Dan and Jan; Fay and Jay; My Pup; and My Dog

About the Book

This set of four short stories continues to be created to engage and to have fun through meaningful reading activities with an emphasis on activities in developing confident, fluent, and active readers. Young readers are challenged with reading comprehension in a variety of ways, such as characterization, the making of inferences, the identification of main ideas and supporting details, and the young reader’s derivation of alternate story endings. The erudite continues to be purposely challenged with vocabulary enhancement, the advancement of communicational skills through both verbal and written responses, and the identification of subjects, verbs, adverbs, homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. Questions are found following each short story along with a word list at the beginning. The young reader can practice the recitation of blends, breaking down words into syllables, and sounding out and reading additional rhyming words similar to the terms in the story to enhance word and phonemic recognition. Immersed are versatile activities to coincide with reading, making it engaging, involving, and active.

About the Author

Angela Page is a doctoral, hands-on learner and has over 30 years as an educator. Angela is also a Master of Education graduate of Howard University's School of Education in Washington, D.C. She has received many accolades from Outstanding Educator, Women in Science, and Leadership Awards to the Maryland State Presidential award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. After retiring from Prince George's County Public Schools System as a science teacher, she started Empowering Learning Institute. It is an institute where young scholars, scientists, mathematical problem-solvers, and junior engineers are nurtured. It is also an institute where Angela receives inspiration to create her children's books. Angela creates these rudimentary reading materials for the novice and for those students who have reading challenges. In her materials, a basic word list is included to practice breaking-down terms into syllables, and sounding out and reading terms similar to the words in the story to develop reading confidence and fluency. She also encourages vocabulary development through the discussion of content clues. Angela Page now lives in Clinton, Maryland with her lovable, supportive family and community.