The Shark

The Rapid Reading book series allows readers to slowly acquire the decoding skills needed in the right order to learn to read and become fluent readers. The series contains interesting, colorful stories with the reading skill emphasized on every page. The constant repetition of prevalent decoding skills allows readers to quickly and efficiently practice the sounds, thereby internalizing them and becoming fluent readers. Book 6 of the series emphasizes the short the digraphs in English (sh, ch, wh, th) and follows brothers Whit and Chet as they go on a ship and encounter a harmless shark. This book begins the second set of the series (books 6-9), which improves fluency reading stories with digraphs, blends, magic e, and long vowel sounds. **This book also contains memory tricks to help readers remember the combination of sounds.