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Read First New Jersey has identified comprehensive reading programs for the purposes of Reading First that provide direct and systematic instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. This approved K-3 reading program list includes the following CORE and SUPPLEMENTAL reading programs. We have divided them into categories.

CORE - Programs listed here have been selected with the assistance of A Consumer's Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program
Grades K-3: A Critical Elements Analysis and a state developed core program evaluation rubric.

Category	Publisher	Reading Program
English	Harcourt	Trophies Program (2003)
	Houghton Mifflin	Reading: Legacy of Literacy (2003)
	SRA - McGraw Hill	Open Court (2002)
	Scott Foresman	Reading (2002, 2004)
Category	Publisher	Reading Program
Spanish	Harcourt	Trofeos
	Santillana	Nuevo Siglo de Espanol
	Scott Foresman	Lectura (2002)
	SRA - McGraw Hill	Foro abierto para la lectura (2002)
	Houghton Mifflin	Lectura
	Scholastic	Solares
NOTE: If language-minority children arrive at school with no proficiency in English, but speak a language for which there are instructional guides, learning materials, and locally available proficient teachers, these children should be taught how to read in their native language. They should acquire proficiency in spoken English and then be taught to extend their skills to reading in English.
Category	Publisher	Reading Program
ESL Transition	Harcourt Brace	Moving Into English (2005)
	Longman Scott Foresman Program	Longman Scott Foresman ESL Program (2003)
	Rigby	On Our Way to English (2003)
NOTE: If language-minority children arrive at school with no proficiency in English, but speak a language for which there are insufficient numbers of children to develop a bilingual program, the instructional priority should be to develop the child's proficiency in spoken English. Although print materials may be used to develop understanding of English speech sounds, vocabulary, and syntax, formal reading instruction should occur once an adequate level of proficiency in spoken English has been achieved.

Category	Publisher	Reading Program
Spanish	Santillana	Puertas al sol (Dual Language)
Category	Publisher	Reading Program
English as a Second Language	Santillana	Intensive English (2002)
Category	Publisher	Reading Program
Technology	Pearson Electronic Education	Waterford Early Reading Program
	Pearson Education Technologies	SuccessMaker
	Scholastic	Wiggle Works