This engaging program introduces 16 word families with more advanced shared reading activities. Students find and sort words by word family and learn to recognize sight words. Then build rhyming words using onsets and rimes (l + uck, tr + uck), identify rhymes within larger words (unlucky), and sort words by spelling patterns sail vs whale). They make their own I Can Read Rhymes book, and a word bank for sight words. Lesson extensions introduce 54 more word families, representing all major vowel spelling patterns. Guide includes lesson plans and Blackline Masters in a 3-ring binder. Includes 16 Rhyme Illustration Cards, 72 Ready to Read Rhymes Pocket Strips (including 52 onsets and 25 rimes), Sentence Strip Highlighters, Chart Strip Storage Box, teal Picture Pocket Chart, Rhymes CD, plus Ready to Read Rhymes Program Guide. $104.00 Value!