Each level of the program includes 10 Readers with 6 stories per book for a total of 60 stories per level. The stories include characters that represent the population of students using the program and the types of settings in which they live. In the fourth edition, increased representation was also given to ethnic and disability groups.

Features

• Syntax controls including sentence length, number of syllables, level of abstraction
• Vocabulary controls such as the number of new words per story, multiple meanings, and word structures
• Vocabulary sources include Dolch List, Dale-Chall list of 3,000 common words, a revised core vocabulary of Grades 1-8, and more
• Story structure is included to focus students' attention on the components of the story and aid in comprehension skills including understanding the main idea, locating details, sequencing, drawing conclusions, and more
• Chunking of phrases or constituents of sentences in the first three levels

Reading Milestones Reproducible Materials Flash Drive

The Reading Milestones Reproducible Materials Flash Drive includes:

• Workbook Activities
• Spelling
• Word Cards 

The Reading Milestones, Fourth Edition — Level 3 (Yellow) Reproducible Materials Flash Drive is included as part of the complete Reading Milestones, Fourth Edition — Level 3 (Yellow) Package.

Reading Milestones Student Achievement Record 10-Pack

Reading Milestones, Fourth Edition Student Achievement Record (SAR)

The Reading Milestones Student Achievement Record (SAR) is a document designed to allow the teacher to record the student’s completion of each of the stories in the Readers and activities in the Workbook and Spelling materials across a level of the program. The four-page SAR includes a Spelling chart to show visually the student’s mastery test results from all stories and books in the level. Sections for each of the 10 books are included to record:

1. Date the student completed each story.
2. Number of Workbook and Spelling pages for each story the student completed successfully.
3. Space for comments regarding progress and recommendations.

The Teacher’s Guide provides a foundation for lesson development, focusing on concepts, vocabulary, and linguistic structures emphasized within each story. The Teacher’s Guide describes an interactive process of steps to guide students in the acquisition of information through print. The format for the guide includes instructional steps for the development of linguistic comprehension (vocabulary and syntax) and reading fluency.

For each story, the Teacher’s Guide includes the following:

• specific activities for developing and activating prior knowledge
• the presentation of new concepts and vocabulary words
• activities for establishing the purpose for reading
• post reading activities, including activities for developing an understanding of story structure, skills in phonological awareness, fluency, and story retelling

Also included are literature activities to assist the teacher in integrating classic themes and selected stories into the reading and language curriculum to present a balanced instructional perspective. Instructional guidelines for Workbook activities for each story are also included in the Teacher's Guides, with specific activities for vocabulary practice, linguistic structures, story structures, and related skills. as the lessons progress, the guide provides the teacher with strategies for discussing Workbook activities that focus on metacognitive skills. Valuable resource and reference information for well-grounded instructional decision making and problem solving is interwoven into the lessons. The teacher's Guide has been revised to include extensive information on recent research and best practices in reading. Strategies have been expanded and reformatted for clarity. Several useful appendixes have been added.

Individual Readers:

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 1

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Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 2

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 3

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 4

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 5

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 6

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 7

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 8

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader 9

Level 3 (Yellow) Reader  10