Go to www.ecs.org/html/issues.asp and download the Consumer’s Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program Grades K–3 by Simmons and Kame’enui XXXXXXXXXXSelect a basal and evaluate it using this guide....

Go to www.ecs.org/html/issues.asp and download the Consumer’s Guide to Evaluating a Core Reading Program Grades K–3 by Simmons and Kame’enui (2006). Select a basal and evaluate it using this guide. Compare it to guides completed by other classmates who evaluated a diferent basal series. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each series? Could this basal be used as a core reading program or supplemental?