[ What You Get! ]
Teal Level is the fourth of Failure Free Reading eight instructional levels ranging from beginning first grade to SAT/ACT content. Teal is for students with a 4th-5th grade reading level. Teal Level is suitable for: all ages, beginning English Language Learners, at-risk, RtI Tiers II & III interventions, and special education populations: autism, learning disabilities, intellectually disabled, deaf/HH and dyslexics.
Teal 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 1,281 unique academic English words
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teach mastery of most of the Dolch 220 words and the critical nouns, pronouns, adverbs and adjectives most generic to stories found in school and library texts written at the 4th-5th grade level
When finished, your student/child will have completed
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7 Teal Level stories containing a total of 75 pages, 557 sentences, and 8,303 running words!
The Teal Level helps the Teacher/Parent by providing:
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access to the Teal Level, 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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Illustrated Readers (story books)
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Instructional Readers
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Criterion Reference Tests
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Parent Communication Packs
Detailed Descriptions of Failure Free Reading’s Seven Teal Level Stories:
Teal Level - sets the stage for the seven interrelated stories found in the Teal level. It is based on the common theme of shopping at the mall. The first three stories in the Teal Level teach mastery of critical vocabulary found in beginning fourth grade. The next three stories in the Teal Level series teach mastery of critical vocabulary found at the end of fourth grade. The last two Teal stories teach mastery of critical vocabulary found throughout fifth grade. Each story is very powerful. They will introduce a large number of critical vocabulary in a very rapid and accelerated pace.
Teal Level - Story 1 “The Gas Station” is the first story in the Teal level series. Your student/child will read a story about going on a ride to the downtown mall to buy a birthday present and meet a friend.
Key words taught in this story: Downtown, Mall, Younger, Remind, Wallet, Pocket, Book, Remember, Forgotten, Arrived, Purchase, Gasoline, Transmission, Located, Mechanic, Neighborhood, Engines, Unleaded, Check, Pump, Clean, Windshield, Air Pressure, Write, Filling, Continue
When finished with Teal Level - Story 1 “The Gas Station”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 145 unique words, 89 sentences, and 1555 running words and a lexical density of 9.32
Teal Level - Story 2 “Meeting My Friend” is the second story in the Teal level of the Failure Free Reading Series. Your student/child will read a story about person who is going to the downtown mall to meet his/her friend at the music store while his/her mother shops for a birthday present for his/her younger brother.
Key words taught in this story: Younger, Opening, Commercials, Headphones, Customers, Located, Entrance, Teenagers, Parents Adults, Choices, Courteous, Rude, Inconsiderate, Dignity, Respect, Appreciate, Damage, Merchandise, Released
When finished with Teal Level - Story 2 “Meeting My Friend”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 161 unique words, 100 sentences, and 1640 running words and a lexical density of 9.80
Teal Level - Story 3 “Shopping Around” is the third story in the Teal level of the Failure Free Reading Series. Your student/child will read a story about a person who is at the downtown mall and decides to shop around with his/her friend.
Key words taught in this story: Merchandise, Decide, Friend, Other, Tired, Listening, Selection, Magazines, Largest, Books, Favorite, Sports, Shopping, Pharmacist, Counter, Appears, And the Key Phrases: Look at, Dress shoes, Picked up, Standing behind
When finished with Teal Level - Story 3 “Shopping Around”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 139 unique words, 85 sentences, and 1327 running words and a lexical density of 10.47
Teal Level - Story 4 “Eating at The Mall” is the fourth story in the Teal level of the Failure Free Reading Series. Your student/child will read a story about a person who is at the downtown mall with his/her friend and decided to have lunch at the downtown mall. and decides to shop around with his/her friend. This story is very powerful. It introduces a large number of critical vocabulary in a very rapid and accelerated pace. You might want to break this into two parts.
Key words taught in this story: Specialty shops, Husky, Upset, Figured, Lonesome, Suffer, Wizard, Magician, Purchase, Dessert, Fantastic, And the Key Phrases: Any measure of taste, Buy by the gallon, Fancy furniture shop, Special of the day, Giving all his attention, Smothered in gravy, Royal ice cream sundae
When finished with Teal Level - Story 4 “Eating at The Mall”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 291 unique words, 171 sentences, and 3147 running words and a lexical density of 9.24
Teal Level - Story 5 “Underneath the Mall” is the fifth story in the Teal level of the Failure Free Reading Series. Your student/child will read a story about a person who discovers a tunnel that leads to an exciting level that goes underneath mall. This story is very powerful. It introduces a large number of critical vocabulary in a very rapid and accelerated pace. You might want to break this story into two parts.
Key words taught in this story: Wandered, Ruin, Success, Disappoint, Appropriate, Service, Mention, Experiments,Telescope, Explanation, Interesting, Encyclopedia, Musician, Astronaut And the key Phrases: Champion skaters, Somewhat more unusual property, Tropical southern land reservation, Mall racket seems to vanish,Still as a statue, Mystery of nature
When finished with Teal Level - Story 5 “Underneath the Mall”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 373 unique words, 189 sentences, and 3581 running words and a lexical density of 10.41
Teal Level - Story 6 “The Downtown Complex” is the sixth story in the Teal level of the Failure Free Reading Series. Your student/child will read a story about a person who while leaving the downtown starts to describe the urban development that is occurring all around the mall. This story is very powerful. It introduces a large number of critical vocabulary in a very rapid and accelerated pace. You might want to break this story into two parts.
Key words taught in this story: Awkward, Recognized, Possession, Manufacture, Peculiar, Fabulously, Astonishing. Surrender. Sacrifice. Preparation. Arrangements. Volunteered, Enormous, Coliseum, Astonished, Remarkable, Machinery, Obedient, Particular, Determination, Ridiculous, Imagination, Splendid, Opportunity
And the Key phrases: Activity in the atmosphere, Had to scramble, Underneath the weight of all this pressure, Innocent looking device, Overcome hardship, Expression of confidence
When finished with Teal Level - Story 6 “The Downtown Complex”, your student/child will have completed:
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10 pages, 375 unique words, 252 sentences, and 3643 running words and a lexical density of 10.29
Teal Level - Story 7 “The Explorers” is the seventh and final story in the Teal level of the Failure Free Reading Series. Your student/child will read a story about a person who must write a history paper on the lives of explorers. This story is very powerful. It introduces a large number of critical vocabulary in a very rapid and accelerated pace. You might want to break this story into two parts.
Key words taught in this story: Panic, Composition, Furious, Disgusted, Pardon, Dismiss, Behavior, Apologize, Dilemma, Advice, Explorers, Distant, Continents, Opinion, Shocked, Sorrow, Ignore, Huddled, Battered, Bruised, Bonfires, Diphtheria, Clumps, Passages, Journals, Jealous Outwit, Confuse, Dispose, Rivals, Rejoice, Mischief, Talent, Legend, Kidnapped, Quarantine, Ransom, Quiver, Unite, Geography, Smother, Export, Curious, Slippery, Eager, Chisel, Vision, Encyclopedia, Situations, Courageous
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When finished with Teal Level - Story 7 “The Explorers”, your student/child will have completed:
10 pages, 447 unique words, 313 sentences, and 4693 running words and a lexical density of 9.52
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