Reach for the Stars B with the Spark platform

Back to series

Language(s): American English

Author : Lada Kratky

9780357855126

Paperback

1st Edition

Request a Sample

Overview

Reach for the Stars is a three-book phonics and early literacy program that prepares very young learners to study school subjects in English. It combines best practices for teaching phonics with real-world photography to help learners read, write, and talk about themselves and the world around them.

Features

Systematic phonics instruction is taught through real-world examples and photography.

Songs and chants introduce the language and vocabulary learners need to speak confidently.

Video and projects help learners develop key social-emotional skills for school success.

Author

Lada Kratky

During her 18 years of teaching in K–2 classrooms, as well as teaching Descubriendo la lectura and Reading Recovery, Lada Kratky has fostered a love of reading in hundreds of English-speaking and Spanish-speaking children. She is the author of numerous children's books and classroom resources and has authored both English and Spanish early literacy programs. She has been a featured speaker at national, regional, and local educational conferences, as well as institutes and training workshops across the country, presenting strategies and techniques for effective early literacy instruction.

Ms. Kratky's monographs include:Reach into Beginning Reading, Make Every Minute Count!, Early Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners, and Patterned Text.

...more