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23/07/2024

Meet our last set of experts. Yes, experts, plural. Our animal adaptation book was reviewed by not one, but TWO experts!

Dr. Harvey Lillywhite has a PhD in biology from the University of California, Los Angeles. A former professor of biology at the University of Florida, he is currently the director of the university’s Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory. Dr. Lillywhite has studied the biology of snakes for more than thirty years.

Dr. Andreas Chavez has a PhD in biology from the
University of Washington. He is currently an assistant professor at Ohio State University. Dr. Chavez’s areas of expertise include speciation and adaptation.

As with all of our science books, every word and image in this book was vetted and approved by both of our experts, both of whom had tons of extra fun facts to add to this book!

27/06/2024

Sketches are coming in on our new short vowel books!

Meet Nat and Dad, the stars of one of our two new short A books.

The first 5 books in our upcoming short vowel set align to UFLI’s steps 1-21, using only the following letters: short a, m, s, t, p, f, short i, n, nasalized a, short o, d, c /k/, short u, g, b, short e, -s /s/, and -s /z/

Each book is 16 pages, a great start for readers who don’t have the stamina for our full 24-page books.

Sketches are slowly coming in on these books and I’m excited to share as they show up!

What do you think? Would love to hear your first take on Nat!

24/06/2024

Our boys have names…and news!

A Bad Fit is part of a new 5-book CVC printed set coming out (hopefully) at the end of the year.

The stories are still in progress, but I’m excited to share as they come together!

Do you need mixed CVC books?

20/06/2024

I’ve been busy working up a new CVC story, but I. AM. STUMPED.

Not on the story. That I have done, and I can’t wait to share the art as it comes in! But on a name for our protagonist. I keep coming up with Tom, but he doesn’t LOOK like a Tom.

That’s where you come in. Hit me with your best CVC boy names!

18/06/2024

Reviewed by experts. Really!

Meet Dr. Albert Wandui.

Dr. Wandui has a PhD in physics from Caltech and a BS in physics from Stanford University. Dr. Wandui is currently completing postdoctoral work at Caltech, after which he will be moving to a position at the Jet Propulsion Lab. In his free time, he enjoys building telescopes and studying black holes. Dr. Wandui’s area of study is observational cosmology.

Dr. Wandui has reviewed every word, every diagram, and every photo in this book for scientific accuracy!

I can’t wait to share the full book with you soon!

17/06/2024

Before I’d heard of decodables, I wrote a line of early readers. Back then, I thought short words meant easy. Like many of you, I know better now. But as we run through our stock on these, we need to decide what to do with them. We don’t want to reprint as is, but they are fun stories and it seems a waste not to share them.

Like our decodables, I wrote these as mini-picture books. The art enhances the story, it doesn’t offer cues for guessing. So the question is: do I rework the text to be truly decodable or do we just scrap the books?

These are 32 pages, so we could make them longer stage 9 books for advancing readers or we could try to make a stage 10 out of them.

Chuck or keep? Stage 9 or something beyond?
Let me know what you think!

11/06/2024

We take Science seriously!

I know that our decodable books are used in a lot of classrooms. That’s why I put so much work and careful thought into crafting our Decodable Science Readers.

From polling teachers about the subjects to cover (thank you to all who replied) to getting your feedback on a more micro level to engaging a panel of first and second grade teachers to review the final materials to ensure they lined up with what was taught in class, every word and concept in these books has been thoughtfully chosen.

But I know that just telling you it’s carefully thought out doesn’t tell you how and when to use the books in class. That’s why I’ve also put together this NGSS alignment.

This alignment was created by me and is not endorsed by NGSS. The books may not fully cover every subject noted, but they do touch on the topics within each standard noted (some more than others).

05/06/2024

Many of you have asked me for word counts for each our books so that you can determine percent accuracy. It’s taken some time, (thanks, Science Readers!) but the counts are finally ready.

These are not number of unique words in the books. It is the total word count in each story. And for those of you paying attention to the title page, I’ve added a count that includes the title, too.

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28/05/2024

If there’s one thing I keep hearing as we work on our science books, it’s how important it is to include text features. So I thought I’d take a moment to give you a peek at some of the ones we have included in our books!

25/05/2024

Summer is here, or almost here! Avoid the summer slide with 10% off our updated pricing!

We’ve updated our volume pricing so it is more streamlined. The more you buy, the more you save, and you can mix and match as you want.

Come take a look!

19/05/2024

Working on Magic E words? Give your little ones more practice with this free downloadable long vowel VCE book!

Like all Charge into Reading books, The Site comes with a full word list and 8 pages of literacy activities.

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11/05/2024

The first look at the cover for our nonfiction boxed set is in and I need an opinion.

The individual books are labeled “Decodable Science Reader” with the the topic in the corner (swipe for an example). But how about the box?

Should we call it a ”decodable science reader” with “nonfiction” as the topic or “nonfiction decodable reader” with “science” as the topic?

Does one speak to you more than the other?

09/05/2024

How do you feel about the word EYE?

I currently use it in our upcoming adaptations book to describe both a camel’s adaptations and a meerkat’s adaptation. But it’s not an easily decodable word and it’s not currently accounted for in our scope.

So what I want to know is, what do you think of the word EYE? Can your first graders read it? Should we keep it or lose the adaptation?

29/04/2024

We’ve looked at light, matter, plants and weather. Now let’s talk sun and moon. Some of the samples are attached. What do you think? Any of them strike you?

These were made by me, not my designer, so no matter what I choose it will look better. Our physicist and I have different favorites so I’d love to get your take on what kind of image you like!

28/04/2024

Working on advanced spelling patterns? Give your little ones more practice with this free downloadable decodable reader.

This book focuses on the following sounds:
-advanced long A spellings
-advanced long E spellings
-advanced long U spellings
-silent letters
-C+le words

Like all of our books, The Fiddle comes with a full word list and 8 pages of literacy activities.

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27/04/2024

Plant Life Cycle is almost done!

The first of our 6 science readers just went to our copy editor for a final check, and I’m excited to share it with you, too. Here’s our final cover, plus a sneak peek at the word list that will go on the inside front cover.

Would love to hear your thoughts!

21/04/2024

One of my missions at Charge Mommy Books is to get great resources in kids’ hands. That’s why I’ve been hard at work making fun, truly decodable books for them. But I’m not just writing books. I’m creating all sorts of resources, like this VCE Reader’s Theater in honor of Earth Day!

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14/04/2024

Free Decodable Book Samples . . .

We know it’s hard to buy books without holding them in your hands first. That’s why we’re happy to offer samples of our books!

If you’re an educator looking for new decodables, and you haven’t seen copies of the Charge into Reading books yet, shoot us a message and we will get some samples your way.

Each sample set contains 4 books, pulled from mixed stages to give you a comprehensive feel for our books.

US only for samples! Limited supplies.

12/04/2024

We’ve looked at light and matter. Now let’s talk weather. Some of the samples are attached. What do you think? Any of them strike you?

These were made by me, not my designer, so no matter what I choose it will look better, but I’d love to get your take on what kind of image you like!

09/04/2024

To left align or not left align…that is the question.

With our decodable fiction, our text is center aligned. It works well because it balances the page, and it’s only 2 lines of text. But nonfiction is more academic. And more text!

Visually, I like the balance of the centered text over centered art, but it’s a bit untraditional, so we’re trying it left-aligned too.

Which do you like better? Left or center?

08/04/2024

Today of all days seems like a good one to share some sample pages from our Sun and Moon decodable science reader! Check out these pages on eclipses and what causes them.

These pages are in early stages. They have not been teacher, literacy specialist, or expert reviewed yet!
Did you get to see the eclipse today?

02/04/2024

Moving on to our States of Matter book…

I’m just starting to research covers, but tell me… do you like something fun, something traditional, or something in between?

Do any of these speak to you? (If not the image itself, the concept of the image.)

These have not gone to my designer yet, so be nice!

31/03/2024

The rainbow picture seemed to be the favorite option for the cover of our light book, but I think we can also all agree the title was hard to read on that image. So I’ve grabbed some new images. Have a look and tell me what you think. Any of these strike you as a solid choice for the cover of our Light book?
(Note, this is a rough design by me. My designer will improve anything we choose!)

31/03/2024

I’m starting to research covers for our science reader on Light. Some of the samples are attached. What do you think? Any of them strike you?

What kind of image would you like to see on the cover?

27/03/2024

Sun and Moon Decodable Science reader sneak peek!

Curious to see what I’m working on? Here’s a sneak peek at our decodable science reader on the sun and moon. In particular, our page on high and low tides.

I’m so torn on which set of images to use. What do you think? (Bonus points to anyone who can identify these locations!)

24/03/2024

Free Consonant Blends Decodable Reader

Spring may be here, but it doesn’t feel like it! So in honor of our last cold days, how about a consonant blends story about the snow? Enter The Sled: a consonant blends decodable reader.

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18/03/2024

Pages are coming in from my designer on our second science book: Weather. I’m so excited to share the first real pages!

These haven’t been read by an expert, literacy specialist, or any teachers yet, but that’s coming soon!

What do you think?

Weather is a broad topic. What would you like to see covered in this book? Let me know and I’ll let you know if it’s in there!

17/03/2024

We know it’s hard to buy books without holding them in your hands first. That’s why we’re happy to offer samples of our books!

If you’re an educator looking for new decodables, and you haven’t seen copies of the Charge into Reading books yet, shoot us a message and we will get some samples your way.

Each sample set contains 4 books, pulled from mixed stages to give you a comprehensive feel for our books.

US only for samples! Limited supplies.

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Straight off the presses! These are flat proofs. They are printed with 8 pages of the book on each side of the sheet, the folded, cut, and bound to make a book.These flat proofs in particular are for Wish Fish: an SH Decodable Reader, The Truce: a Long U Decodable reader, and the sell sheet for our VCE books. Next up, bound books are coming our way for final approval to print!Head to my story to see the full sheets!@mwliteracy @uvarovamila.art #SOR #structuredreading #scienceofreading #decodablebooks #decodablereaders #earlyreaders #bookstagram #literacy #kindergarten #kindergartenteacher #readingisfundamental #librariansofinstagram #homeschoolbooks #homeschoolmom #readtogether #readtome #teachersofinstagram #kidsbookstagram #storytelling #homeschool #charactersketch #earlychildhoodeducation #readingspecialist #phonics #phonicsfun #homeschooltoddler #earlylearning #decodablestories #literacyactivities #readinginterventionist

Periwinkle Smith loves her perfect white tutu. But when she spills paint on it, can she figure out how to be okay with ruining the thing she loves most? And can she find a way to turn it into something she can love again? Find out in this book about out-of-the-box thinking and never giving up!#girlpower #bookstagram #STEMbooks #STEAMbooks #determination #nevergiveup #readingisfundamental #storytimethread #librariansofinstagram #homeschoolbooks #homeschoolmom #readtogether #readtome #reading #kidsbookstagram #kidsbookshelf #raisingbookworms #momsofinstagram #storytelling #homeschool #storytimethreads #picturebooks #picturebooksaremyjam #picturebookrecommendations #booksforgirls #booksforstronggirls #balletdancer #ballerina #ballet

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