Strtng Comprehension Starting Visually 1

Starting Visually 1 introduces 20 imageable and graphically memorable words (such as “jet,” hill,” and “tub”) as well as some more abstract function words (such as “a,” “is,” and “the”). These function words are introduced gradually and in context. Book 1 also introduces the inflection “s.”

Starting Comprehension promotes reading for meaning in beginning readers by respecting that children do not all learn to use phonetic, semantic, and syntactic reading cues in the same order or with the same ease.