Components
Read-Aloud Books (K-6)
Grades K and 1: 10 BooksGrades 2-3: 6 Books
Grades 4-6: Read-Aloud Anthology (each of which includes 6 stories)
Each unit begins with a teacher read-aloud that introduces students to the theme concept and builds background while providing a model of fluent reading.
Story Time Selections (K): 10 Books
Additional teacher read-aloud books are used as a culminating activity for each kindergarten unit and ties together what the students have been learning.Trade Books (Pre-K)
Each unit has three trade books used to build listening comprehension and vocabulary and to develop book and print concepts.Listening Library CDs (Pre-K-6)
Each Big Book and Student Reader selection is recorded and can be used in a variety of ways, to model reading fluency, for read-alongs, and to review and reinforce story content, and for preteaching of selections. [Compact Disc]Leveled Readers for Fluency, Comprehension and Vocabulary
Grade 1: 48Grade 2-6: 72 for each grade level
Total Number of Books: 408
The content of Fluency Readers is correlated to grade level theme and provide practice at different independent reading levels for building fluency. They can be used for independent reading or in small instructional groups. For each grade, there are books above, on, and approaching grade level as well as books for English Learners. While the focus of these readers is to build fluency, students also work on developing background, vocabulary and comprehension. A Teacher's Guide accompanies each grade level.
Pre-Decodable and Decodable Stories (K-3)
Grade Pre-K: 20Grade K: 35
Grade 1 Core Set: 115
Grade 1 Practice Set: 80
Grade 2: 7 Books, each containing multiple decodable stories
Grade 3: 4 Books, each containing multiple decodable stories
Pre-Decodable Stories help students at Pre-K, K, and Grade 1 learn about concepts of books and print and practice reading essential high-frequency sight words. Decodable stories provide fluency practice through phonetically controlled, connected text.
