1. Maxine McCormick McGraw Hill/ Contemporary

2. 6 Book Series

3. Reading Levels Book 1 0.0-1.0 Book 2 1.0-2.0 Book 3 2.0-3.0
Uses Fry Readability Formula to guarantee the student will not be under or over challenged within each text.

4. Nutrition, Health and Safety Life and Basic Skills
Text Themes
Uses Multiculturalism, Integrated Writing, Phonics and Whole Language, Pedagogy
Workplace Skills
Family Life
Nutrition, Health and Safety
Life and Basic Skills

5. Readiness is determined by the students’ performance on the Pretest.
Assessing Levels
Readiness is determined by the students’ performance on the Pretest.
If the student misses more than 25% then the level is not appropriate.
Posttest at the end of the book determines their readiness for the next book.

6. Features of Lessons 11 Lessons in each text designed as follows:
Story Titles with Lesson Numbers
Skill Pages – phonics, sight words, vocabulary, comprehension both literal and inferential, whole language approach
Word Stories –
A Closer Look and You Can – Two page spreads to enhance students’ functional reading skills. Each theme section offers 2 features drawn from both titles.

7. Reading Corner Appears in Books 2-6 Exposed to a variety of genres –
Plays
Poetry
Fables
Journal Writing
These are reprints of previously published works.

8. YOU CAN Book 1 – Name Shapes, Signs and Name the Days
Book 2 – Name Months, Write an Ad, Write a Poem
Book 3 – Tell What’s Happening, Solve a Problem, Follow the Directions
Book 4 – Tell What’s Happening, Follow Directions, Solve a Problem, Write a Poem
Book 5 – Find Information, Solve a Problem, Follow Directions, Write a Fable
Book 6 – Solve a Problem, Follow Directions, Tell What’s Happening

9. Solving a Problem Activity
Step 1 – The Problem is _____. Is it Daily or One-time?
Step 2 – You Know (What ingredients you already know) You don’t Know (what information do you need?)
Step 3 – Other Choices (Alternatives)
Step 4 – Rank the Choices
Step 5 – Pick a choice
Step 6 – What might Happen with this choice

10. Find The Information
1. Formulate questions before doing research - Have the students choose a topic they a interested in researching. Formulate 3 or 4 questions to which they want answers.
2. Reading for Information and details
Ask students to summarize the entire text, if this is too difficult summarize the paragraphs. Ask them to recall certain points that are important.
3. Skimming the text for answers to the questions
Look for keywords and don’t read each word.

11. A Closer Look Book 1 – Capital Letters, Time, Numbers and Signs
Book 2 – A City, Calendar, Map, Signs with Numbers
Book 3 – Table of Contents, Forms, Healthy Snacks, Want Ads
Book 4 – Dictionary, Lease, Food Pyramid, Job Interviews
Book 5 – GED, Library Card, Vitamins, Job Application
Book 6 – Moving Up, Test Taking, Becoming a Voter, Food Labels

12. Instructors Manual This Instructor's Manual provides:
an overview of the series
characteristics of the adult learner
suggestions for using Essentials of Reading
using TABE to assess student needs
suggestions of learning models, additional activities and sample lesson plans
discussion of ESL students and possible classroom strategies
workplace literacy
Answer keys, SCANS correlation, sample real-life forms, and certificates of completion for each book.