Shared Reading Experiences Develop Fluency and Writing Skills!

Story Blossoms Big Books, small books, and audio CD's help students discover the joy of reading as they gain confidence as readers in a supportive shared reading environment. Use these highly appealing, beautifully illustrated stories to develop your students' print awareness, oral language skills, and reading comprehension, as well as their knowledge of text types, sight-word vocabulary, and word-attack skills. Teacher's Notes include ELL and cross-curricular activities.

Specifically created to support shared reading and to provide models for writing, these books feature:

• Stories with satisfying outcomes that children want to read again and again
• Remarkable, engaging illustrations
• Excellent models for young writers
• Explicit support for demonstrating any aspect of writing in context