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Reading First Program July 1998

FUN PHONICS,
Children, Today's Joy!

An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program

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FUN PHONICS! Adopted by Georgia

Department of Education selects FUN PHONICS! for its
Reading First Instructional Materials Program

July 1998 -- FUN PHONICS, Children, Today’s Joy!, a beginning reader set published by the New Mexico publishing company, Sizzy Books has been placed on the recommended reading list by the State of Georgia’s Board of Education for its Reading First Instructional Materials Adoption.

The criteria used in choosing materials includes:
    Instruction in phonics is explicit and systematic and taught so that one skill builds on another skill.
    Text provides instruction of letter-sound correspondence.
    Adequate and effective practice on phonemic awareness.
    After the phonics skill is initially taught, the skill continues to appear in later lessons.
    Teacher’s manual is clearly written.
    Program has documented evidence of student achievement in reading.

The 20 book FUN PHONICS! set (19 reader/activity books and one program guide) will be on the Reading First Instructional Materials Adoption List beginning July 1998 to March 2004. Schools, libraries and institutions certified by the Georgia Department of Education are eligible to order FUN PHONICS! through this Reading First contract.

FUN PHONICS! was first published by Sizzy Books of Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1988 and revised in 1996. It is in use in all 50 of the United States, Canada, South America, Europe and Asia. The set was developed by writer Trish Mylet, and illustrator Antoinette Sheffield.

New Mexico's Dept of Ed selects FUN PHONICS! for its
Language Acquisition Reading Skills Section

Development and Phonic Sequencing
of An Explicit and Systematic Phonics Program

Learning to Read Phonetically with an Integrated Curriculum