Creative Teaching Advantage Reading, Grade 1 High-Interest Skill Building for Home and School!

A wide range of activities that focus on essential grade-level skills and strategies. These activities are shaped and influenced by current research findings in literacy instruction grounded in the Reading First Initiative. Great for ESL/ELL! With added instructions, these are also great for home use!Each activity book is divided into 5 units with reading selections in each unit that all center around a common theme. Each unit features the following skill strands: phonemic awarenessphonics/structural word analysisvocabularyfluencycomprehensionThis series addresses each of these essential components while offering students opportunities to read and interact with a variety of reading genres, including both fiction and nonfiction.Skill Review and ReinforcementIf you choose a grade-level book equal to the grade your child is currently in or has just finished, use the book to: reinforce skills being taught in the classroom throughout the yearkeep your child's skills fresh over the summerExtra Challenge and EnrichmentIf you choose a grade level book beyond the grade your child is currently in or has just finished, use the book to: provide enrichment and an extra challenge during the school yeargive your child a summer preview of what's to come in school next yearWhether you use this resource for your child to practice familiar skills or to learn new ones, the extra advantage will make a differen