Help students of all ages improve their basic reading skills! Twenty-two different word families are included in each high-interest book that uses familiar items to teach new words. Activities such as rhyming, dictionary, sentence completion, and word formation accompany each word. In addition, review pages further reinforce learning. This unique and high-interest approach is sure to help students who are not yet proficient readers.

Grade Level: 1-2 Interest Level: 3-12 Reading Level: 1-2 Designed specifically for the student who has been introduced to vowel sounds but still needs further practice to reach mastery levels. This comprehensive book offers over 120 pages of delightfully illustrated activities involving each vowel sound along with rhyming, riddles, letter substitution, sentence writing, word drill, alphabetizing, dipthongs, digraphs, and more! Phonemic awareness is an essential component of reading success… so give your students plenty of practice with this indispensable book! 132 pages.

Using the new TIME For Kids Nonfiction Readers series educators will discover how authentic, nonfiction reading experiences, combined with active literacy and audio-assisted learning, can help students develop word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency skills in accordance with the Reading First legislation.Based on writing and photographs from TIME For Kids and Write Time for Kids.The Readiness-Word Families kit is designed for students reading at the Kindergarten reading level. This kit includes 5 copies each of 30 titles (150 books total), Teacher's Guide, Home-School Connections, Active Literacy CD, Practice and Assessment Guide, and a sturdy storage box with handles. Each book has 4 pages.

Building Vocabulary provides a systematic approach to teaching vocabulary using Greek and Latin prefixes, bases, and suffixes. Over 90% of English words of two or more syllables are of Greek or Latin origin. Instead of learning words and definitions in isolation, students learn key roots and strategies for deciphering words and their meanings across all content areas. Building Vocabulary: Foundations for grades 1-2, empowers beginning readers to learn words by identifying word parts or word families that share common sounds. Students will build vocabulary through the use of poetry, word endings, and simple roots. Building Vocabulary: Foundations: Level 2 kit includes: Teacher's Guide; Student Guided Practice Book (Each kit includes a single copy; additional copies may be ordered in quantities of 10 or more); Assessments to support data-driven instruction; and Digital resources including modeled lessons, 50 bonus activities, and more.

"Fascinating reading activities about meteors, asteroids, comets, black holes, satellites, space pioneers, galaxies, and more!"--Cover