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Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Creates New Reading Resource for Bilingual, Immersion, and Dual-language Classrooms

'Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish' helps students practice the skills outlined in the 'Reading First' initiative.

MONTEREY, CALIF. (January 28, 2005) - With nearly 30 million Spanish speakers in the United States, it's becoming increasingly important that teachers are equipped with dual-language materials. Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, a leading publisher of learning materials for kindergarten through sixth grade, has created a new reading resource for bilingual, immersion, and dual-language classrooms. Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish helps young learners practice the reading tools that are fundamental for use across the curriculum.

With editions available for grades 1, 2, and 3 Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish provides parallel English and Spanish versions of approximately 30 reading selections. The selections cross a variety of genres, ranging from fables and poetry to non-fiction and realistic fiction. The follow-up activities that accompany each selection focus on the skills outlined in the Reading First initiative, including comprehension, vocabulary, structural analysis, fluency, and phonics.

"Teachers with dual-language classrooms face an extra challenge in helping their children practice the essential language arts skills," said Bill Evans, Evan-Moor CEO. "We set out to create a resource that would not only help these teachers meet the goals of Reading First, but would also allow them to celebrate diversity in the classroom. Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish helps young learners appreciate both languages."

Because fundamental reading skills are critical to success in all subject areas,Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish is designed to help children practice and master language arts skills in English or Spanish or both languages. The books encourage reading by using selections on familiar topics and new subjects of interest, such as "Little Red Hen/La gallinita roja," "The Best Birthday Ever/El mejor cumpleanos," and "Bones/Los huesos."

Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish also improves parental involvement by allowing parents to better support their children with homework assignments in their native language.

Each edition of Read & Understand Stories in English and Spanish is 304 pages and includes parallel English/Spanish story selections, reproducible follow-up activities, practice pages and answer keys. The resource retails for $29.99 and each edition can be viewed online in its entirety at www.evan-moor.com.

Additional English/Spanish resources are available from Evan-Moor, including Early Learning Activities, Beginning Reading Activities and Science Activities.

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For more information contact:
Megan Murray
Marketing Communications Coordinator
Phone: 831-649-5901 ext. 116
Email: meganm@evan-moor.com