The Student Edition provides colorful, easy-to-follow, teacher-directed exercises in phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and writing. Each book includes:

	•		Teacher-directed exercises in phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and writing
	•		Letters to parents in each unit, in both English and Spanish
	•		Home–school connections to encourage parental involvement
	•		Exposure to literature through contemporary poetry, folk and fairy tales, plays, and nursery rhymes. Text in social studies, science, and math are also featured.