PATHWAY
READERS BEFORE WE READ & FIRST STEPS
BEGINNING READING SET |
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| THE TEACHER'S
EDITION, TEACHER'S MANUAL |
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This 96 page
Teachers' Manual covers the BEFORE WE READ student workbook and the FIRST STEPS
textbook/reader and FIRST STEPS student workbook. The manual
contains complete, detailed instructions and suggestions for teaching this curriculum and
for using the textbook and workbooks. |
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Teacher's Edition will motivate each teacher to use her own imagination and adapt the
ideas to fit her way of teaching and her first grade students.
The exercises in BEFORE WE READ become progressively more difficult, yet remain simple
enough that the children should be able to do most of the work by themselves. To get
full value of each lesson, teachers should follow this teacher’s edition, then allow
their imagination and that of the children to lead them into deeper and more interesting
learning experiences.
Teacher’s Edition for FIRST STEPS begins
on page 35 of this book. You will find copies of the children’s textbook pages as
well as the workbook, along with teachers’ instructions. This should make it
convenient for the teacher to make use of the suggestions provided. Helping children
understand what they read is a very important part of the teacher’s role. These
instructions should help you to do just that. |
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| BEFORE WE READ STUDENT
WORKBOOK |
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This
64 page workbook has been prepared especially for first graders in a home school or
classroom environment. Pictures have been carefully chosen to be of objects the average
child is familiar with. Not only was the book prepared with the children in mind, their
teacher was also considered. |
This workbook
has been designed to train the children to work independently with a minimum of teacher
assistance.
You will notice there are no instructions included with the exercises in this book. You
will find detailed instructions, plus ideas for extra seatwork in the "Teachers’
Manual for kindergarten - grade one". We would like to encourage teachers to
follow the instructions given in the manual, then let their own imagination and that of
the children to lead the way into deeper and more interesting learning experiences.
BEFORE WE READ is recommended to be handed to the children on the very first day of
school, and the teacher should help the pupils with the first lessons the same day. Though
the initial lessons are simple enough that the average preschooler should be able to do
them, they are very important pages. It is through discovering that "book work"
is easy and interesting that the children build up the confidence they will need in
tackling more difficult exercises. |
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| FIRST STEPS HARDBACK TEXTBOOK/READER |
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This delightful
140 page hardbound textbook/reader is full of easy-to-read stories and illustration that
will capture your students attention. Some of the 18 stories start with a
teacher-read section to grab the students interest and continue with first grade level
reading ability, encouraging student participation. You can also purchase the 1st grade
reader textbooks without the workbooks or teacher's manuals. You can purchase the readers as a set or individually. |
The
stories in the FIRST STEPS textbook are:
Bess 7
Come and Ride 14
Rides, Rides, Rides 18
Ride with Me 26
Miriam 32
I See Something 38
Something for You 47
The Big Wagon 54
The Little Table 62
The Colt 71
What Can I do? 79
To the Store 89
Something Good 95
One, Two, Three 103
Rain, Rain, Rain 109
A Name for the Colt 118
Peter Finds a Name 124
Come and Play Store 132 |
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| FIRST STEPS STUDENT
WORKBOOK |
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FIRST
STEPS workbook corresponds with the FIRST STEPS textbook/reader. With the lessons
based on the stories in the textbook/reader, this 40 page workbook makes fun and
interesting for kids to learn reading skills. |
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