cagirlintexas Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Trying to set myself up for next year. I want to have lots of reading materials for my son because he is motivated by variety. This takes planning cause we are overseas but I can bring stuff back this summer. Anyway he is reading CVC words, starting blends and picking up some site words. He is making progress and enjoying himself. I know each kid is different but what would you expect for next year. I was going to order stuff from scholastic cause its cheap and I can get a lot but trying to figure out what? Do they do I can Read Books? Is there a lexile number I should aim for? or just get a variety? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 My youngest adored the Henry and Mudge books at that age. The Magic Tree House books are great too though maybe a little bit older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Some of the beginning readers we enjoyed; Little Bear Frog and Toad Dr Seuss books The Nora Gaydos collection and of course "Bob Books" But if mailing were a problem, I would probably look at a couple of used readers that they use in school. I know guidepost includes a lot of actual children literature in their early readers, and it might be easier to get your hands on that then try to find the actual books and pay for them to be sent individually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cagirlintexas Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 So stuff like Henry and mudge and little bear. When are they able to read that? Is that what I should be planning on for next year? We do have bob books and I ordered Nora Gaydos. Scholastic has alot of those I Can read books in their catalogs. Are those a good choice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sditz1 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I sent you a pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandylubug Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 My girls that would be considered first grade love Dr. Suess books, BOB books and the like. My complaint with I Can Read books is that they have TONS of sight words in them and my girls HATE it when there is a word they don't know. Mind you, we are late in the game of teaching phonics successfully and I just now feel we are on the correct path and making strides in reading accomplishments. They also love Starfall and they have books available for purchase. I prefer to stick with fully decodable books for them to read on their own. I do pick I Can Read books for them but I am typically reading them for them, other than words I know they can read. My girls love the accomplishment of reading TO me. I do realize some kids are at a more advanced reading level than my girls (they are reading cvc and beginning blends) and could handle the I Can Read books easier than mine. My nephew that is the same age as my girls can read the Magic Tree House books and that just blows me away if you consider my girls reading abilities. It just shows that their levels and stage of development vary so much from child to child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssavings Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 We like the Usborne phonics readers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) I made a list of all the Sonlight and Heart of Dakota readers by age/level and we cycle through those as reading levels progress. Here's a link to Sonlight's Readers 1 and Heart of Dakota's Emerging Readers Edited March 6, 2012 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommatomany Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 My complaint with I Can Read books is that they have TONS of sight words in them and my girls HATE it when there is a word they don't know. I feel the same. I'm not a huge fan of I Can Read books for that same reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Have you tried anything online? Including the material on Progressive Phonics. Also archive.org for the vintage stuff eg Free and Treadwell readers. I say this because so many readers are only read once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edeemarie Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 All About Reading has some great readers that might be worth looking into! We also used HOD emerging reader set and all of those books worked well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Have you tried anything online? Including the material on Progressive Phonics. Also archive.org for the vintage stuff eg Free and Treadwell readers. I say this because so many readers are only read once. Raz kids is a decent online option. It is $89 since you have to buy a class, but you get thousands of books, they are at different levels, and they can progress through the levels. They also have a comprehension quiz at the end of each book. Another thing I liked is that there is a mix of nonfiction and fiction. We used some of the higher levels in our history or science learning since you can have to books read aloud if they are beyond the child's reading level. Oh and you can also record the child reading to book to practice fluency. I like everything about it except the price, but since it is online there aren't shipping fees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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