Thisisthesecondoftwowrite-inbooksthatprovidelessonactivitiesforyoungstudentsintheirfirstyearoflearningtoreadandwrite.Theteachingisdividedintothreestepsandissupportedbystep-by-steplessonplansandcomprehensiveguidanceintheJollyPhonicsTeacher’sBook.StudentBook2coversStep2Units7to13andallofStep3.TheweeklyunitsinSteps2and3-BuildandconsolidatethereadingandwritingskillstaughtinStep1throughthekeytopicsofAlternatives,Handwriting,TrickyWords,andWordsandSentences.-Introduceandreviewthemainalternativevowelspellings,capitalletters,alphabetandnewtrickywords.Step3introduces,soft,soft,andthe/air/spellings.-Offeravarietyofguidedwriting,dictation,andreadingcom-prehensionactivitiesthatintroducebasicsentencestructureandreadingformeaning.Inthisnewedition,therearetwoStudentBooks,oneforeachsemester.ThetransitionsfromSteps1to3areclearlysignpostedwithawelcomepageatthebeginningofeachstepandarewardoncompletion.ThefrontcoverdisplaysanewlogoindicatingthatJollyPhonicsisalignedwithboththeScienceofReadingandtheScienceofWriting,astheprogramprovidesexplicitteachingofphonemicawareness,alongsidesystematicphonicsandwritinginstruction,withafocusonimprovingfluency,vocabularyacquisition,andreadingcomprehension.
