Short Phonetic

Reading Series

Redesigned. Innovative. Current.

Pink series words are made up of three letters, a consonant, a vowel, and another consonant (c_v_c). Every single vowel in this case is a short sounding vowel such as "a" in "bat." Over the years this system has worked exceedingly well in Montessori classrooms around the world and although many of us can see the results, few understand the mechanics behind this system and how it relates to the developing brain.

As we began work on these series, it quickly became obvious that we wanted to do more. We wanted to offer our clients and the children they work with more than just a list of words that is so often found on the market. Our developers, consultants, writers, even our designers at ETC Montessori took under consideration many of the most recent discoveries on brain research and development. In the next few paragraphs we will attempt to give you a brief look into these findings so that you as a teacher, or a parent, can gain a deeper understanding behind the theory and research that has gone into the development of these items.

This series contains over 35 objects and six main sections with each section having the following sets of materials:

• Beginning Decoding of three-letter, short vowel words:

• Object word building (5 groups, one for each: a, e, i, o, u)

• Picture word building (5 groups, one for each: a, e, i, o, u)
• Three Part Card Matching (10 three part card pictures for each vowel sound)

• Beginning Encoding of three-letter, short vowel words:

• One page book (30 books emphasizing word/picture association)
• Object/ label matching (15 objects – 3 for each vowel with corresponding labels)
• Picture/Word Matching (12 pictures for each vowel sound for a total of 6 packets of 10 picture/label matching)
• Puzzle Pictures (60 pictures with 12 pictures of each vowel sound)

• Encoding of three letters, short vowel words:

• Middle Vowel Sorting Activity (45 frames containing a picture and the beginning and ending sound corresponding to that sound)
• Word Lists (42 word lists)
• Middle Vowel Substitution (15 frames with each frame containing 2 words)

• Reading three-letter, short vowel words for meaning:

• Word/Not a Word (Sorting Work)
• Phrases to Objects (6 sets of phrase cards with corresponding objects)

• Reading secret three-letter, short vowel words (adjectives and verbs) for meaning:

• Secret Words (32 words for verbs; 12 words for adjectives)

• Reading phrases and sentences with three-letter, short vowel words for meaning:

• Matching Phrases and sentences to pictures (4 sets with 6 sentences that match 6 pictures in each set)
• Commands (8 command cards)
• Books (5 books with three letter short vowel words and sight words)
• 30 one page books with picture and word