced in that story.  The Table of Contents includes the skills added in each story and the sight words necessary for that story.  The sequence of the
skills introduced in the stories is close to the sequence used in Concept Phonics™.  It is also very close to the sequences of many Orton-Gillingham-based reading programs.

Comprehension Workbooks

These workbooks contain both multiple-choice and written-response questions for each story, including some inference questions.

Workbook 1a contains one page of questions for each of the
first 30 stories in Book 1.  $9.95

Workbook 1b contains one page of questions for each of the
last 20 stories in Book 1.  $9.95

Workbook 2 contains two pages of questions for each story
in Book 2.  $13.95

To see any of the following sample pages, just click on its name.

Book 1, Story 1

Book 1, Story 24

Book 2, first page of Story 1

Book 2, first page of Story 13

Workbook 1a, Story 1

Workbook 1a, Story 24

Workbook 2, Story 13 (both pages)

The Say, Read, & Spell worksheet sets provide independent student activities for all the skills introduced in the
50 stories of Book 1.

more

© 2006 Oxton House Publishers, LLC

Made by Serif

Save 5% by ordering
all five pieces of the
Stories from Somerville set, and get free US shipping, too!

only $69.95

About the Readers