The Fitzroy Word Skills work hand in hand with the Readers. Using the same systematic, step-by-step design, they are the ideal way to ensure retention and understanding of all key concepts covered in the Readers. They are also a complete grammar course.

Word Skills 2X includes:

• multiple-choice activities
• more grammar practice
• more punctuation practice
• more comprehension questions
• more writing activities
• usual strong spelling support
• accurate vocabulary tasks
• sequencing of story plot
• more work with contractions

Because of the number of precise answers required, we recommend that teachers and parents save themselves a lot of time by also using the  11X-20X Word Skills ANSWER book.

What do the 11X-20X Readers offer? 

This new level enables children to read TEN longer adventure stories assuming all and only the sounds learned to date in Readers 1-20. 

Benefits of the 11X-20X Readers:

• entertaining adventure stories
• increase fluency with early words
• reinforce the vital early digraphs
• reinforce the early special words
• learn twenty-six new special words
• build reading fluency with longer stories
• comprehension tasks are based on these stories