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This simple, research-proven early intervention program builds reading proficiency, word recognition, and overall comprehension. Ten minutes each night, parents and children engage in repeated, guided reading of poems just right for early readers, then do a quick, skill-building activity. Plus, 30 stickers, tips on involving families, and reproducible family letters, certificates, bookmarks, and reading logs! For use with Grades K-2.

Dr. Timothy Rasinski is a Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching, Leadership, and Curriculum Studies. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education. His major interests include working with children who find reading difficult, phonics and reading fluency instruction, and teacher development in literacy education. He has published over 100 articles and 10 books on various aspects of reading education. Dr. Rasinski is past editor of "The Reading Teacher "and is currently an editor for the "Journal of Literacy Research," He has served as president of the Colleg

Welcome to Fast Start!

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Fast Start in Action

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Introducing Fast Start to Families

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Family Letters

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1, 2, 3, Read!

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Making Fast Start Work for Limited-English Proficient Families

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Using the Family Pages

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Mid Year Family Letters

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Fast Start in the Classroom

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Managing Fast Start: Helpful Hints

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Fast Start Log

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The Poems

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Reproducible Incentives

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Assessing Children's Progress

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Fast Start Survey

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Poems & Family Pages

Pat-a-Cake

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Itsy Bitsy Spider

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Mary Had a Little Lamb

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Miss Mary Mack

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Hickory Dickory Dock

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Fingerplay

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Humpty Dumpty

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Little Bo Peep

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Little Miss Muffet

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I'm Me!

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What Do You Need?

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This Little Piggy

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The Lesson

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Apples Three

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Old Mother Hubbard

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The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

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Hey Diddle Diddle

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Flu

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Little Boy Blue

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Baa, Baa Black Sheep

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Old King Cole

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Hot Cross Buns

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Little Jack Horner

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Winter Snow

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Twinkle, Twinkle

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Bake a Cake

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Drip Drop

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The Crooked Man

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Traveling, Traveling

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Days of the Week

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Winter Night

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Sheep in a Jeep

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Bill and Jill

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First Book

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City Music

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My Nose

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A Song of Sixpence

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May on the Bay

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Rub-a-Dub Cubs

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Baby Chick

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Conversation

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Good-by and Hello

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I Talk

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Oh, What a Shame!

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That Marching Beat

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My New Red Bike

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The Shape of Things

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Away We Go

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Opposites

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Listen!

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My Dog

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Circle of We

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One Magical Midnight

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Watering a Rose

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Best Deal in Town

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Jump or Jiggle

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Maytime Magic

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My Neighborhood

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Wait for Me

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References and Resources for Further Learning

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Fast Start For Early Readers A Research-Based, Send-Home Literacy Program With 60 Reproducible Poems and Activities That Ensures Reading Success for Every Child

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