Kindergarten Kit
Lessons for Beginner Steps/Pre-A–Level F
The Literacy Footprints Kindergarten Kit provides teachers with 100 different titles (6 copies of each) designed to support small-group literacy instruction. Authentic, original leveled text, lesson plans, and materials are designed to foster and expand students’ literacy processing skills. The Literacy Footprints Guided Reading System was developed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne and is a powerful part of a comprehensive literacy solution for today’s culturally diverse classrooms.
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Kindergarten Kit Classroom Includes:
Kindergarten Kit Single Student Includes:
- 1 Copy Each of 100 Titles
- Book Level Stickers
Kindergarten Kit Classroom Includes:
Kindergarten Kit Single Student Includes:
- 1 Copy Each of 100 Titles
- Book Level Stickers
Description
Literacy Footprints is a Guided Reading system designed for classroom teachers, intervention, ELL, Special
Education teachers, and support staff who are teaching children to read and write. Each of the guided reading
kits contains sequenced, high-quality leveled texts in a variety of genres. Students will encounter traditional
tales, realistic fiction, fantasy, and informational text. The lesson cards that accompany the books follow Jan
Richardson’s Next Step
lesson format (Richardson, 2009 and 2016). Each lesson includes word study and
phonics instruction based on The Next Step Forward in Word Study
(Dufresne and Richardson 2019). Each guided reading kit also includes component materials designed by Jan
Richardson and Michèle Dufresne to consistently support teachers throughout the lessons.
Kit Titles Per Level
100
A - F
| A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 5 |
Level A
Now I Know My ABCs
At the Aquarium
Birthday Time
Busy Clarence
Clarence’s House
Dad is at Work
Daisy the Pirate
Dinner Time for Bella and Rosie
Dogs Having Fun
Dragon Toys
Everything Orange
Farm Animals
Flying with Super Sam
Fun at School
Going Places
Going Up with Super Sam
I Can Do It
Jaxson’s Animals
Landforms
Let’s Go with Super Sam
Look Who’s Reading
Marvin Has Fun
Oliver Can Paint
Oliver’s Favorite Things
Parts of a Plant
Ready to Trick-or-Treat
Rosie Likes Pink
Rosie’s Pink Friends
Run
Super Sam
Super Sam’s Family
Swimming Together
Underwater
We Like Sunglasses
What Can Climb?
What Can Fly?
What’s the Weather Today?
Level B
Animal Tails
A Snack for Gilbert
A Sweater for Oliver
Beach Time for Clarence
Bella’s Busy Day
Camouflage
Clarence is Flying
How Do We Get There?
Look Up
Lovely Flowers
Marvin’s Friends
Playing Together
Reading Buddies
Switzerland
The Bus Ride
We Like Hats
Level C
Baseball
Bella and Rosie at the Beach
Bella’s Birthday
Dogs
Emily’s Babysitter
I Can Fly
In the Pond
Let’s Fly
Look Out for Space Monster
Look Out for the Lion
Splashing Dad
The Firefighter
The Little Red Hen
The Rain Forest
The Van
What’s for Dinner
Level D
Animal Tricks
Bella and Rosie Play Hide and Seek
Cat Naps with Oliver
Catching Fireflies
Firefighters to the Rescue
Grandma’s House
Grizzly Bears
Helicopters
Hide and Seek with Oliver
Kittens
Spaceboy Plays Hide and Seek
Swimming with Mermaids
The Goats
The Lost Bear
The Monarch Butterfly
Where is Mother Duck?
Level E
A Picnic Lunch
Dogs or Cats?
Fun at the Beach
Going Fishing
Horseback Riding
Party Clothes
Play With Me
Rosie is Cold
The Lost Money
Where is Santa?
Level F
A Job for Little Elf
Emily Can’t Sleep
Puppies
Quack’s Red Boots
The Sledding Adventure
Lesson Cards
- Accompany each book.
- Our lesson plans are designed to support teachers in providing dynamic small-group instruction that engages students in reading, writing, and word study/phonics. Each component of the lesson supports students in developing strong reading, writing, and decoding skills, while building vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.
Our Books
- High-quality award-winning fiction and nonfiction books in a variety of genres
- Rigorously sequenced and leveled to provide gradually increasing text complexity that builds reading proficiency
- Supportive photography and illustrations
- Characters and topics that reflect the diversity of our world
