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All About Reading Level 1
Products Needed to Teach Level 1
In order to teach Level 1 to a single student, you will need these items:
All About Reading Level 1 Materials (2nd Edition)
All About Reading Level 1 Materials includes the Teacher’s Manual, one Student Packet (which contains the Activity Book, flashcards, and stickers), and three readers.
Reading Interactive Kit
The Reading Interactive Kit provides the multisensory components for the All About Reading program. This is a one-time purchase, and you will use the same kit for all four levels of All About Reading. It comes in two versions: Basic and Deluxe. Visit Reading Interactive Kits for complete information.
Letter Tiles App or Magnetic White Board
You can choose between our Letter Tiles app or physical letter tiles. Both are great options! Get complete information on our Letter Tiles app, or purchase a 2' x 3' magnetic white board to use with the physical letter tiles that come with your Reading Interactive Kit. (Magnetic white boards are available at stores such as Walmart and Staples.)
Teaching Multiple Students?
Each additional student will need:
Optional Product for Level 1
Reading Games with Ziggy the Zebra is an optional Level 1 product.
If you used our Pre-reading program and your child loved Ziggy, you can continue to the fun with this optional book! This full-color book with perforated pages features nine file-folder games that reinforce the skills taught in All About Reading Level 1. The Ziggy puppet can be purchased separately.
Placement for Level 1
Please note that the Level numbers on our books don’t refer to grade levels. Our lessons are mastery-based, not grade-level-based. This means that students are placed where they are at ability-wise, not according to age or grade level. So just because the books say Level 1 doesn’t meant that it is appropriate for all first graders. Some kids may begin the program in kindergarten, while others may begin at an older age.
Download this placement test to determine if your student is ready for Level 1.
Download Placement TestWhat will my student learn in Level 1?
Your student will learn exciting new concepts, including letter sounds, phonograms, consonant teams, blending, syllables, sight words, consonant blends, plurals, compound words, and much more. Every component of reading is taught: decoding (phonics and structural analysis), vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Below is a sampling in each area.
Phonological Awareness
- Learn techniques for syllable counting
- Isolate sounds in three- and four-letter words
- Practice phonemic substitution
Decoding (Phonics)
- Learn phonograms A-Z, plus TH, SH, CH, CK, NG, NK
- Read short vowel words containing the new phonograms, such as man, set, pup, quack, class, bench, trunk, king, and gasp
- Read words ending in FF, LL, and SS, as in hill and kiss
- Read words with initial blends, as in step and flag
- Read words with final blends, as in next and lost
Decoding (Structural Analysis)
- Read plural words with suffix s or es, such as pigs and lunches
- Read compound words, such as windmill
Vocabulary
- Discuss new words in the context of the story and one’s own life
- Connect new words to familiar words
Fluency
- Read with accuracy
- Read with meaningful expression
- Read with natural phrasing
Comprehension
- Connect text to one's own experiences
- Understand dialogue
- Give and discuss opinions
- Set a purpose for reading
See Inside the Level 1 Materials
FAQs for All About Reading
Yes! You can download them here:
Second Edition:
First Edition:
If you already have a Spelling Interactive Kit, you won't need another complete kit, just these two components:
- Reading Divider Cards
- Reading Review Box
You can find these components on the Reading Interactive Kit page.
Previous Edition
No, the two editions of Level 1 cannot be mixed and matched. Since so much new content was added to the second edition of Level 1, it would be very difficult to use part of it in conjunction with the first edition of Level 1. For example, you can't use the first edition of the Teacher's Manual with the second edition readers.
Both the 1st edition and 2nd edition of Level 1 will blend seamlessly into All About Reading Level 2.
The 2nd edition Teacher’s Manual includes 4 new lessons and over 100 additional pages of material. The Blast Off to Reading activity book has been expanded to include 30 additional activities, 52 Warm-Up Sheets, and nearly 150 pages of new material. The readers contain a total of 17 brand-new, fully decodable stories and feature expanded page counts. The Student Packet contains 19 new Word Cards.
1st edition materials are no longer available.