Birthday Thief

Bright, colorful photos support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the unvoiced /th/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic nonfiction text also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read for information while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. This book follows a narrator as they try to find out who stole their birthday presents. This nonfiction phonics title is paired with the fiction phonics title Theo Gives Thanks: Practicing the Unvoiced TH Sound.

The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides:
* Word List with carefully selected grade-appropriate words featuring the unvoiced /th/ sound found in the text
* Teacher Talk that assists instructors in introducing the unvoiced /th/ sound
* Group Activity that guides students to identify the unvoiced /th/ sound, decode the words that contain it, and use the words
* Extended Activity that provides students with additional opportunities to think about, list, and use words containing the unvoiced /th/ sound
* Writing Activity that guides students to write the letters that make the unvoiced /th/ sound