The Essentials Reader includes phonics-controlled texts to help older students develop the skills needed to read both informational texts and literature. This decodable reader introduces students to new sports, inspiring historical figures, multi-cultural topics, poems, STEM topics, and more.
The Essentials Reader Teacher's Guide and Student Activity Book include pre-reading, post-reading, and extension activities to activate your students' background knowledge, build reading fluency, and develop the skills needed to comprehend academic texts across various subjects.
The Essentials Reader Set incorporates lessons in note-taking as well as a wide variety of composition activities that help develop your students' writing and reading skills simultaneously.
A complete guide that reinforces the Five Essential Skills of Reading and teaches comprehension, vocabulary, and decoding skills!
With the Essentials Reader Student Activity Book, practice is engaging and fun! This student book is filled with dozens of practice pages that strengthens and refines literacy skills.
Looking to incorporate additional controlled readers? Foundations decodable readers make excellent practice for students who enjoy fun, youthful, illustrations! Use this tool to incorporate them into your Essentials lessons.
Foundations Reader Placement Tool for Essentials