Start-To-Finish Books

Start-To-Finish (STF) books provide age-appropriate, content-based material for older students who are not reading at grade level. Each title comes with an electronic and a print version.

Each student’s profile can be customized for his/her unique needs. Areas addressed are: listening comprehension, building word recognition, building word recognition and fluency, recreational reading, and assessment of independent reading. All areas include comprehension quizzes at the end of each chapter. The data from these quizzes is easily accessible to the teachers and can be used as data for various assessments (e.g. NYSAA).

The books are written at 3-4 grade reading ability but the content and interest level is appropriate through adult ages.

Here are the titles we own at 226:

Flo Jo: The Story of Florence Griffith Joyner
Home Run Heroes
On Strike: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Mark Twain Collection
Jackie Robinson and the American Dream
The Red Badge of Courage
The Story of Anne Frank
Ali: The Greatest
Black Beauty
Rosa Parks: Freedom Fighter
Romeo & Juliet
The Tuskegee Airmen

Let me know if you want to borrow a title or for ideas on how to use the books in your classroom.

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