Key Features of Grade 1

• Increases students’ exposure to genre and text features; more challenging vocabulary and high-frequency words.
• Assessment strategies to ensure students’ growth in reading
• Animated assessment tool will enhance students’ learning and encourage enjoyment of reading Focus on diagnostic and formative assessment to provide key evaluations of students’ progress throughout Grade
• Each word family text supports students’ phonic and spelling progress.
• Students will learn to hear the sounds in the letter combinations as they begin to write and spell the words.
• Interactive CD-ROMs provide plenty of opportunity for practicing the sounds and spelling of the words and promote rapid reading development. (Now available online)
• Tested and used successfully in a variety of RTI programs
• Scientifically researched material
• Meets individual state standards

 

Complete Grade 1 Program includes:

• 48 x 6 narrative texts (288 books)
• 3 x 20 narrative activity books
• 1 narrative CD-ROM (48 texts/160 activities) (Now available online)
• 2 narrative audio CDs (48 texts)
• 9 x 6 informational texts (54 books)
• 1 informational CD-ROM (9 texts) (Now available online)
• 3 x 20 informational activity books
• 1 informational audio CD (9 texts)
• 3 Read to/with books in small and big book format
• 1 Read to/with audio CD (3 tracks)
• 1 Rhyme, Song, and Play Book (64 pages) in small and big book format
• 1 rhyme, song, and play audio CD (44 tracks)
• 28 laminated Literacy Task Cards
• 60 laminated Content Word Cards
• 3 Teachers’ Guides (1290 pages)
• 3 Skills Charts
• 3 Assessment Packs

Assessment

• 6 x 6 texts (36 books)
• 3 CD-ROMs (1 x Yellow, 1 x Blue, 1 x Green) (Now available online)
• 1 Assessment Guide (48 pages)

 

Letter Combinations Pack

• 24 x 6 Letter Combinations texts (144 books)
• 1 x 5 Letter Combinations Activity Books (72 pages)
• 1 Letter Combinations CD-ROM (24 texts/24 activities) (Now available online)
• 1 Letter Combinations audio CD (24 texts)
• 1 Letter Combinations Teachers’ Guide (104 pages)
• 24 double-sided laminated Letter Combination cards
• 1 Skills Chart

 

Word Families Pack

• 32 x 6 Word Families texts (192 books)
• 1 x 5 Word Families Activity Books
• 1 Word Families CD-ROM (32 texts/32 activities) (Now available online)
• 1 Word Families audio CD (32 texts)
• 1 Word Families Teachers’ Guide (136 pages)
• 32 double-sided laminated Word Families cards
• 1 Skills Chart