My Very First Book of Words Book

Reading Level= .5
Guided Reading Level= .7

This book is for beginning readers who are learning how to use pictures to read words and learning how to differentiate between beginning sound, middle sound, and ending sound. Readers of this book must know letter to sound correspondence. This book is a flip book in which readers match a word to a picture, so it makes learning to read an enjoyable act rather than a chore.

This is a picture book. There is a picture on the bottom half of each page, and one word on the top half of each page. The pictures guide the reader in matching the correct word. To the left of each picture is a capitalized version of the word that the child should match the picture to.

Writing Traits:
Ideas- The focus of this book is on objects that children come in contact with on a regular basis. The book contains words and pictures of these objects, such as cat, car, clock, boy, girl, ball, etc.
Word Choice- The author used specific words and pictures that children are familiar with, such as cat, car, clock, boy, girl, ball, etc.
Sentence Fluency- There are no sentences in this book (besides the directions on the first page, which an adult would have to read to the child). The book contains one word per page in order to not overwhelm the beginning reader.
Presentation- The book is presented in a child-friendly way. There is a good use of picture, text, and white space so as to focus the child's attention and not overwhelm the child with too many text features.

Classroom Integration: This book would be great for a kindergarten readers workshop station. In this station, the child can read this book independently. The child can work on beginning, middle, and ending sounds while matching the word to the correct picture. Even if certain children cannot read yet, the book would still be appropriate because it provides a "cheat sheet" to the left of the picture so students can check if they matched the picture to the correct word, or so students can be guided to search for the correct letters.