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ERIC Number: ED473965
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: 580
Abstractor: N/A
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Voyager: Reading and Writing for Today's Adults. Levels 2 and 3 Teacher's Resource Guide [and] Student Book [and] Student Workbook [and] Puzzles [and] Vocabulary Workbook. Voyager Placement Tool for Levels Foundation-6 Student Booklet [and] Teacher Scoring Guide.
This document contains the 11 publications constituting the second stage of the Voyager program, which is a four-stage program that utilizes contemporary content and instructional approaches to teach the reading, writing, critical thinking, and communication skills that adults need in today's world and to take adult learners from the beginning stages of reading through the ninth-grade level. The Voyager program combines contemporary content and instructional approaches with traditional instructional practices to help adult learners develop reading, writing, listening, speaking, and thinking skills through theme-based lessons that include opportunities for students to work independently and collaboratively in a variety of settings. The publications included in Stage 2 are targeted toward emerging readers and emphasize literary and informational reading selections; phonics and other word recognition strategies; comprehension and critical thinking strategies; and writing, speaking, and listening skills. The specific Voyager components included in this document are as follows: (1) a teacher's resource guide; (2) two student books for Levels 2 and 3 (featuring lessons on family ties, the theme that life goes on, new beginnings, celebrating differences, great expectations, life across generations, voices for justice, and self-expression); (3) separate workbooks, puzzle books, and vocabulary workbooks for use with each of the Level 2 and 3 books; and (5) a student booklet and teacher scoring guide for a tool for student placement. (MN)
New Readers Press, P.O. Box 35888, Syracuse, NY 13235-5888 (Teacher's guide, $14; Student Books, $10.50; Workbooks, $8.25; Puzzles, $4; Vocabulary Workbooks--sets of 5, $20; Student Booklet, $4.50; Scoring Guide--set of 5, $6). Tel: 800-448-8878 (Toll Free); Fax: 866-894-2100 (Toll Free); e-mail: nrp@proliteracy.org; Web site: http://www.newreaderspress.com/.
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Students; Teachers
Language: English
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