Dona Herweck Rice 
What Is the Word? [PDF ebook] 
PreK/K: Book 28

Make learning to read exciting for children with this decodable fiction book that challenges them to pick the right word to match the picture! This book offers a built-in phonics review for beginning readers. Today, students need help learning how to read more than ever before. This illustrated book will engage young readers while they gain meaningful practice with several high-frequency words: a, be, each, for, if, is, it, not, or, that, the, this, were, what, will, word. Each book includes family engagement activities to extend phonics learning and has a specific phonics focus. Book 28 covers concepts of print, short a, short I, short o, short u, and long i. Develop foundational reading skills with the research-based approach to phonics instruction used in this book!