Lesson Plan Cards and Program Overview

Easy-to-follow lesson plan cards are provided for each Big Book. These plans include explicit instruction to guide teachers through multiple readings of the text.

When revisiting the book, there are suggestions for modeling and teaching specific foundational skills. These skills include:

• phonemic awareness • phonics • oral language

• fluency • print concepts • modeled writing

Program Overview includes Research Base, Standards Alignment, Progress Assessment, Scaffolding Tips, and more.

Reading Pens

The Reading Pens are preloaded with recordings of all 18 Lift Off to LiteracyTM titles. Touch the tip of the pen to the cover of a small-book version, then to any page, and hear that page read aloud. The pens:

• are durable, safe and easy to use

• enable readers to listen and follow text, reinforcing key vocabulary and foundational skills

• encourage listening and reading enjoyment

• provide encouragement and motivation for students who need additional support

• are excellent support for English Language Learners.

The link between Flying Start to Literacy TM Shared Reading books and Vocabulary Starters will enable your students to be familiar with the content and vocabulary of the paired texts at levels A and B of the Flying Start to Literacy TM program. When appropriate, they can move on to this next stage of the Flying Start to Literacy TM program for explicit reading instruction.