I have had great success with a series of books for word recognition skills.
Check on these books by LinguiSystems.com
No Glamour Reading: Sight Words
No Glamour Reading: Vowels
No Glamour Reading: Syllables
The books can also be seen at www.reading-now.com
This is not drawing on expertise, this is promoting a product. “Betty,” you don’t post an email address. I don’t really wonder why.