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Summarizes recent research in reading and helps teachers understand how to successfully teach children in grades Kindergarten through grade three how to read covering five areas of reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension.
Encourage first-grade students to build their reading comprehension and word study skills using daily practice activities. Great for after school, intervention, or homework, teachers and parents can help students gain regular practice through these quick, diagnostic-based activities that are correlated to College and Career Readiness and other state standards. Both fiction and nonfiction reading passages are provided as well as data-driven assessment tips and digital versions of the assessment analysis tools and activities. With these easy-to-use activities, first graders will boost their reading skills in a hurry!
BOOKS IN SERIES: 8 BOOKS IN READING F REEDOM 2000 PROGRAM: 24 ISBN: 978174020 0202 AUTHOR: Hunter Calder RRP: $13. 95 PAGES: 72 pp. The Phonics First series has been written specifically for pre-readers and beginnin g readers (suggested age 4 - ... 6). The series is carefully structured to develop phonemic awareness - ... the ability to identify individual s ounds in words as well as the ability to blend sounds into meaningful wo rds. In Phonics First Book 5, students are introduced to higher o rder phonics skills and generalisations. They learn the common consonant digraphs, long vowel rules, and the soft 'ec',, and 'eg',, sounds. Th rough a variety of motivational exercises and activities students develo p their skills so they are able to read words containing these sounds wi th accuracy and fluency. The Reading Freedom 2000 Diagnostic Hand book should be used to place students at the correct level in the progra m. In order to work successfully with the Phonics First Activity Books, teachers should refer to the Phonics First Teacher Resource Book and mon itor student progress with the Phonics First Achievement Tests.
Packed with enriching ideas for all educators, this guide summarizes the key areas of the Reading First program to provide a comprehensive understanding of its components.
Offered as a policy statement rather than as a how-to manual, this program advisory provides the policy direction and instructional guidance needed to support the improvement of reading achievement in California through the development and implementation of a balanced, comprehensive reading program in prekindergarten through grade 3. The first part of the booklet, "The Reading Program," focuses on the essential components of a complete program of beginning reading instruction, with specific guidance in systematic, explicit skills instruction and other essential components of a beginning reading program; classroom diagnosis; program assessment; and early intervention strategies, including family-school partnerships that support student learning and home learning. Grade-level expectations and examples of classroom activities are also included in the first part. The second part of the booklet, "Instructional Guidance and Support," addresses the planning necessary to support classroom implementation, including the development of local standards and ongoing professional development. Contains 23 references. An appendix presents a sample reading curriculum timeline, preschool through eighth grade. (RS)
