Swing Otto Swing!

Author: DAVID MILGRIM
Publisher: Not available
Publication Date: 2004-12-01
Features:
Ottowantstobeabletoswinginthejunglelikehismonkeyfriends.Buthekeepscrashing.ThenOttocomesupwithanideathatwillhaveeveryoneswinging!
RecognizingWords? Wordrepetition? Familiarwordsandphrases? Simple sentences StartingToRead? Simple stories? Increasedvocabulary? Longersentences Reading Independently? More-complexstories? Variedsentencestructure? Paragraphsandshortchapters ReadingProficiently? Richvocabulary? More-challengingstories? Longerchapters
TOPARENTSANDTEACHERS: Childrenlearntoreadinavarietyofways:throughformalteachinginschool,bybeingreadaloudtoathome,andreadingontheirown,usingallthetoolsthey'velearnedformakingsenseoflettersandwords. Theprocessstartswithachild'sfirstawareness thatlettersonthepageformwords,whichmakesentences,whichmakestories. Noonemethodoflearningisrightforeverychild, butallchildrenneedbookstheycanreadsuccessfully. Ready-to-Readbooksfeatureclassicstoriesandinterestingnonfictionbyauthorswhoreallyknowhowtowriteforthisagegroup. They'regroupedatfourlevels: Pre-LevelOne, withrepetitivetextandsimplesentencesforchildrenwhocanrecognizewords; LevelOne, withanincreasedvocabularyandlongersentencesforchildrenwhoarejuststartingtoread; LevelTwo, forthosewhoarereadingindependentlyandarereadyforslightlygreaterchallenges; andLevelThree, forchildrenwhocanreadfictionandnonfictionontheirown,withfewerillustrationsandlongertexts. At each level, the books are all written, designed, and illustrated to suit the interests, needs, and abilities of new readers. Children in preschool and the early elementary grades are universally fascinated with reading, and arealreadysaying, 'I'm ready to read.' When they finish a Ready-to-Readbook, we want them to say, 'I am reading, and I like it!'