Customer Reviews

25 Emergent Reader Mini-Books (Grades K-1)

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While this set is entertaining and certainly appropriate for the beginning reader, the emergent reader will be frustrated by the small size of the print, the lack of exagerrated spacing between words and the lack of predictable language. The books are more appropriate for the average second semester first grader.

For the price, this book is a great bargain. My first graders who hate to read LOVE to make and take home these books. They are too hard for my kindergarteners to read, but they enjoy coloring them and reading them with me and at home (I teach resoruce). The books cover a great variety of topics, from self-esteem issues, to seasonal, counting and cooking. They have equal appeal for boys and girls. The only draw back is it is hard to get the double-sided copies to line up well enough that the kids can cut, fold and staple the books themselves, but once you do, the books are easy to put together and a good size for the kids to handle and take home. One of the previous reviews was right - there is a lack of predictable language. Don't buy this if that is what you want!! But these books are great to motivate students to read, and I find I can tie into a variety of word study topics in most of the books. (wh questions, sh sounds, etc.)

First grade teachers will love this book. These books are wonderful for book club. Children feel successful! They love coloring in the pictures and taking home their books to read to family members! In addition I wrote each little story out on chart paper and colored the matching pictures.

ATTENTION FIRST GRADE TEACHERS! You will love these beginning first grade mini-books, and so will your emergent readers.

The books are great for early readers and special education, but the format is not easy to copy.

This may have been obvious to some, but it wasn't to me, maybe because I'm new to this mini-books concept. When I bought the book, I thought it would have 25 small pamphlet-sized readers already bound. Instead, the book has instructions for copying the pages and stapling them together into little booklets.

I feel the title and description of the book are misleading. It's going to be a while before I can get to a copier to start assembling these. It's also not clear in the instructions if you can just cut the pages out of the book and use them without copying. It sounds silly, but I'm also not sure if we even have a stapler around here. Yes, I may be a horrible parent for not having the supplies on hand, but I would have liked to know ahead of time that I'd need equipment and tools simply to use the books.

Children love the sense of ownership and accomplishment when they create their own little books on a variety of topics. They can even color the pages. This increases an interest in reading and writing about several topics. The excerpts help you decide if the text size is right for your students.