The language readers were designed to support oral language development through interaction with text, as oral language is the foundation of learning to read and write.
"In achieving literacy, young children need writing to help them learn about reading, they need reading to help them learn about writing, and they need oral language to help them learn about both."
Oral Language and Early Literacy in Preschool: Talking Reading and Writing, 2nd Ed., Roskos, Kathleen A., Tabors, Patton O., Lenhart, Lisa A., (2009) International Reading Association, p. 4.
The purpose of this coding system is to distinguish the language readers from other text leveling systems. The main criterion for the coding is the language structure which increases in complexity through each themed series of books. Every attempt has been made to have realistic objects, familiar content, and strong picture/word match (with repeating pictures in most books), and use high frequency words, while considering first and foremost a child’s oral language structure. In this way, this coding system for language structure is similar to the most common leveling systems for reading.
We are currently in the developmental phase of designing a template that would allow you to create your own language readers. This would enable you to do a range of adjustments from adding your students' photos to the My Family text, to creating whole new stories and sequences to fit the needs of your students. In addition, the New Teacher Center is currently working with a publisher to make available a larger series of topics that focus on language structure. We will provide a link to the publisher on our website when the series of books are available to the public.
My Family: Language Structure Entry
There is one book in this level.
Entry
My Family: Language Structure 1 - Simple Sentence
There are four books with this structure: A base book (LS1) , further practice books (LS1A and LS1B) and a book with transformational text (LS1T).
LS-1
LS-1A
LS-1B
LS-1T
My Family: Language Structure 2 - Simple Sentence with Prepositional Phase
There are four books with this structure. A base book, (LS2), practice books (LS2A and LS2B), and a book with more than two laterals, such as transformation text (LS2T).
LS-2
LS-2A
LS-2B
LS-2T
My Family: Language Structure 3 - Simple Sentence with Conjunction
There are two books with this structure: A base book (LS3) and a moveable (LS3M). No laterals are provided.
LS-3
LS-3M
My Family: Language Structure 4 - Sentence with Prepositional Phase and Conjunction
There are two books with this structure: A base book (LS4) and a moveable (LS4M). No laterals are provided.
LS-4
LS-4M
My Family: Language Structure 5 - Sentence with Relative Pronoun
There is one book in this level. LS5 contains a relative pronoun.
LS-5
