Yellow Level is for students/children/adolescents/adults reading with a 3rd- 4th grade reading level and IQs as low as 35. Yellow Level is suitable for: Ages 16-Adults: early reading, beginning English Language Learners, at-risk, and special education populations: autism, learning disabilities, intellectually disabled, deaf/HH and dyslexics.
Yellow 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
Yellow Level helps the Teacher/Parent by providing:
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access to the Yellow 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 Six Yellow Level Stories:
Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 1 - “Setting Career Goals” is the first story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks importance of setting career goals. It is designed to help understand the concept of goals and why they are important in life. Key words taught in this story are: career, goals, some, achieve, choose, involve, counselor, person, helping, examples, happen, trained, professional, living, requires, qualifications, policemen, mechanic, architect, artist, firemen, auto, layer, technician. Key phrases taught are: short term goals, who is trained, helping people choose, knowing the skills and qualifications, going to visit, deciding on a career.
When finished with Yellow Level - Story 1 - “Setting Career Goals”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 185 unique words, 212 sentences, and 2598 running words and a lexical density of 7.12
Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 2 - “Achieving Goals” is the second story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks discusses the importance of achieving career goals. It is designed to give ways to achieve these goals. Key words taught in this story are: quiet, drafts, spelling, written, loan, luck, knowing, might, success, sketching, place, summary, counselor, involves, listen, believe, elaborate, yourself. Key phrases taught are: find an excuse, how to overcome, most important to you, continue to do this, need special training, have the qualifications, achieve your goals, write down the steps.
When finished with Yellow Level - Story 2 - “Achieving Goals”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 256 unique words, 321 sentences, and 2974 running words and a lexical density of 8.60
Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 3 - “How to Develop Your Job Interview Skills” is the third story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks discusses the how to interview for a job. Key words taught in this story are: interview, employer, appearance, greet, potential, during, important, punctuality, arrive, smile, requires, knowledge, counselor, applicants, plenty, impression, neatness, mirror, handshake, polite, pleasant, questions, interest, personalities, conversation. Key phrases taught are: how to interview, for a job, a skill that requires practice, very important to a career, the first step, your appearance is the first impression, arrive a few minutes early, a successful job interview.
When finished with Yellow Level - Story 3 - “How to Develop Your Job Interview Skills”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 152 unique words, 249 sentences, and 2494 running words and a lexical density of 6.09
Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 4 - “How to Develop Your Job Interview Skills” is the fourth story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks discusses the how to interview for a job. Key words taught in this story are: interview, employer, appearance, greet, potential, during, important, punctuality, arrive, smile, requires, knowledge, counselor, applicants, plenty, impression, neatness, mirror, handshake, polite, pleasant, questions, interest, personalities, conversation. Key phrases taught are: how to interview, for a job, a skill that requires practice, very important to a career, the first step, your appearance is the first impression, arrive a few minutes early, a successful job interview.
When finished with Yellow Level - Story 4 - “How to Develop Your Job Interview Skills”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 151 unique words, 249 sentences, and 2523 running words and a lexical density of 6.65
Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 5 - “Good Work Habits” is the fifth story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks discusses the how keep a job. Key words taught in this story are: attitude, positive, means, responsible, manner. Key phrases taught are: keeping a job, just as important, have a positive attitude, show how happy you are, let others know, to feel good, in a responsible manner.
When finished with Yellow Level - Story 5 - “Good Work Habits”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 169 unique words, 206 sentences, and 2976 running words and a lexical density of 5.67
Life Skills Yellow Level – Story 6 - “Self-Confidence” is the sixth and final story from the fourth level of Failure Free Reading’s four Life Skills Levels. This story talks about the importance of self-confidence. Key words taught in this story are: confidence, mistakes, failure, expect, wrong, employers, correct, successful, nothing, afraid, better, responsibilities, embarrassed, forward, reason, developing, handle, themselves, honest. Key phrases taught are: can handle the responsibilities, nothing wrong with failing, made a mistake, on their jobs, can’t do their jobs.
When finished with Yellow Level - Story 6 - “Self-Confidence”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 155 unique words, 299 sentences, and 2779 running words and a lexical density of 5.57
