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Kit Contains: Teacher Book, Student Activity Book, 28 readers, and materials packet. • Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for language arts skills: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and higher order thinking skills, even handwriting included! • Games, word-wheels, flipbooks, and MORE; hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. • 36 weekly lessons in easy-to-use daily plans that require little or NO preparation! 

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The Blue Book - First Grade Skills 
  • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • Includes all the language arts skills: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and higher order thinking skills. 
  • Handwriting Skills: Instruction and work pages included! 
  • A systematic phonics approach includes: short and long vowels, consonant blends, word families, and sight words. 
  • Assessments help teachers evaluate reading progress. 
  • Games, word-wheels, flip books, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. 
  • Lessons require little or NO preparation! 
Looking for an ENJOYABLE way to teach reading?

Here's the answer! The Common Sense Reading Program, the Blue Book, for first grade skills, is the perfect reading program for beginning readers. Lessons include: phonics instruction using the "Successful Reading for Beginners" series. Your student begins reading stories right away! 

  • Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for important reading and higher-order thinking skills. Grammar skills are integrated throughout the lessons. 
  • Handwriting instruction teaches upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation! Illustrated practice sheets encourage your student to do his best. 
  • Assessments enable teachers to evaluate progress. Essential to the program, consumable Student Activity Books may be purchased separately. 
  • Games, activities, and hands-on projects make this a dynamite combination! 


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Kit includes Teacher Book, a Student Activity Book, and 6 readers. • A quick review continues to advanced phonics as well as grammar, and even handwriting. Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for important reading, creative writing, and higher order thinking skills. Spelling lessons include spelling lists, word puzzles, and spelling tips. • Games, word-wheels, flipbooks, and MORE; hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. • 36 lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans, which require little or NO preparation. 

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The Red Book - Second Grade Skills 

This second grade reading program is perfect for the fluent reader and continued phonics instruction will bring confidence and fluency to the beginning reader. The fluent reader will enjoy the exciting stories in the readers and use them to learn grammar, creative writing, higher-order thinking skills, and much more. It includes a Teacher Book, a Student Activity Book, and 6 readers, each containing several stories all packaged in a convenient, attractive full-color box. 

  • 36 lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • Includes phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and higher order thinking skills right in the box! 
  • Phonics: Includes a quick review of first grade phonics and instruction in advanced phonics. 
  • Includes all the language arts skills: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, even higher order thinking skills right in the box! 
  • Enrichment Activities are included in The Red Book Program! They challenge your student with thinking, writing, and creative activities that are ideal for the fluent reader and easily adaptable for the nonreader. 
  • Lessons require little or NO preparation! 
  • Handwriting: Instructions and work pages included! 
  • Teacher friendly, the Teacher Notes are right in the margin -- making lesson preparation easy. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. 
  • Phonics Facts, Grammar Guides, and Punctuation Pointers keep students on track. 
  • Games, word-wheels, flip books, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. 

 
 
 

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The Yellow Book - Third Grade Skills 
  • 36 weekly lessons (which includes 4 Book Studies) divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • The following 4 books may be used for the Book Studies or you may use other stories which are included in the book: 
  • The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub 
  • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans 
  • Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner 
  • The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh 
  • Integrated language lessons include: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, phonics review and higher order thinking skills. 
  • Spelling: Focus on Spelling tips help with memorization of spelling rules. Suggested spelling lists are included for each lesson! 
  • Handwriting Skills: Instructions and work pages for cursive writing included! 
  • Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed! 
  • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. 
  • Phonics Facts, Grammar Guides, and Punctuation Pointers keep students on track. 
Struggling with all the workbooks for each subject in language arts? 

Try The Yellow Book for third grade skills. The 36 lessons include dictation or copying of literature passages from great books your children will love. The Other Kitten (Patricia St. John), The Tale of Jeremy Vole (Stephen Lawhead), Bible Stories to Read, poetry selections and much more! Includes all the language skills: reading, spelling (with suggested lists included), grammar, higher order thinking skills, creative writing, and handwriting in an easy-to-use format. For your convenience, Teacher Notes and answers are right in the margin of the teacher book. The Skills Index provides an easy reference. 

Four book studies encourage students in vocabulary building, reading for content, and comprehension. Exciting activities bring each story to life and give your student many opportunities to be creative.

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The Orange Book - Fourth Grade Skills
  • 32 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • 4 book studies (listed in the order which they appear): 
    • The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner 
    • The Wright Brothers by Augusta Stevenson 
    • Benjamin Franklin by Augusta Stevenson 
    • The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare 
  • 5 units include: 
    • Research 
    • Journal Writing 
    • Poetry 
    • Newspaper 
    • Book Making 
  • Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed! 
  • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. 
The Orange Book is the perfect combination 
of units and dictation exercises. 

It includes all the language skills: phonics, reading, and spelling (suggested lists included), grammar, higher order reasoning skills and creative writing in a teacher friendly format. For your convenience, Teacher Notes and answers are right in the margin of the teacher book. The Skills Index provides an easy skills reference. 

Everyday Words: In this section you will find dictation, grammar exercises, Spelling Tips, creative writing, and more. Review Activities follow most lessons and Assessments allow handy progression checks for teachers. 

Book Studies: Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. 

Units: Each unit provides the opportunity for your student to apply his skills through research, creative writing, journal writing, etc. 

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The Purple Book - Fifth Grade Skills 
  • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • PLUS 4 book studies (listed in the order in which they appear)
    • Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder 
    • Trumpet of the Swan by E.B.White 
    • Meet Addy by Connie Porter 
    • Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink 
  • 3 units: 
    • Speech Making 
    • Poetry 
    • Oral Presentation of Folk Tales and Tall Tales 
  • Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed! 
  • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. 
A blend of dictation and units, lessons integrate all the fifth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills. 

Everyday Words: Students hone in on grammar skills through dictation and writing exercises. Students learn how to make oral presentations such as speeches and stories in the Speech Making Unit the two Oral Presentation Units. Additional creative writing and expression are taught extensively through the Poetry Unit. Review Activities after most lessons and Assessments throughout the year provide check points for teachers. 

Book Studies: Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. 

Units: Each unit provides the opportunity for your student to apply his skills through research, creative writing, journal writing, etc. 

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The Tan Book - Sixth Grade Skills 
  • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • PLUS 4 book studies (listed in the order they appear): 
    • Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Latham 
    • The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare 
    • Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard 
    • The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis 
  • 2 Units: 
    • Library 
    • Research Paper 
  • Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills. 
  • Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed! 
  • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress
6th grade students mature in their language arts skills through 36 lessons. Strong in dictation, encourages expressive, creative writing. The study of suffixes and prefixes lays groundwork for skills needed at the jr/sr high levels. Passages from great literature encourages the reading of timeless classics. Reviews after most lessons and Assessments aid teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses. Book Studies: Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. Units: Each unit provides the opportunity for your student to apply his skills through research, creative writing, journal writing, etc. 

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The Green Book - Seventh Grade Skills
  • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans. 
  • 3 Book Studies (listed in the order which they appear): 
    • The Star of Light by Patricia St. John 
    • Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick 
    • Much Ado About Nothing - Play by Shakespeare 
  • 4 Units: 
    • Everyday Words 
    • Poetry Unit 
    • Short Story Unit 
    • Research Unit 
  • Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills. 
  • Teacher friendly, with little or no teacher preparation needed! 
  • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. 
  • Everyday Words: 12 week grammar unit comprised of dictation, sentence structure, and diagraming using classical literature for the middle school student
Units: The Poetry Unit encourages an appreciation while memorizing, reciting, and analyzing various poetry. Students compose poetry and a psalm. In the Short Story Unit, students will analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line of a story, write dialogue and much more. Research is taught in an easy to follow step by step plan for student and teacher. Review Activities follow most lessons with Assessments to check progress. 

Book Studies: Each book study contains a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. 

All literature passages are contained in The Green Book, but the passage may spark your student's interest to read the book. These books may be obtained through your library or purchased from bookstores or catalogs. 

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The Gray Book - Eighth Grade Skills
  • 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. 
  • 4 Book Studies (listed in the order they appear): 
    • Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt 
    • A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich 
    • Eric Liddell by Catherine Swift 
    • God's Smuggler by Brother Andrew 
  • Integrated language arts lessons including: grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, and study skills. 
  • Spelling lists each week from the most Commonly Misspelled Words. 
  • Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. Continued study of suffixes, prefixes, and root words prepares students for college testing. 
  • PLUS, a five week Writing Unit! 
  • Teacher friendly, with little or no preparation needed! 
  • Reviews Activities follow most lessons providing additional skill practice. 
  • Assessments help teachers to evaluate student's progress. 
  • Primarily based on dictation, your student will learn all the components of language arts in one easy to use book. 
  • Encouraging a love for classical literature, through dictation students learn punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, grammar, creative writing, and more. 
Each week ten words from the most Commonly Misspelled Word List are used for testing. The Vocabulary Building exercises bring meaning to vocabulary in context making it useful in everyday language. A five week Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research as well as continued study in prefixes, suffixes, and roots words. Four Book Studies are designed to expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. Reviews after most lessons and Assessments are provided for teachers' use for student evaluation. 

All literature passages are contained in The Gray Book, but the passage may spark your student's interest to read the book. These books may be obtained through your library or purchased from bookstores or catalogs. 

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The Gold Book - British Literature 

The Gold Book - British Literature includes 36 weekly lessons similar in format to the other editions of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. Written in conversational form, with story summaries and complete answers provided for the discussion questions, this book is easy for any teacher to use. Information has been interwoven into the lessons so that the student becomes familiar with famous British authors. 

The book is designed for teacher directed use, or the student can use it on his own. Answers are found at the end of each lesson. We recommend the student keep a four-section notebook for assigned writings. 

The Gold Book - British Literature contains a section on the history of poetry, and a selection of famous British novels and poetry throughout the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Eras. The student analyzes selections of literature, learns literary terminology, writes characterizations and other short analyses, essays, book reviews, and poetry. 

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The Gold Book - American Literature 

The Gold Book - American Literature includes 36 weekly lessons similar in format to the other editions of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. Written in conversational form, with story summaries and complete answers provided for the discussion questions, this book is easy for any teacher to use. Information has been interwoven into the lessons so that the student becomes familiar with famous American authors. Most lessons include vocabulary-expanding applications. 

The book is designed for Teacher directed use, or the Student can use it on his own. Answers are found at the end of each lesson. The Student is expected to keep a four-section notebook for assigned writings. 

The Gold Book - American Literature includes famous American short stories, novels, and poetry. The student analyzes selections of literature, learns literary terminology, writes characterizations and other short analyses, essays, short stories, and poetry.

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