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School Price: $88.95

Format:
Kit 8 pp.
Illustrations throughout, 5.75" x 8"

ISBN-10:
1601573243

ISBN-13:
9781601573247

Publication date:
September 2009

Imprint: OUP Canada

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Letter Buddies: Starters: Starters Pack (1 copy x 24 titles)

Libby Larrabee
Literacy Consultant Larry Swartz

Series : Letter Buddies Starters

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The Letter Buddies line is perfect for supporting the development of letter knowledge and early literacy skills, with an emphasis on oral language development. These materials explore a range of foundational concepts including:
* Letter recognition & formation
* Letter-sound correspondence
* Phonemic awareness
* Vocabulary development

This evaluation pack features letters A through Z with 24 titles, one for each letter except X, Y, & Z.

On the cover:
* Fun cover art displays some of the items that are found in the book and provides the opportunity for warm-up oral language discussion.
* Inside cover shows all of the · Letter Buddies characters and highlights the relevant one.

Inside the book:
* Using simple sentences that are perfect for emergent readers, vocabulary is reinforced in context.
* Strong text to picture matching provides visual clues to help students decode the sentence.
* The featured starting sound is highlighted in colour.
* Stories introduce students to important high frequency words and include repetitive sentence stems.
* Listed on the inside back cover are helpful statistics including the book's level, word count, and high frequency words used.

Activity:
* Each book concludes with a fun activity page (same for each book with slight alterations as needed).
* The activity reinforces letter-sound correspondence and engages students to read, write, and draw.

Readership : Suitable for grades JK - 2.

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Larry Swartz has been a classroom teacher, literacy consultant, and drama consultant during his twenty five years with a school district. Currently, he is an instructor as well as the principal of continuing education courses at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. His doctoral research about written and oral response has framed his values about literacy instruction as well as the need to foster interactive literacy communities.

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Special Features

  • 24 titles, one for each letter except X, Y, Z.
  • Companion product to the Letter Buddies Letter Books; uses the same six vocabulary words; each one placed in the context of a simple sentence.
  • Bigger size (5 ¾" x 8") is good for little hands; works for smaller groups also.
  • Activities help reinforce the content and engage students.