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56/11

Our mission is to promote literacy locally, nationally and internationally.

This is the information Mrs. Medders shared with parents at the December 2007 ACRA Parent University.

READ AMERICA Tell 1-800-READ-TO- U
Audiotape. 42 sounds

This resource came from a book entitled Why Our Children Can't Read And What We Can Do About It by Diane McGuinness Ph.D

The link below will give you a list of the 1200 most frequent words in English. Practicing this list with your child will help improve his/her fluency and this will help with reading comprehension.

1200 Most Frequent Words

Books About Reading Aloud to Children

Reading Magic by Mem Fox
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers by R. Allington

California Department of Education’s Searchable Book List

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/ap/litsearch.asp