Why “Just Right Reader” Products?

• Parent Engagement: Professionally-made videos linked to each book’s QR code give parents insights into the book and letter-sound focus, empowering them to help their child. These videos are designed for students and their parents to watch together, fostering positive connections between parents, children, and books.
• Engaging Content: The stories, illustrations, and themes are lively, engaging, and clever, with a touch of humor to make reading enjoyable rather than just a homework task.
• Cultural Relevance: The stories represent the diverse children in our classrooms, allowing students to see themselves in the characters.
• Building Confidence: Just Right Reader develops confident readers by sequencing book levels based on a research-based literacy learning ladder, with high levels of decodability.
• Extensive Collection: A vast collection of books provides multiple opportunities for children to practice reading skills in a sequence that supports literacy growth.

Why “Decodable” Books?

• Early Readers: Decodable books support children in the “learn to read” phase (generally PreK-2nd grade). Building reading skills on this solid foundation prepares them for the “read to learn” phase starting around 3rd grade.
• Intervention Tools: Decodable books are powerful tools for upper elementary and junior high learners who require additional time to practice essential phonics-based skills. Just Right Reader and other publishers offer “high-interest low-level” decodable chapter books for this audience.
• Motivation: High-quality texts with high levels of decodability motivate beginning readers to continue reading.

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Project Goals:

-Add 300+ books for each K-2 classroom.

-Add 1500+ books to our Take-Home Library.

-Choose books for the Take-Home Library that will highly engage students and

their families for at-home reading.

*Books from Just Right Reader include QR codes with lesson videos for families

and their students to watch together.

-Choose books for K-2 classrooms that teachers and students find engaging for

classroom lessons and student self-directed reading.

-Choose books that target phonics skills (short vowels, silent e, etc.) to support

effective reading development.

-Order books from publishers Lincoln teachers recommend and love. After getting

teacher input, this project will focus its efforts on the following publishers: Just

Right Reader, Whole Phonics, and Learning Dynamics.

Incorporate new take-home books into the existing take-home library system with

the guidance and leadership of our Take-Home Library Director.

-Inventory and organize classroom books for easy access to teachers and students.