With Rime Magic, teachers carry out instruction using various sets of cards and lessons. The cards contain onsets and rimes that students identify, analyze, and combine into words—like magic! The onset and rime lessons help students “crack the code” of the written word and, when used repeatedly, bolster reading proficiency. Over time, word recognition becomes more automatic, leading to enhanced comprehension and fluency. Each kit contains: • Magic Rime Cards (two sets— total of 60 cards) • Power Pak Cards (one set—450 cards representing 30 key rimes with 15 rime-embedded words each for intervention work) • Endings and Short Vowels Cards • Poem Cards • Three trade books: What Bears Like, Frog and Toad Are Friends, and Fables • Rime Word Spelling Activity Sheet, Base Word Constancy Activity Sheet, Long Vowel Spelling Activity Sheet, and a Word Juggling Sheet What is Rime Magic? It’s a new word recognition resource that’s changing the lives of all readers—beginning readers, English learners, and older striving readers who need more support. The rime is the key part of a word that makes it easy to see the structure (for example, the /ip/ in slippery or the /at/ in splattered). Teachers carry out instruction using rime and word cards and engaging lessons found inside the Rime Magic kit. Students add onsets and endings to the rimes to identify, analyze, and combine into words—like magic! These onset/rime lessons help students “crack the code” of the written word and, when used repeatedly in five-minute lessons, bolster reading and spelling proficiency. With practice, students pick up the pace and the rime jumps out at them as they read. Confidence soars and word recognition becomes more and more automatic, leading to enhanced comprehension and fluency.This kit includes:o Teacher’s Guideo Rime and Word Cardso Short Vowel and Endings Cardso Power Pak intervention seto Poem Cardso Trade books for younger readerso High-interest articles for older readerso How-to videos that show each Rime Magic step in actiono Downloadable student pages and teaching tools "We began by piloting one Rime Magic kit with a struggling 2nd grade reading group. In spite of working with a highly experienced Title I reading specialist and their classroom teacher, they were not independently solving challenging words and this prevented them from moving ahead in their literacy journey. After a few short weeks, the results from using Rime Magic with this group were so powerful that other specialists and teachers from Kindergarten through 6th grade were asking for their own kits! A seasoned Title I Kindergarten teacher is no less than amazed at the affect Rime Magic is having on her class in reading and writing. A special education teacher who works with challenged 5th graders is thrilled to watch his students spell ‘big words’ and decode words in text with confidence for the first time. After seeing the small group shifts in spelling and decoding using just five minutes of Rime Magic a day, classroom teachers in K and 1 decided to begin their morning message with Rime Magic. One teacher commented that it’s a literacy warm up for the brain―and a great way to start the day for a classroom full of kids! We can see tangible shifts in both reading and writing in our ELL students as well as our struggling readers. We’re now using Rime Magic in Tiers I,2, and 3 instruction from Kindergarten through 6th grade and thrilled with the results. I highly recommend using Rime Magic with your students. It’s a very powerful five minutes of phonics instruction that will support all of your readers and writers."-- Ellen O. Lewis, Reading Recovery Teacher and Literacy Consultant. Springfield, VA “My middle school students were empowered with Sharon Zinke’s strategies. The students who sit at the back of the class and never say anything, are so excited when they realize that they can read books they never thought they could read. I’ve seen them jump right out of their seats with enthusiasm and new success.” Alma Owens, Reading Intervention Teacher, King Middle School. Berkeley, CA “Based on our school-wide data, students who participated in Sharon Zinke’s reading intervention made significant academic gains based on their CST performance data. Seventy percent of the students participating in the intervention groups made at least one proficiency level increase and 30% made two proficiency level increases. They moved from Far Below Basic to Basic within six months of participation. It’s phenomenal how much progress our students have made in such a short time. It’s amazing!” Kim Watts, Principal, Lorin Eden Elementary School. Hayward, CA “As a literacy coach in an urban school, using Sharon Zinke’s strategies addresses the diverse needs of my students. In a matter of weeks, children increased their accuracy, fluency and spelling skills in a fun yet effective way. This book is a must- read for classroom teachers, literacy