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Readings for Fluency
W260—$12.95
Practice Sentences to help the adult reader (from 6-96) achieve automaticity
in responding to common words no matter whether they are:

hand printed, all in CAPITAL LETTERS, or written in cursive.
8½ x 11      64 pages in 3 ring Binder     ISBN:  1-56400-011-7 

Sample page reduced in size

The variety of fonts actually used including D'Nealian cursive have been omitted because most browsers do not support them.

Please copy this page and save it as a word document and then change the fonts into different fonts including cursive fonts.

On this page we are concentrating on the word are as a word and its contraction 're in which the apostrophe replaces the letter a.


are Where are we going?

we

're We're going to go see a movie.
are Where are they going?

they

're They're going to go see a movie, too.
are Where are you going?
you 're I'm going where you're going.
ARE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET THERE?
CAR I WILL GET THERE IN YOUR CAR.
are We are ready to go.  Are you ready?
car I'm ready to go.  Is your car ready?
are Are you kidding?  We are going to walk!
car We're going to walk?!?  Where's your car?
are You are my friend.  Where are you when I need you?
car I don't have a carAre you still my friend?
ARE YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND.  YOU'RE NICE TO ME.
CAR I WOULD LIKE TO DRIVE YOUR CAR.
are Why are you telling me that?
car I'm telling you that because I want to drive your car.
are Are you telling me that because it's true?
car Yes, it's true I would like to drive your car.
ARE NOW, WE ARE TALKING.
ARE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
are We are talking about driving my car.
car Why are we talking about driving your car?
are Because we are walking and not driving.
car Why aren't we driving your car and not walking?
are Why are you asking me all these stupid questions?
car Because I want to drive your car.  That's why!

 

All donations are greatly appreciated.  If you would like to support our mission which is to raise the level of literacy to the point where the words, illiteracy, phonemic awareness, learning disabilities, dysgraphia, family literacy, adult literacy, and illegible handwriting will no longer have relevance, please mail your tax-deductible check (in U.S. dollars) to The AVKO Foundation, 3084 Willard Road, Suite W, Birch Run, MI 48415-7801.  The AVKO Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a 501(C)3 publicly supported organization working with teachers, parents, tutors, and home schooling parents, publishing materials developed by its research, and providing free daily tutoring at its local reading clinic.

If you have comments about this website or questions concerning spelling, phonics, learning disabilities, homeschooling, etc., you may always e-mail DonMcCabe@aol.com.  We appreciate any comments that will help us make this website even more useful. 

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Research Director
AVKO Educational Research Foundation
3084 Willard Road, Suite W
Birch Run, MI 48415-7801