The Ultimate Book of Phonics Word Lists: Grades 3-5

Rhonda Graff is a mentor educator and reading coach with more than 25 years’ teaching experience. She is the founder of Reading Writing Solution Center LLC and is a certified Orton-Gillingham practitioner, Wilson dyslexia practitioner, structured literacy dyslexia interventionist, and multisensory structured language educator. Graff is also the author of several teaching resources for Scholastic, including First Graphic Organizers: Reading and Leveled Reading-Response Activities for Guided Reading and the Decodable Cards teaching kits.

Laurie J. Cousseau has been involved with literacy for more than 30 years as an educator and teacher trainer, working and consulting in a variety of settings including public school districts, independent schools, a working farm, and Amherst College. She has a Master of Arts in reading education, holds Level II certifications as a reading specialist for Grades PreK–12, is a certified academic language therapist, and is certified by the International Dyslexia Association. She is an accredited training fellow with the Orton-Gillingham Academy and has been an adjunct professor at the university level. She owns a community-based reading center, Green River Literacy and Learning Center, which is committed to supporting and enhancing the lives of people with language-based learning disabilities in the Berkshires. She has presented internationally at conferences and has trained educators in Australia and Malaysia. Cousseau loves to travel and share her love of words and story. You can often find her curled up reading to her dog, Emma.