For Emergent Readers:
Small Steps Reader
Alphabetic Phase:
Early Alphabetic
CRSL Level:
First Steps
Reading Level:
Middle K to early 1st grade students on level
Older students for intervention
Early alphabetic readers
Phonetic Concepts:
Identify simple closed syllables (VC and CVC words)
Identify consonant digraphs
Text complexity:
Lexile Level: 80L -220L
The organization of the text is clear and easy to predict, the plot is simple and sequential, there is one level of meaning, the theme is clear and explicit