Publisher's Synopsis
Jack Mills and Max Finn are excited to spend six days at camp. Except, they cannot stand each other. And this could turn out to be a disaster. When things get out of control, Jack and Max are forced to work things out on their own. Can these boys be able to overcome the past and become friends?Scope and Sequence Analysis: Explore detailed scope and sequence and read a sample chapter for each title on Simple Words Books' website.
Step: #5 Novice Decodable Chapter BooksDecodability: 90.1%
Word Count: 8369 words
Chapters: 10
- Irregular - taught: 1,678 words, 17 unique words, 20.1% of the word count. (a, the, to, are, do, of, does, from, they, was, you, have, says, there, what, Mr., Mrs.)
- Short vowels: 2,376 words, 132 unique words, 28.4% of the word count.
- Blends: 962 words, 123 unique words, 11.5% of the word count.
- Digraphs: 926 words, 82 unique words, 11.1% of the word count.
- FLSZ: 456 words, 41 unique words, 5.4% of the word count.
- Double consonants: 220 words, 9 unique words, 2.6% of the word count.
- -ng, -nk: 178 words, 35 unique words, 2.1% of the word count.
- -all: 112 words, 10 unique words, 1.3% of the word count.
- Open syllables: 633 words, 10 unique words, 7.6% of the word count.
- Silent e: 85 words, 5 unique words, 1.0% of the word count.
- Ctr r: 86 words, 3 unique words, 1.0% of the word count.
- Vowel teams: 322 words, 23 unique words, 3.8% of the word count.
- Y vowel: 55 words, 3 unique words, 0.7% of the word count.
- Compound: 31 words, 3 unique words, 0.4% of the word count.
- Multisyllabic: 117 words, 32 unique words, 1.4% of the word count.
- Irregular - other: 114 words, 10 unique words, 1.4% of the word count.
- Pre-teach words: 21 words, 5 unique words, 0.3% of the word count.
Font: Lexend
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Category: Decodable Chapter Book #5 Novice Step
Publisher: Simple Words Books
Author: Cigdem Knebel
Edition: 1 (Minor revisions in 2024) Finding engaging decodable books that match young readers' skills can be challenging, but the right selections can foster a lifelong love of reading. Simple Words Books help striving readers to become better readers. Our books are designed to enhance fluency, accuracy, vocabulary, and comprehension while building confidence. Each carefully chosen word ensures success, not frustration. Our "big-kid" chapter books align with UFLI and many major reading programs. Explore free downloadable comprehension and decodable phonics workbooks on our website.
