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Peer reviewedFry, Edward; Sakiey, Elizabeth – Reading Teacher, 1986
Notes that basal series commonly used in kindergarten through grade six teach only about half of the most common English words. Offers a list of 382 common words that do not appear in the books and suggests that teachers supplement their basals with their own word learning lessons. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
