Common Words Not Taught in Basal Reading Series.

Fry, Edward; Sakiey, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ327874

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Publication Date: 1986

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Common Words Not Taught in Basal Reading Series.

Fry, Edward; Sakiey, Elizabeth

Reading Teacher, v39 n5 p395-98 Jan 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, Reading Instruction, Word Frequency, Word Lists

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