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23.10.12

BeginningReads » TextProject

Connect students' oral language knowledge with written language

Print them, read on a screen or via an iPad (as a PDF)

"The BeginningReads program supports teachers, parents, and tutors in bringing children into reading. Before children learn about written language, they have developed a substantial oral language word bank. The goal of BeginningReads is to connect a student's oral language knowledge with written language. The texts do this by placing a premium on words that are both highly concrete and phonetically regular—words such dog, cat, pet, and big.

Each level has twelve 4-page books that share a set of concepts, which allows young readers to see the same words in many different texts. Each book is provided as a double-sided PDF ready to print.

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