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®®You can put reading success withinevery student’s reach with America’smost successful reading program.Reading ProgramA Beka Book offers a treasury of wholesome,character-building readers and avariety of teaching materials that reflect thevery best in scholarship, Scriptural fidelity,design, and practicality. You can put readingsuccess within every student’s reachwith America’s most successful readingprogram.God raised up A Beka Book, a Christiantextbook publisher affiliated with PensacolaChristian College, to provide Christianschools with God-honoring, high-qualitytextbooks and teaching aids. The hundredsof traditional Christian educational materialsfrom A Beka Book have been developedand refined over a period of more than55 years in the classrooms of PensacolaChristian Academy, one of America’s largestand most respected Christian day schools.A Beka Book materials are built upon afoundation of Scriptural truth and arewritten by dedicated and talented Christianscholars well-grounded in the practicalaspects of classroom teaching.2A Beka Book gives you a comprehensive,quality reading program that isextraordinarily effective.“The children who are learning toread with this program are certainlyblessed and will profit from this firmeducational background for the restof their lives.”Rudolf Flesch (1911–1986)Noted author ofWhy Johnny Can’t Read
“A Beka R not only focuses on Christ, but weavesgodly values, morals, principles, and quotationsinto every page!” —CaliforniaTurn your students into eager readersThe A Beka Book ReadingProgram uses fascinating storiesthat spark interest whilebuilding students’ character,skills, and understanding. Theresult is highly motivated,confident students who delightin the amount and variety ofScripturally sound literatureavailable to them. Delightfulclassics and poetry, as well asstories and children’s novels,give students insight intotheir culture and their worldwhile presenting Christianideals and spiritual values.Colorful illustrations instruct,inspire, and spark the imagination.Students also readthe Bible as a regular part oftheir reading instruction, andbecause of the outstandingreading instruction, they areable to read the Bible accuratelyand with understandingfrom a very early age.Complete Coverage of Essential SkillsComprehensionComprehension skills increase in direct proportion to how much readingthey do. In the pamphlet What Works, the U.S. Department of Education stated,“Children improve their reading ability by reading a lot. Reading achievement isdirectly related to the amount of reading children do in school and outside. Unlikeusing workbooks and performing computer drills, reading books gives childrenpractice in the ‘whole act’ of reading, that is, both in discovering the meaning ofindividual words and in grasping the meaning of an entire story.”VocabularyThe purpose of vocabulary study is to enlarge the student’s speaking andlistening vocabulary, to aid in his reading comprehension, and to help him developan interest in and an appreciation for words. With the A Beka Book Reading Program,challenging, new words for each story are listed in the student book or in theteacher’s material. This vocabulary is thoroughly taught before students commencereading. Suggestions for practice with dictionary skills are given in the CurriculumGuides and Teacher Editions.Attention to individual differencesIn kindergarten through second grade, students are grouped to meet theirindividual reading needs. The needs of slower learners and higher achievers areprovided for with activities, special teaching strategies, and practice within groups.Reduced versions of instructional charts are available for use with smaller groups.Materials are available to help older students who missed out on early phonicstraining and thus are having difficulty reading.3
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