Each story in the Awakening Potential For Reading Success Book Series is aligned with a phonics concept or decoding strategy from the Awakening Potential For Reading Success reading program.

The story will contain words which use this concept, allowing the student to practice what they have learned from the corresponding lesson in the reading program.

The books can also be used as stand alone phonics books, or they can be used for reading practice in conjunction with other phonics programs.

The Drum uses the Beginning Blenders concept (i.e. beginning consonant blends. dr, cr, cl).

Each story is divided into 3 or 4 levels (stories with more basic concepts, like The Drum, only have levels 1-3):

Level 1– Appropriate for students in grades 1-2.  Very short sentences, mostly containing sight words.  Only 1 or 2 words per sentence need to be decoded. Each page only has 1 sentence.  Text is quite large. Large pictures accompany the text on each page.

Level 2– Appropriate for students in grades 2-3.  Longer sentences with 2-3 words that need to be decoded.  Each page only has 1 sentence. Text is smaller than level 1. Large pictures accompany the text on each page.

Level 3– Appropriate for students in grades 3-4.  Longer sentences with more frequency of words that need to be decoded. Each sentence has 2-3 phrases.  Each page has multiple sentences.  Smaller pictures accompany the text on each page.

Level 4– Appropriate for students in grades 4-6.  Longest sentences of all the levels. Sentences have 2-3 phrases.  Each page only has a large number of sentences.  Pictures are only included every few pages.

The Drum is a fun story about a man who loves to play his drum.  He has several types of drums, and the audience loves to hear them all!