A question about basal readers

Submitted by an LD OnLine user on

I asked this question once a long time ago, and as I recall, one member gave me an answer (and thanks to that member!). But the information I wanted wasn’t as complete as I desired.

For that reason, several years later, I’ve decided to ask this forum that question a 2nd time. I wish to see some samples from a 1st-grade basal reading series. I should like to see a sample from each of the 3 pre-primers, the primer, and the 1st-grade reader in that 1st year series. If there are any teachers, in particular, who can provide me with such samples, I’d be most grateful. I tried to find some online versions, but I wasn’t successful.

Anyway, thanks!

Kathy G.

Submitted by Jenn on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 11:16 PM

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I don’t know about anyone else, but we threw out our basal reading series years ago because it was outdated, and we simply don’t do enough pull-out to make it worthwhile to hang to it. Sorry.

Submitted by kgreen20 on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 1:57 AM

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Pull-out? I thought basal readers were used in regular classes. Are there no regular elementary teachers who post here?

Submitted by dhfl143 on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 3:07 AM

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These are not basal readers, but they are of decodable text — if that helps:

http://www.bartonreading.com/price.html#books

You might also want to check out Read Naturally:

http://www.readnaturally.com/products/omrInfo.htm
(scroll down to the bottom of the page for books by grade.)

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