Now I'm Reading! Pre-Reader: More Word Play

by Gaydos, Nora; Sams, B.B.

• ISBN13: 9781101919620
• ISBN10: 1101919620
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2016-02-16
• Publisher: Now I'm Reading!

Summary

TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ WHILE HAVING FUN! Simple sentences and strong picture cues help guide young children to reading success with this award-winning learn-to-read series.

What could be more exciting than hearing your child read a book to you for the first time? The Now I'm Reading! books for emerging readers are just right for children who want to read but aren't quite ready to sound out words using phonics.

Each of the 8 stories in PRE-READER: MORE WORD PLAY focuses on 2 to 3 high-frequency sight words and combines simple, patterned text and strong picture cues to give just the right amount of support to the earliest readers. Flashcards are included to help reinforce sight word familiarity.

Inside the CD binder-like package, you'll find:
· 8 story booklets
· 38 flashcards
· 40 reward stickers
· "Words to Know" and "Stretch Your Mind" activity sections
· Parent/Teacher Guide
· Activity Book

Perfect for ages 3 and up! Books in the NIR Pre-Reader Level focus on read-along stories, strong picture clues, predictable patterned text, letter and sound recognition, and beginning sight word instruction.

The concepts and skill progression in the NIR series are aligned to meet Common Core State Standards. This book is Fountas & Pinnell Leveled with a range of LB-B; information on individual booklet levels and Lexile Measures is available at the Now I'm Reading website.

Author Biography

Nora Gaydos is an elementary school teacher in Connecticut and has taught for more than 16 years. Her classroom experience includes teaching kindergarten and first, second, third, and fourth grades. She has a broad understanding of how beginning readers develop, from the earliest stage of pre-reading to becoming independent, self-motivated readers. Nora is the author of the award-winning Now I’m Reading! program, as well as many other books focused on the development of children's literacy. Nora has a degree in elementary education from Miami University in Ohio and has two amazing sons, Luke and Owen, both of whom learned to read with Now I’m Reading!