This textbook is a first reader that focuses on moving children from spoken to written vocabulary and recognizing sight words already familiar though sound. The combination of construction with interpretation of writing with reading leads directly to intelligent understanding and expression of thoughts on the written or printed page. Model script…

The road to becoming a reader begins the day a child is born and continues through the end of third grade. At that point, a child must read with ease and understanding to take advantage of the learning opportunities in fourth grade and beyond--in school and in life. Learning to read and write starts at home, long before children go to school. Very…