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• Strong storylines

• Close match of pictures and text

• Words spaced for finger pointing

• Repetition of text patterns in many titles

See the Book Note (PDF) for each book to assist teachers with unique instructional use for each book.

Supports and Builds Emergent reader abilities:

• Word-finger-voice match

• Identifies beginning and end of sentence

• Understands importance of spacing

• Identifies clearly defined sequence

• Predicts using picture and one other cue

                                                                                            EMERGENT Continued
   | EM |    EARLY    |    FLUENT   |
   |  E  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |                                             Titles available Spanish are listed in pink      

A ride home from school is a mysterious adventure for two children and their dad. 

(fiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:    K      K
RR Level:        5      n/a
Page Count:    8      8 
Word Count:    54    47
 

Drawbridge
El puente levadizo 

A car trip is interrupted at the entrance to a bridge
so a boat can pass.

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:    K     K
RR Level:        7     5
Page Count:    8     8
Word Count:    29   27

Grandpa's Candy Store
La dulcería de Abuelo

Grandfather's candy store is full of sweet treats.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:     K      K
RR Level:         9      n/a
Page Count:     12    12 
Word Count:     65    58

My Box
Mi caja 

With her imagination and her cat, a girl turns an empty box into a box full of fun.

(fiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:    K      K
RR Level:        4      n/a
Page Count:    12     12  
Word Count:   94     88

The Pond
La  laguna

Through peaceful and quiet, a pond can be a fascinating place..

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:    K      K
RR Level:        6      n/a
Page Count:    8      8 
Word Count:    25    34

Powwow

Children express their joy by dancing at a powwow. 

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:     K     
RR Level:         8      
Page Count:     12    
Word Count:    29      

Saguaro
Saguaro

A Saguaro can be many things as it grows in the desert..

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:    K       K
RR Level:         6      n/a
Page Count:    12     12  
Word Count:    44     52 

So Many Strawberries

A berry-picking little girl enjoys a week of strawberry treats until...

(fiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:     K       
RR Level:         11   
Page Count:     12     
Word Count:     75      

Sunflowers
Girasoles

Animals that eat sunflower seeds help plant a field of sunflowers.

(nonfiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:    K      K
RR Level:        4      n/a
Page Count:    8      8   
Word Count:   33    42

The Sparrows
Los gorriones

The life cycle of sparrows.

(Nonfiction)
Reading Level: Emergent
Grade Level:     K      K
RR Level:         11    n/a
Page Count:     12    12
Word Count:     60    61

 For more instructional uses see Book Note (PDF)
 How this title addresses the five key components for effective reading.