Specifications include, but are not limited to: 2.1 Decodable text shall support effective teaching and learning for students who need intervention in foundational literacy skills as well as all learning in Pre-K through 5 th grade classrooms. 2.2 Texts shall provide supplemental curricular materials that are easy to understand for students, as well as parents/guardians. 2.3 Add to the wide variety of existing texts in our schools and provide additional support for student learning. 2.4 Texts shall support students with applying phonic skills and build student confidence in their abilities to read full sentences and short stories. 2.5 Library texts should contain the following: 2.5.1 Highly decodable, engaging for students, and suitable for a wide variety of ages. 2.5.2 Introduce words and word structures in a carefully planned scope and sequence. 2.5.3 Contain high quality texts that are a mixture of fiction and nonfiction titles that provide opportunities to practice decoding, fluency, and comprehension. 2.5.4 Follow a scope and sequence of decoding skill instruction and controls for phonic patterns that align with what students have been taught. 2.5.5 Builds foundation in recognizing, pronouncing, and reading vowels, consonants and word families. 2.5.6 Support word recognition instruction. 2.5.7 Compliment teacher read-aloud, oral vocabulary development, shared reading and writing instruction. 2.5.8 Should include both print and digital options. 2.5.9 Grade specific library texts should provide 50 titles per grade level, and four (4) to six (6) copies for each title.
