Basic Reading Series Level A Part 2 Reader A Pig Can Jig

<h4><strong><em>The BASIC READING SERIES K-2 phonics program is back!</em></strong></h4><p>The BASIC READING SERIES (BRS) is<em> </em>a <em>successful and proven phonics program</em> for beginners. It has a dedicated and faithful following among teachers and parents who want an alternative to discredited teaching methods. The BASIC READING SERIES is now available in a low-cost paperback edition for homeschool and classroom learning.</p><p><strong>* For Every Kind of Learner</strong>-Children of <em>all ability levels</em> benefit from BRS. That's because the program puts such a strong emphasis on the <em>regular and predictable</em> features of the language before any irregular or confusing elements are introduced.</p><p><strong>* Structure Pattern and Consistency</strong>-The carefully <em>controlled structure</em> of the series and the incremental buildup of predictable <em>spelling patterns</em> (or <em>word families</em>) makes the program <em>almost self-teaching</em> for many children. Once they learn a pattern they can unlock dozens of words that fit the pattern.</p><p><strong>* Discovery: A Natural Way to Learn</strong>-We know that all children have a <em>natural capacity for inductive learning</em>. After all they come to school possessing language - a language they learned wholly through <em>observation and discovery</em>. BRS builds on that natural ability and enables children to <em>discover </em>how the written form of their own language can be turned back into the words they already know and speak!</p><p><strong>* Decoding Underlies Comprehension</strong>-The language children already comprehend is the basis for their first decoding efforts. <em>A brisk and concentrated approach to code learning</em> produces confident successful readers who can then undertake <em>greater comprehension challenges</em>.</p><p><strong>* Independence Is the Goal</strong>-BRS turns beginners into <em>independent readers </em>as early as possible. By achieving <em>early mastery of the phonic code</em> BRS students can more quickly give their <em>full attention to meaning</em> without interference from mechanical difficulties.</p><p><strong>* Comprehension in BRS</strong>-The Basic Reading Series lays the foundation for comprehension of every kind: literal interpretive critical and creative.</p><p><strong>* BRS Components: 7 Readers and 6 Workbooks</strong></p><p>Level A: <em>A Pig Can Jig (Parts 1 & 2)</em></p><p>Level B: <em>A Hen in a Fox's Den</em></p><p>Level C: <em>Six Ducks in a Pond</em></p><p>Level D: <em>A King on a Swing</em></p><p>Level E: <em>Kittens and Children</em></p><p>Level F: <em>The Purple Turtle</em></p><p><strong>* What's covered in Level A?</strong></p><p>Short vowels <em>a</em> and <em>i</em> 17 initial and 10 final consonants in 2- and 3-letter words and compounds formed from those words and 14 sight words.</p><p><strong>The BRS Story</strong></p><p>Dr. Donald Rasmussen and Lynn Goldberg developed the BASIC READING SERIES (BRS) in the early 1960s at the Miquon School a small parent-teacher cooperative near Philadelphia. At that time most children were taught to read using the sight or look-say method epitomized by the Dick and Jane readers and many were left behind. Don and Lynn knew there must be a better way so they spent five years developing their own reading program based on the work of the renowned linguist Leonard Bloomfield. They called their method <em>inductive whole-word phonics with a strong linguistics research base</em>.</p><p>After tryouts in inner-city and suburban schools around the country and almost a dozen revisions BRS was published by Science Research Associates (SRA) and enjoyed great success. Over the years other reading methods have come and then gone out of favor. Now decades later phonics is recognized as the scientific approach to reading instruction and BRS is once again available for young readers.</p>