Blue Level is for students/children/adolescents/adults reading with a K-1st grade reading level and IQs as low as 35. Blue Level is suitable for: Ages 12-Adults: early reading, beginning English Language Learners, at-risk, and special education populations: autism, learning disabilities, intellectually disabled, deaf/HH and dyslexics.
Life Skills teaches mastery of the critical vocabulary essential for reading success such as: the most common words and critical life skill vocabulary centering on four themes: getting an apartment, getting a driver’s license, getting the facts on drugs and getting a job.
Life Skills is designed to give students with reading abilities as low as 0.0 and cognitive IQs of 35 and higher the chance to read with fluency and comprehension from age appropriate theme and appearance.
Blue Level is designed to:
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significantly enhance vocabulary, expressive fluency, comprehension and self confidence for the student
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teach mastery of critical 3rd grade academic English words
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teach complex text
When finished, your student/child will have completed
Blue Level helps the Teacher/Parent by providing:
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access to the Blue Level Electronic Library, which includes:
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Scripted Teacher/Parent Manuals for Instruction
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Independent Activities (pencil & paper printable activities)
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Flash Cards
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Complex Text Stories
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Criterion Reference Tests
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Parent Communication Packs
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Writing Composition Activities
Detailed Descriptions of Failure Free Reading’s Five Blue Level Stories:
Life Skills Blue Level – Story I- “Getting an Apartment” is the first story from first level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about a person who moving out of his/her parent’s house and is getting in a new job in a new community in the city. Key words taught in this story are: job, find, community, newspaper, want, move, going, to, near, buying, parent’s, landlord. Key phrases taught are: a new job in a new community, going to move, buying a newspaper, looking in the want ads.
When finished with Blue Level - Story 1 “Getting an Apartment”, your student/child will have completed:
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12 pages, 48 unique words, 99 sentences, and 947 running words and a lexical density of 5.06
Life Skills Blue Level – Story 2- “Rooms in the Apartment” is the second story from Blue Level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about a person who getting a new apartment in the city. This story describes the rooms in the apartment. Key words taught in this story are: kitchen, sink, bedroom, apartment, cleaned, television, refrigerator, pillows, bathroom, sofa, dresser, shower, blankets, plenty, connected, telephone, remote, control, Key phrases taught are: oven and the refrigerator need to be cleaned, the bathroom has a tub and a sink, have to buy pillows and sheets and blankets
When finished with Blue Level - Story 2 “Rooms in the Apartment”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 51 unique words, 100 sentences, and 883 running words and a lexical density of 5.77
Life Skills Blue Level – Story 3- “The Breakfast Story” is the third story from Blue Level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about a person who going out to get breakfast. This story describes the many different items that are on the breakfast menu. Key words taught in this story are: waitress, special, breakfast, restaurant, juice, order, morning, eggs, menu, fourth, includes, scrambled, knife, fork, coffee, cashier and the Key phrases: sitting at a table in the restaurant, going to have breakfast this morning, waitress sets my table, the waitress takes my order, decided to order.
When finished with Blue Level - Story 3 “The Breakfast Story”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 103 unique words, 200 sentences, and 1842 running words and a lexical density of 5.59
Life Skills Blue Level – Story 4 - “Time for Lunch” is the fourth story from Blue Level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about a person who going out to get lunch. This story describes the many different items that are on the lunch menu and what he/she sees in the restaurant. Key words taught in this story are: neighborhood, medium, mayonnaise, ketchup, glad, lemon, pepper, sugar, hungry, ready, order, because, extra, lettuce, large, cooking, chef, small, chicken, mustard and the Key phrases: going to have lunch, fast food restaurant, cooking french fries, soft drink cups, hamburgers and hot dogs, there are many items.
When finished with Blue Level - Story 4 “Time for Lunch”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 76 unique words, 135 sentences, and 1278 running words and a lexical density of 5.94
Life Skills Blue Level – Story 5 - “Dinner with a Friend” is the fifth story from Blue Level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about a person who going out to get dinner with a friend. This story describes the many different items that are on the dinner menu and what he/she sees in the restaurant. Key words taught in this story are: friend, dinner, compromise, crackers, butter, decide, cream, waiter, salad, dessert, hostess, seafood, where, follow, bread, ready and the Key phrases: going to have dinner, we decide to compromise, are ready to order, asks us to follow her, ready to order, going to have dinner, ice cream sundae with hot fudge
When finished with Blue Level - Story 5 - “Dinner with a Friend” your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 92 unique words, 168 sentences, and 1491 running words and a lexical density of 6.43
***THIS PRODUCT, THE BLUE LEVEL ONE DIGITAL DOWNLOADABLE COPY OF ALL STORIES, IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ONE TIME AND IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR RESELL, OR DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER PARTIES UNLESS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED IN WRITING BY THE PUBLISHER.***
