Level 2- Story 7 Cash in the Ash Can (72 pages) targets the consonant digraph ‘sh’ ending. The Stories Main Idea/Theme: I Will Help Policemen And Know How To Get Help In Emergencies.

The consonant blend ‘tr,’ ending sound ‘ed’ in walked, silent ‘l’ in walk is emphasized.

Tongue Twisters for the ‘sh’ sound is also featured; Slash slosh and shush in the mushy marsh. It teaches multisyllable words, compound words into cloze procedure, prepositions, predicting what will happen.

The science features the many duties of police officers.

As with all stories in the CompuRead series, each is organized in the same format of nine steps, increasing in difficulty and skills as: 1) Main Idea, 2) Title, Background and Summary, 3) Narrated Without Interruption, 4) Phonics, Straight and Slant Manuscript, Cursive Writing and Spelling, 5) Fiction and Nonfiction Writing, 6) Vocabulary and Expressive Speaking, 7) Science Background, 8) Story Mapping and, 9) Home Fun.

Grade level instruction in Phonics, Comprehension, Speaking, Language, Writing, Character Building and Listening are embedded within the nine steps. All reading levels benefit from the thirty-nine unique CompuRead innovations.

A Certificate is awarded at the end of every story which reviews every skill learned.

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