Kindergarteners love books! This resource built around ten popular early childhood titles is sure to inspire enjoyment of reading while at the same time provide activities that help build emergent reading and vocabulary skills. Each highlighted title has activities that reflect the Reading First initiatives of vocabulary, phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, and fluency. And each includes a mini-book that is based upon the content of the title. Opportunities for large group, small group, and individual work are all part of this valuable resource for use with the emerging readers in your classroom or home!
As an additional resource, a CD-ROM is included as well. The PDF files on the CD provide you with larger, easy-to-use images of many of the activities in Growing Early Literacy, Grade K. It also features several other patterns that will be valuable to your early literacy program!