Read and Understand Stories and Activities, Grade 1 [Paperback]

Norris (Author), Evan-Moor Educational Publishers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 155799627X | ISBN-13: 978-1557996275 | Publication Date: November 1, 1997 | Edition: Tch

This hands-on resource book for Grade 1 contains 23 reproducible stories and practice materials for a wide spectrum of reading skills. The stories vary in reading difficulty to be appropriate to meet the needs of emerging readers in the average first grade classroom.

Each story is followed by four or five pages of activities for practicing reading skills such as:
comprehension, vocabulary development, letter-sound association, word families, and rhyming.

Each story consists of four half-page sheets, suitable for cutting apart to make little individual books. Page one contains a picture dictionary, illustrating words featured in the story. All stories are fully illustrated. Story topics range from fantasy to the real-life activities experienced by children of this age, and include: on & off, my bed, the busy pond, star man, the ticket, packing my suitcase, and more.

Practice activities for every story include: comprehension, vocabulary development, letter-sound associations, word families, and rhyming. Complete answer key provided. Charming line art illustrations throughout. All 144 pages perforated for easy removal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers; Tch edition (November 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155799627X
• ISBN-13: 978-1557996275
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #430,224 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Mostly busy work...., May 6, 2006

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This review is from: Read and Understand Stories and Activities, Grade 1 (Paperback)

This is one of the few products from Evan-Moor that I have not been pleased with. The emerging-reader stories are very simple and uninteresting, which makes the questions and activities uninteresting as well. If a child is not comprehending what he or she is reading, it is difficult to see how these dull readings and exercises will improve that.

If you are trying to improve your child's reading comprehension, I recommend reading Jim Treleases's "Read Aloud Handbook" and reading to your child as often as you can, and talking about what you read.

Next encourage your child to read to you, and give him some good emergent reader books, like the "I Can Read" series, or of course the appealing "I Can Read It All by Myself" series of books which includes Dr. Seuss, or any beginning reading book that INTERESTS your child. Talk about what you read, but in a facilitative, curious way, not an interrogative way.

On the other hand, if you need busy work for some reason, then this book is as good as any. My daughter did a couple of lessons in this book during the few times my son needed extra help and I didn't have anything handy for her to do.