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ERIC Number: EJ327874
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Common Words Not Taught in Basal Reading Series.
Fry, Edward; Sakiey, Elizabeth
Reading Teacher, v39 n5 p395-98 Jan 1986
Notes that basal series commonly used in kindergarten through grade six teach only about half of the most common English words. Offers a list of 382 common words that do not appear in the books and suggests that teachers supplement their basals with their own word learning lessons. (FL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Reading Instruction, Word Frequency, Word Lists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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