Welcome to Cedar School! Join Liv, Tom, Gus, and Bell as they learn on the land and explore Mi’gmaw teachings with their teacher, Miss Sam, and the school’s Mi’gmaw Elder, Jen. With charming illustrations and simple storylines, this decodable series engages students as they practise their reading skills. Each book includes a pre-reading review of non-decodable words, and many of the books introduce special words related to Indigenous teachings. Talking Together prompts facilitate discussions led by the reading teacher. Developed in partnership with Dyslexia Canada, Cedar School Decodables is a series of 20 decodable books for young readers. Designed for students who have previously learned short vowel and consonant sounds, additional phonic skills are developed progressively throughout the series. Cedar School Decodables is divided into six sets, which increase in word count and complexity of sentence structure: Set 1 – Short Vowels (40-60 words)Set 2 – Digraphs (60-80 words)Set 3 – VCe (80-90 words)Set 4 – Longer Words (90-100 words)Set 5 – Ending Spelling Patterns (100-110 words)Set 6 – R-Controlled Vowels (110-125 words) Educator InformationThe bundle includes 20 books, one copy of each title in the Cedar School Decodables series. This series is recommended for ages 4 to 7 for use in kindergarten and Grade 1 classrooms. This series is accompanied by Cedar School Stories, a set of four picture books that expand on the friends’ adventures. Each read-aloud story can be read on its own or alongside the decodable series to enhance learning. Mi’gmaw language is included in each book, along with a pronunciation and translation guide and additional educator information. Written by Emma Metallic, Mi'kmaq (Mi'gmaq) from Listuguj Mi'gmaq First Nation, and illustrated by Natalie Laurin, Métis. Set 1 – Short Vowels (40-60 words)Cedar School Decodables: Mend a NetMend a Net is in Set 1 – Short Vowels, and reviews short e. In this story, the class learns how to fish for salmon with a net. But first, Jen must mend the net! Salmon fishing is important to Mi’gmaq. Mi’gmaq use nets to fish for salmon in large rivers. Traditionally, the inner part of pine trees was used to make and mend nets. Have you ever seen a fishing net? More Educator Information Readers should be familiar with the concepts included in Set 1: consonantsbeginning and end blendsshort vowelss – /s/ and /z/-s suffix
