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Leveled Reading and Readers

Dr. Maggie Readers

Creative Teaching Press has many more leveled reading sets that I have in stock and have not had time to list yet. These include Math Readers and Exploring Science Nonfiction. Keep watching this page for the additions.

Learn to Read Math Readers, published by Creative Teaching Press. These are lively stories, full of fun themes and essential math concepts. Repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL! I intend to keep the variety packs in stock because most people seem to prefer to buy the books that way. Here are the assortments:

    Learn to Read Math Variety Pack Grade K-2, Reading Levels A-J: This set includes 1 each of What Comes in Threes?,  I See Shapes,  Who Took the Cookies?,  The Costume Parade,  Mr. Noisy's Book of Patterns, I See Patterns, 3What Time Is It?,  The Skip Count Song,  We Can Make Graphics, Barney Bear Gets Dressed,  Our Pumpkin, and  Scaredy Cat Runs Away. Books in this set  are 8 pages long. BTH-4957. $26.89-D

     Learn to Read Math Variety Pack Grade 1-2, Reading Levels D-J: This set includes 1 each of  Five Little Monsters,  Ten Monsters in a Bed,  The Bugs Go Marching,  Lunch with Cat and Dog,  A-Counting We Will Go, Spiders, Spiders Everywhere,  The Time Song,  The Crayola® Counting Book,  Let's Measure It!,  Little Number Stories: Addition,  Little Number Stories: Subtraction, and The Magic Money Box. Books are 16 pages each. BTH-4956. $37.69-D

     Learn to Read Math Variety Pack Grade 1-2, Reading Levels G-I: This package includes 1 each of  The Ten-Second Race,  Barnyard Math, Apron Annie's Pies,  Just Graph It!,  Look and See,  Numbers All Around Me,  Patterns All Around Me,  Lemonade,  Our Favorites, Monster Stew, Measurement Mysteries, and  Cat & Dog Go Shopping. Each book in this set has 16 pages. BTH-4958. $37.69-D

Learn to Read Science Readers: Teach science to young readers with these little books that have repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text and  provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL!

     Learn to Read Science Variety Pack Grades K-1, Levels A-E. This package includes 1 each of What's Going On?, Is It Alive?,  We Can Eat the Plants,  See How It Grows,  The Four Seasons,  How's the Weather?,  Whose Forest Is It?,  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,  Buttons Buttons,  I See Colors,  It's Melting!, and  On the Go. Each book in this set has 8 pages. BTH-4962. $26.89-D

   Learn to Read Science Variety Pack Grades K-1, Levels B-F. This package of 12 includes 1 each of  Where Are You Going?,  Who Lives Here?, The Seed Song,  Who's Hiding?,  Round & Round the Seasons Go,  What's the Weather Like Today?,  Let's Take Care of the Earth,  If a Tree Could Talk,  I Can't Sleep,  What's in My Pocket?,  Mom Can Fix Anything, and What Happened? Each book in this set has 16 pages. BTH-4963. $37.69-D

   Learn to Read Science Variety Pack Grades 1-2, Levels E-H.  Includes 1 each of Caring for Our Lizard,  Pack a Picnic,  Sink or Float?,  It Started As a Seed,  Matthew the Magician,  Apron Annie in the Garden,  This is the Way,  Where Did It Go?, A Tree Is a Home?,  It Started as an Egg,  I Have a New Baby Brother, and  If We Could Do What the Animals Do. Each book has 16 pages.  BTH-4961. $37.69-D

Learn to Write Leveled Readers: This series features fun-loving characters created by Rozanne L. Williams. They help motivate young readers to write. Each book emphasizes a different writing concept correlated to K-2 writing standards. The last page of each book encourages readers to write their own piece of the type modeled by the character in the book. These are great for small-group instruction, individual student reading, read-alouds, and ESL/ELL!

    I currently only carry the collections in this series,  which uses leveled readers to teach writing skills in the primary grades. I will also list the larger collections which I can order and get for you in a matter of days. I will write the levels of the books beside their titles in the collections.

    Learn to Write Readers K-1 Variety Pack contains these twelve books:  This Is My Story (B), My Picture Story (A), Monkey in the Story Tree (A), I Love to Write (D), Grandma's List (D), Writing Dino-Mite Poems (B), Tess Builds a Snowman (C), Postcards from Barney Bear (C), All About Real Bears (C), Writing About Books (C), How Can I Get a Pet? (E), and Seasons (C). BTH-4950. $26.89-D

   Learn to Write Readers Grade 1-2 Variety Pack contains these twelve books: Two Stories, Two Friends (D),  Can't Cat Write: A Cat and Dog Story (E),  When You Go Walking (E),  The Author With the Fancy Purple Pen (E),  Lost Puppy, Found Puppy (F),  Cat's Fairy Tale: A Cat and Dog Story (G), Little Monster Becomes an Author (F),  Room 9 Writes a Report (F),  Emily Santos: Star of the Week (G),  Fairy Tale Mail (H),  Special Memories (I), and  Captain Jack's Journal (J). BTH-4951. $37.69-D

Learn to Write Resource Guide: Activities to Turn Readers into Writers by Rozanne Williams and Stacey Faulkner. Creative Teaching Press, 2006.  This flexible resource guide is designed to complement the 24-book Learn to Write reader series by popular children's author Rozanne Lanczak Williams. The wealth of ideas and activities featured in this resource guide will easily supplement any writing program, and the user-friendly standards correlation chart will help make lesson planning a breeze! The guide introduces children to important writing concepts and presents supportive writing techniques that will help you create a nurturing writing environment. Children will not only learn how to write but grow to love writing as well. Each section of this book has these features: Four or five engaging activities to reinforce the writing concept; recommended literature titles related to the writing concept: and additional suggestions to "round out" your lesson plans. 104 pages. BTH-4952. $12.59-D

Available by special order and purchase order.:

    Learn to Write Collection: This includes all of what's below

Leveled Readers' Theater by Evan-Moor. Help all your students build fluency, automaticity, and comprehension using Leveled Readers’ Theater! Leveled scripts, parts at multiple reading levels, dictionary pages, and activities help you provide meaningful reading practice. Available books for grades 1-6.

 Life Cycles Series by Creative Teaching Press. This series of books features outstanding photographs by renowned nature photographer Dwight Kuhn and easy-to-read text by award-winning children's author David M. Schwartz. When readers see these colorful books about the life cycles and metamorphosis of twelve different animals, they won't be able to resist them. Reading these books will help build nonfiction comprehension skills, develop research skills, and expand vocabulary. Great for ELL, ESL, and even older reluctant readers, since all pictures are photographs that will fascinate any age. 16 pages each book.

    Life Cycles Variety Pack. This package includes one each of the following: Monarch Butterfly, Bean, Sunflower, Wood Frog, Ladybug, Chicken, Jumping Spider, Maple Tree, Green Snake, Hummingbird, Horse, and Fighting Fish. For grades 3-4 Reading levels O-Q. BTH-4968. $37-69-D.

I normally don't stock individual titles, but I do happen to have some of these on hand.

     Life Cycles: Green Snake. This book focuses on the life cycle of a green snake from egg to adult. Reading level P.  BTH-4970. $3.14-D

     Life Cycles: Wood Frog.  This book focuses on the life cycle of a wood frog from egg to adult frog. Reading level P.  BTH-4969. $3.14-D

Look Once Again: A Nonfiction Science Series for Beginning Readers by Creative Teaching Press. Children can't resist  these brightly colored books that explore their favorite topics. Young scientists will examine plant parts and animal features "up close" and then turn the page to see how these smaller parts fit into the "bigger picture." Children will take a close-up view of the powerful ears of a bat, the thorny stem of a blackberry bush, the sticky tongue of a fly, and more. Also perfect for five-senses study, this 24-book series of books features outstanding photographs by renowned nature photographer Dwight Kuhn and easy-to-read text by award-winning children's author David M. Schwartz. Reading these books will help build nonfiction comprehension skills, provide practice in reading informational text, and expand vocabulary. Great for ELL, ESL, and even older reluctant readers, since all pictures are photographs that will fascinate any age.

     Look Once, Again! Habitats Variety Pack. This package includes one each of the following: At the Seashore, Underfoot, At the Pond, In the Desert, In the Meadow, In the Park, Among the Flowers, In the Garden, At the Zoo, In the Forest, In a Tree, and At the Farm. (Reading Levels N-Q). BTH-4966. $37.69-D

    Look Once, Again! Exploring Habitats Resource Guide by Robert Smith. This is designed to accompany the books in this series and offer a broad spectrum of hands-on activities. Each book features a special "Use-the-Clues" section that turns young readers into investigators. BTH-4967. $11.69-D

   Look Once, Again! Plants and Animals Variety Pack. This package includes one each of the following:  Animal Feet, Animal Ears, Animal Noises, Animal Tails, Animal Eyes, Animal Mouths, Animal Skin & Scales, Animal Feathers & Fur, Plant Stems & Roots, Plant Leaves, Plant Blossoms, and Plant Fruits & Seeds. Each book is 16 pages.
 BTH-4964. $37.69-D

    Look Once, Again! Exploring Plants and Animals Resource Guide by Marilyn Marks. Creative Teaching Press. This is designed to accompany the books in this series and offer a broad spectrum of hands-on activities. Each book features a special "Use-the-Clues" section that turns young readers into investigators. BTH-4965. $11.69-D

  Pair-It Books Emergent Reading Books by Steck Vaughn

Read Along and Sing Along with Dr. Jean Variety Pack by Dr. Jean Feldman. Creative Teaching Press.

Twelve popular Dr. Jean songs have been hand selected and transformed into delightful readers. These fun and whimsical stories support early learning concepts by nurturing oral language, alphabet recognition, and print knowledge. These motivating stories are easy to act out and make learning fun! Variety Pack includes one each of the following:

• 1358 Color Train : Letters make words / colors.
• 1359 Five Little Monkeys: Number concepts, counting forwards and backwards
• 1360 Action Alphabet: Letters and Sounds / Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
• 1361 Dinosaur Boogie: Read vs. pretend / vocabulary development
• 1362 Rules Rap: Social Skills, classroom community, classroom management
• 1363 Birdies: Language development, listening, and attending to text
• 1364 Nursery Rhyme Rally : Traditional nursery rhymes, language development, listening, and attending to text
• 1365 May There Always Be Sunshine : Self-esteem, classroom community
• 1366 I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a One: Numeral recognition, counting from 1-10
• 1367 Twinkle Friends: Friendship
• 1368 My Mother Is a Baker: Language development, sequential order
• 1369 My Hands on My Head: Body parts, Spanish, sequential order

I have written the concept each song teaches beside its title above. Numbers next to titles are publisher numbers. I would have to special order individual titles if you want them. Individual books would be $3.16 each and you would need to order at least 6 books total. Targeted to PreK-1. Each book has 12 pages. BTH-4954. $37.69-D

Read Along and Sing Along with Dr. Jean CD. This contains the music for the above set of readers and contains all of the songs. BTH-4955. $13.49-D I have listed the book set and CD separately because there is no price break in buying them as a set.

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