Phonics Stories, The Other Vowel Sounds is appropriate for intermediate beginner readers and students of all abilities who are learning to read. Six stories systematically introduce vowel sounds that are not long or short (ou, ow, oo, ar, or, er, ir, ur, oi, and oy). A phonics word study accompanies each story, allowing students the opportunity to study and practice spelling words with the phonics pattern(s) from each story. After each story, the author, Laurie Hunter, has written a letter about the theme of each phonics story. The letters are intended to be read by a parent or instructor. This gives students opportunities to engage and interact with the author and instructor and to discuss important topics such as interdependence, asking for help, communicating with senior family members, being resourceful, creating goals, feeling grateful, showing appreciation, purpose, value, and the dangers of smoking and taking drugs. Laurie Hunter integrates character development into all her stories. Beginner readers and students of all abilities benefit from reading instruction that systematically introduces letters and letter groups. When readers learn phonics explicitly and in an orderly and methodical way, they can see how words can be consistent. With time and practice, they build a relationship with letters, letter groups, and words. This is how struggling readers' interest, skills, and confidence grow. Laurie Hunter earned her master's in education from The University of Texas at Austin and has been teaching children of all abilities how to read using this systematic reading instruction since 2005. A reading instruction manual, other phonics stories, and 3-D visual aids are sold separately.Cultivating Reading and Phonics Skills Instruction Manual by Laurie HunterPhonics Stories - Short Vowels - Level 1Phonics Stories - Long Vowels - Level 2Phonics Stories - The Other Vowel Sounds - Level 3Phonics Stories - Advanced Long and Short Vowel Patterns - Level 4