Manipulative-based Reading Rods® Readers cover all the fundamental reading components beginning readers need in order to achieve reading success, including practice in short vowels, long vowels and initial blends. Each 16-page phonics reader offers a carefully constructed story that helps children learn to decode words by using letter-sound relationships. Captivating stories feature strong picture-text match for additional student support. Hands-on Reading Rods® activities in the back of each book assess and reinforce the targeted phonics skills. Set includes 16 titles, Teaching Guide and a bucket of 109 Word Building Reading Rods® (LER 7107). Aligned with Put Reading First and Title I of No Child Left Behind.