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Grade Level: 1-2 Interest Level: 3-12 Reading Level: 1-2 Designed specifically for the student who has been introduced to vowel sounds but still needs further practice to reach mastery levels. This comprehensive book offers over 120 pages of delightfully illustrated activities involving each vowel sound along with rhyming, riddles, letter substitution, sentence writing, word drill, alphabetizing, dipthongs, digraphs, and more! Phonemic awareness is an essential component of reading success… so give your students plenty of practice with this indispensable book! 132 pages.

Help students of all ages improve their basic reading skills! Twenty-two different word families are included in each high-interest book that uses familiar items to teach new words. Activities such as rhyming, dictionary, sentence completion, and word formation accompany each word. In addition, review pages further reinforce learning. This unique and high-interest approach is sure to help students who are not yet proficient readers.

CCSS Level: 1-2 Interest Level: 3-12 Reading Level: 2 This practical book is perfect for students who have been introduced to essential sight words, but still need additional practice to help them reach mastery levels. Based on the Dolch List, this book makes up a comprehensive list of words most commonly used in everyday reading and speaking. So get your students on the road to reading success with this essential book! Book 1 of 2.

Grade Level: 1-2 Interest Level: 2-8 Reading Level: 1-2 This fun, hands-on book was created to help early readers identify sight words and build reading fluency. Children need to develop a growing core of sight words, which will help them become more fluent readers. Since sight words are meant to be identified instantly - pictures are a great way to aid the student in immediate recognition of several high-frequency words. Includes crossword puzzles, word searches, configuration fill-ins, and riddles. A great stepping stone for writing sentences and categorizing! 96 pages.

"A well-designed reference and learning tool for paraprofessionals. The valuable templates can easily be reproduced and used with students."-Renee Bernhardt, Special Education TeacherJohnston Elementary School, Woodstock, GA "This is a great guide. I have already used excerpts for an informal paraprofessional workshop in my school. The paraeducators thought that it covered all the areas of concern that they have. They couldn't believe how many ready-to-use ideas it had."-Dawne Dragonetti, Special Education Teacher and Instructional CoachCenter School, Stow, MAHundreds of strategies that promote success for struggling students in inclusive classrooms!Paraprofessionals are essential in helping students with special needs access the general education curriculum and receive the individualized attention they need. This updated edition of Inclusion: An Essential Guide for the Paraprofessional answers paraprofessionals' most common questions and provides extensive strategies for all content areas. Developed as a daily, hands-on working manual, the completely revised edition includes a new chapter on reading, expanded chapters throughout, additional activities for classroom use, more than 75 new strategies, and more than 50 forms available on a CD-ROM for easy reproduction. Ideal for experienced or novice paraprofessionals, this volume includes techniques for supporting students in reading, spelling, language, and mathematics, and covers topics such as:Inclusive practices Policies, procedures, and schedules Accommodations and modifications for the classroom Communication and organizational skills Peer tutoring Behavior management Confidentiality and reportingAlso an appropriate handbook for working with general education students who may need additional help to experience academic success, this resource provides the ideal support for all paraprofessionals working in the general education classroom.