Reading: Grade 1 - Daily Reading Workbook for Classroom and Home, Sight Word Comprehension and Phonics Practice, School Level Activities Created by Teachers to Master Challenging Concepts
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I absolutely love the scaffolding this book provides
Our 5-year-old daughter (kindergartener) had problems sounding words out, so I purchased this book for its short reading passages and follow-up comprehension questions. The readings are theme-based. Each week there is a different theme. Around that theme, there are 3-4 short paragraphs plus a writing prompt. Each short paragraph then becomes the daily reading. The short paragraphs are usually composed of 3-4 sentences and followed by 4 questions related to the topic. We usually do this daily practice within 30 minutes -- not too long nor too short -- and it improves my daughter's literacy significantly. I absolutely love the scaffolding this book provides! Another point to love this book is that although pictures are sometimes provided in this book, they are not too many like the other A-level reading books, which impedes the readers from trying to sound the words out by the alphabets, not the pictures. My daughter tends to look at the pictures and guesses the words without trying to pronounce them by phonics. The text-focused style pushes her to pay more attention to the words themselves and thereby boost her literacy. Now she enjoys sounding out any words in sight! Yay!!
Very helpful for struggling reader!
My 8 year old (who is homeschooled) has always had difficulties reading. She is an incredible math wiz, but she has never had any interest in reading and has always gotten easily frustrated while trying to. With her having lots of tears and loss of confidence I was desperate to find something that would really help her to learn not only how to read sentences, but the meaning behind them and the ability to help her remember and retain the information she was learning. Now two and a half weeks in, she read for the first time ever a complete story without stopping! Getting distracted and stopping after a few words was something she has struggled with in the past, but not today! The smile on her face when she had realised what she had done made this book priceless. Her confidence is getting stronger and her interest in reading is slowly but surely growing. This book has been such a help to her and me. Seeing your child struggle to learn how to read is such a heartbreak and while I'm sure there is still more frustration and possibly even more tears to come, I'm feeling hopeful that she will take today and start to see reading as a positive opportunity and not some big scary thing she "has to do".
Engaging and fun!
I love this for my 5 year old daughter! I decided to homeschool her for Kindergarten and purchased this to kickstart our year. It’s the perfect size excerpt to capture her attention and test her comprehension! She is excited to do them, and often asks to do more than 1-2 a day! I also love that there is a written response portion on Day 5, that corresponds with a previously read text! Awesome product! Would buy again!
Good!
My son is currently in 2nd grade soon to be 3rd but he's a struggling reader and is reading at Kindergarten level. We've just started this workbook but it's great because I can sit down with him and watch him read...see what words he struggles with as well as take notes to see if he comprehends the reading. I've noticed that it's the diphthongs,vowel pairs, and digraphs he's having trouble with. This book is a little pricey but I'd say it's working out nicely for us.
Good, but could be refined...
Good, but often times I find the questions can be vague or sometimes two of the answers are actually quite suitable instead of just one which can confuse a kid. I've even seen a question for which none of the answers applied. Editing for this book was somewhat poor in other words. For the most part though, it's still quite a good learning book. Nice that it builds in some open answers for creative thinking and writing skills!
Recommend it to all 1st graders or those who help
I am a tutor and help 1st graders who just came to America. They had a big problem in understanding the instructions when they were given tests in class. This book helped resolve the issue. I am very thankful. Recommend it to all 1st graders or those who help them
Not ability/age appropriate. But has good lessons.
Good lessons. However, my first grader is still a budding reader. The material is well beyond her ability. Maybe a good bridge book between 1st and 2nd?
Text Complexity
The resources is well thought out. I love the CD which includes PDF files off the activities. However, the text complexity is too high for first grade students. I would use this resource with 2nd graders.
Absolutely what I was looking for!
I purchase a lot of books for my kids online and they use several online programs. This is one of my favorite books. It is very thorough. It actually stretches them. This book forces them to actually comprehend what they are reading and use reasoning skills. This book cost more than many other workbooks I purchase for my prek-4 and 1st grade students, but it is worth the money. My prek-4 student uses the 1st grade book and my 1st grader uses the 2nd grade book. I will purchase more of these as my budget permits :-).
Reading Comprehension
This workbook represents the curriculum of 1st grade. The emphasis of this book is basic reading comprehension. I used it to supplement my child's education, and to ensure that she was at least on track. The format of the book is as follows: on day one to three, the child has to read a short story, a paragraph of 4 to 6 sentences. After which, the child is required to answer 4 questions based on the text. As the weeks progress, the questions become progressively harder, testing the child's true understanding of the text vs. basic information. On day 4, the text is longer and a little more complex, with about 10 to 12 sentences. Again after which, the child is required to respond to questions. The 5th and final day, is a writing exercise based on the reading from day four. I found it worked best when my daughter completed a week's worth of work in one day, since each day's lesson was part of an overall theme, and built on the prior day's lesson. It took about 30-60 mins to complete the entire week. The writing part of the week, probably took up 30 mins. At times, she completed days 1 to 4, in one sitting, and day 5 on a different day. However, each child is different and the good thing about this workbook is that it can be worked at your pace.
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