Just Right Reading: Level a

Making Reading Practices 'Just Right' for Developing Readers! Just Right Reading provides numerous opportunities for readers to practice key skills and strategies. A variety of realistic fiction, fantasy, and informational text provides full-color, high-interest content at a comfortable, independent reading level. Photos and diagrams support the text graphically. Worktexts incorporate the five core Reading First strategies: phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency, plus oral language development, word study, and writing. Perfect for extended-day programs, Just Right Reading provides numerous opportunities for developing readers to practice key skills and strategies including phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. A variety of fiction, fantasy, and informational text provides high-interest content at a comfortable, independent reading level. Supports The Big Five strategies: Phonemic Awareness Phonics Comprehension Vocabulary Fluency Plus: Oral language development Word study Writing Highlights of Just Right Reading: Introduces concepts and vocabulary Engaging content motivates primary readers at a comfortable reading level High-frequency words repeat naturally in selections to build fluency Comprehension practice assists readers in gaining meaning from informational text Word Study practice gives students strategies for reading and writing new words Phonics review is included in each lesson Level A phonemic awareness activities prepare students for decoding text Focus on key content vocabulary helps students summarize what they read Supportive questioning checks students' comprehension Photos and diagrams support text graphically Students reread a part of the selection to practice oral reading and build fluency Readers respond to their reading through writing