Teachers' Notes Look Inside A boy and his pet dragon take a family trip to the beach. They see sand, seashells, and the water for the first time. These Beginning-to-Read books capture the imaginations of beginning readers and help them on their way to independent reading. It contains high-frequency and sight words. Teacher resources include note to caregivers, word list, reading activities to strengthen phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. This book can be paired with At the Beach from the Read and Discover series, its twin text nonfiction counterpart. Use Dear Dragon books to: Practice reading high frequency words Expand comprehension Improve oral language skills
These are good books for beginning readers. They are really unthreatening to the kids, but they have enough happening in them that the kids don't get bored with them. The teachers are more likely to check them out than the kids. but the kids don't complain about having to read them.
NetGalley Reviewer, July 2015
Colorful pictures with lots of details mean that even a non-reading child (toddlers and pre-K) will enjoy looking at this book. The text is simple and slightly repetitive, ideal for beginning readers, and the story walks through a typical beach experience, including the confused child wondering where the beach is when the car stops.
NetGalley Reviewer, May 2015
This book is perfect for beginning-of-the-year first graders (or advanced kindergarteners). Filled with sight words and colorful pictures, this is perfect for classrooms, too.
NetGalley Reviewer, May 2015
