Start-to-Finish Books, Don Johnston Ltd.

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Compared to higher-achieving students, lower-achieving students read dramatically less outside of school-51,000 words per year versus two million words per year (Allington, 2001). With the Start-to-Finish Library, students use narrative considerate text and scaffolded supports to experience success every time they read-motivating them to read more. Reading more helps acquire the essential language, cognitive skills and background knowledge which promotes academic success (Cunningham and Stanovich 1998).

Allington, Richard L.(2001). What Really Matters for Struggling
Readers. Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers Inc.

Cunningham, A. & Stanovich, K. (1998). What reading does for
the mind.

Considerate Text Increases Fluency and Comprehension • Quality sentence structure keeps ideas together to ensure comprehension • Careful introduction and control of vocabulary in context increases fluency
• Clear story structure captures and keeps students' interest

Considerate Supports Scaffold the "Learning to Read" Process
• Professional narrators inspire students to read with enthusiasm and intonation
• Word- and sentence-highlighting focus attention on the text
• Multiple reading formats increase independence and provide appropriate support
• Short manageable chapters easily fits into daily timetable

Teachers Can Prove Improved Abilities Through Measurable Reading Results
• Data collected from comprehension quizzes and fluency activities verifies student progress
• Novels and literature for required reading increase literary understanding
• High-interest topics grow reading volume by motivating students to self select reading materials

How To Implement
Into Your Classroom
Every student will read these narrative books at their own pace and they will have a guaranteed, successful reading experience that will entice them to want more.

Have a bookshelf of every Gold and Blue Library title to reach a variety of students' self-selection needs
Have multiple copies of paperback books for each student, enough computer books to accommodate each computer and audio books for classrooms and home use
Use the narrative Start-to-Finish Library books to slowly introduce students into difficult topics or literary language

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