START LEARNING TO READ WHILE HAVING FUN! Zany illustrations, funny animal stories, and teacher-approved learning methods come together in this collection of 8 story booklets, 1 activity booklet, and 38 flashcards for young pre-readers to enjoy. Charming stories with easy-to-read text helps kids get comfortable with common sight words like "Mom/Dad," "yes/no," the days of the week, and more! Each of the stories in this Pre-Reader book focuses on at least 2 to 3 high-frequency sight words and combines simple, patterned text and strong picture cues to give just the right amount of support to the earliest readers. Includes 8 story booklets, 38 sight word flashcards, a More Word Play Activity Book, helpful "After You Read" and "Skills in This Story" sections, and a Parent/Teacher Guide to help caring adults. Perfect for ages 3 and up! Books in the NIR Pre-Reader Level focus on read-along stories, strong picture clues, predictable patterned text, letter and sound recognition, and beginning sight word instruction. "The concepts and skill progression in the NIR series are aligned to meet Common Core State Standards"." This book is Fountas & Pinnell Leveled with a range of LB-B; information on individual booklet levels and Lexile Measures is available at the Now I'm Reading website."""

Author Biography

Nora Gaydos is an elementary school teacher in Connecticut and has taught for more than 16 years. Her classroom experience includes teaching kindergarten, first, second, third, and fourth grade. She has a broad understanding of how beginning readers develop, from the earliest stage of pre-reading to becoming independent, self-motivated readers. Nora is the author of the award-winning"Now I m Reading!TM"program, as well as many other books focused on the development of children's literacy. Nora has a degree in elementary education from Miami University in Ohio and has two amazing sons, Luke and Owen, both of whom learned to read with"Now I m Reading!TM""