Play ReadPals

The ReadPals cast

Each friend shows you one idea by how they act. Meet them all and see how the ideas fit together.

  1. Blip Blending (sound-to-sound → word) — a small bright leaf-green tree frog kid who hops from sound to sound, then slides the sounds together into a word; glowing sound-dots trail behind each hop
  2. Shelby Digraphs (two letters → one sound) — a gentle spiral-shell snail kid who presses two letter-tiles together so they make ONE new sound (sh / ch / th); the joined tiles glow as one
  3. Mavis Long vowels (silent-e / vowel teams) — a wise round-eyed owl kid who adds a silent-e or teams two vowels so the vowel says its own name (cap → cape); a little magic-e sparkle on her wingtip
  4. Lark Oral reading fluency — a cheerful songbird lark kid who reads a whole line smoothly and with a little song (expression); musical notes float up from the page as she reads

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