The Literacy Starters Curriculum features several step-by-step lessons that are tied to 15 Literacy Starters books. Each lesson follows the following process:

• Activate Background Knowledge

• Explicitly make the link between Anchor Activity and Purpose for Reading

• Read and/or listen to the story read aloud as a group

• Complete an after-reading comprehension task

The explicit lesson plans minimize lesson planning time to about 10 minutes.

This Product Includes:

• Literacy Starters Curriculum Guide, which includes 
• 43 book-specific comprehension lessons
• 50 Phonics lessons with teacher directions to get students Making Words
• Reproducible worksheets
• Literacy Starters Teacher Guide
• Literacy Starters Workshop CD
• Teacher Guide 
• 5 Sets of Literacy Starters that include 3 titles, a Teacher Guide and Material CD, and a Computer Book CD

Sports -  Safety & Success

• Wear a Helmet Paperback Book
• Hall of Fame Paperback Book
• Play Ball! Paperback Book

Life Skills - Fun & Functional

• Loretta Gets a Zebra Paperback Book
• I Can do That Paperback Book
• Not Until You're 16 Paperback Book

Solar Systems - Surprises in Space

• Nine Planets Paperback Book
• Out of Here Paperback Book
• To the Moon Paperback Book

Civil War- States & Slavery 

• Money Talks Paperback Book
• Off to War Paperback Book
• My War Paperback Book

Volcanoes - Force & Fury 

• A Blast from the Past Paperback Book
• Hot and Burning Paperback Book
• Run for Your Life! Paperback Book