Bannatyne Reading Program -- GETTING STARTED -- SHIPS SERIES

The Ships Series teaches the more common spellings of the 17 vowel phonemes of English and uses them in numerous diverse activities. Of course, numerous additional consonants, digraphs, blends, word-parts, chunks, sentences and stories are also taught. The actual Workbooks are printed in black and white. Remember that the students provide the color by using color pencils.

Galleon Workbook 6 (Sample key words only--to demonstrate the written/printed spelling variations of each phoneme). Remember that the students provide the color by using color pencils. The Galleon Workbook contains 5 Vowel Color Sections and each color section contains Activities 1 - 14 listed on the Ships and Planets Activities List web page.

Copper	pop, want
Pink	tin
Azure	man
Pumpkin	sun, son, the, above, action
Yellow	ten, head, said, there

Cutter Workbook 7 (Sample key words only--to demonstrate the written/printed spelling variations of each phoneme). Remember that the students provide the color by using color pencils. The Cutter Workbook contains 4 Vowel Color Sections and each color section contains Activities 1 - 14 listed on the Ships and Planets Activities List web page.

Green	bee, funny, taxi, leaf, be
Blue	June, moon, chew, to
Lime	time, light, sky, I (first person)
Purple	bird, her, fur

Schooner Workbook 8 (Sample key words only--to demonstrate the written/printed spelling variations of each phoneme). Remember that the students provide the color by using color pencils. The Schooner Workbook contains 4 Vowel Color Sections and each color section contains Activities 1 - 14 listed on the Ships and Planets Activities List web page.

Gray	day, rain, name
Fawn	lawn, wall, form
Brown	owl, shout
Bushy	bush, wood, wolf

Clipper Workbook 9 (Sample key words only--to demonstrate the written/printed spelling variations of each phoneme). Remember that the students provide the color by using color pencils. The Clipper Workbook contains 4 Vowel Color Sections and each color section contains Activities 1 - 14 listed on the Ships and Planets Activities List web page.

Rose	nose, row, boat
Scarlet	star
Royal	toy, boil
Puce	use, few

NOTE: The Teacher Guide pages always include a completed Student Workbook page as well as extra information for the teacher to use when teaching students. Remember that the students provide the color by using color pencils.

The Bannatyne Reading Program is a comprehensive, integrated reading program, writing program, spelling program, language program, and comprehension training program. The Bannatyne Reading Program is unlike any other reading programs currently available. This means you will find many features which are only in the Bannatyne Reading Program. In some Commonwealth countries the program may be referred to as: Bannatyne Programme, or Bannatyne Reading Programme.