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This comprehensive Teacher Guide specifies learning objectives and provides background information, daily lesson plans, assessments, and other resources for teaching the Skills unit.

The Activities Pages reinforce the content and skills taught in each domain. Practice opportunities are provided both in and out of the classroom.

Big Books are used to engage students in the reading process. For example, during story demonstration lessons, teachers use Big Books to model important concepts of print, including text directionality, reading from left to right, attentiveness to punctuation, and highlighting the different parts of a book.

Image Cards are used to reinforce and deepen students’ understanding of the information covered in the domain. They are primarily used during Extension Activities. Common exercises include sorting, retelling, and sequencing.

Transition Cards reinforce content and skills as students move between activities. Some of these cards may be used across multiple domains. Learning Center Cards provide teachers with suggested questions and prompts in order to facilitate language and promote student-to-student interaction.