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No Child Left BehindThe Books for Young Learners collection is a broad literacy framework
for developing readers and writers who think critically and communicate
effectively. The collection comprises stand-alone books that increase in
complexity and concepts and complement each other. The attached
documents demonstrate how individual titles in the Books for Young
Learners collection support teachers in developing the five essential
components for effective reading under Reading First guidelines, as
identified by the National Reading Panel:Phonemic Awareness – the ability to hear, identify, and play
with individual sounds – or phonemes – in spoken wordsBYLs feature numerous opportunities for young readers to
experience rhythm and rhyme (My Bug Box: “I found a little ant
in the sand one day. I put it in my bug box, and that’s where it
stayed.”), alliteration, onomatopoeia (Coo, Coo, Caroo; Click).Phonics – the relationship between the letters of written language
and the sounds of spoken languageBYLs incorporate strategies for decoding, including experiences
with: initial sounds and ending sounds, digraphs (Bat’s Night
Out: “crunch, crunch, crunch”), root words and endings. They
include examples of individual sounds, patterns, and letters
(Dogs Love to Play Ball: “The batter stood at the plate” = two
letters in the middle of the word).Fluency – the capacity to read text accurately and quickly
BYLs provide experiences in reading with pace, intonation, and
fluency. The rich language in the sentences leads students to
read ahead, with cadence and understanding.Vocabulary – the words students must know to communicate effectively
BYL books offer numerous applications for word study; they help
readers expand their vocabulary because of the rich vocabulary
in them. BYL Teacher Resource Book Notes are a valuable source
for deeper understandings on this topic as it relates to BYL books.Comprehension – the ability to understand and gain meaning from
what has been readThe quality of the BYL collection lends itself to high levels of
To Further assist you with the use of Books for Young Learners as an
comprehension. Real storylines with plots, subplots, sequence,
humor, and the chance to grasp the “main idea,” are strengths of
this unique series. Readers build comprehension skills on three
levels: literal (what is actually found in the text), inferential
(what the reader has to infer), and analytical (questions about
the writing).
instructional resource we also provide instructional Book Notes for each
Books for Young Learners book.
