Journeys is a comprehensive reading/language arts program that contains the highly effective reading instruction found in Horizons. Using Journeys, you will provide a strong foundation in five key areas of learning phonemic awareness, explicit and systematic phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. Recommended when instructional time does not permit the use of separate reading and language programs, Journeys offers intensive oral language, vocabulary, and listening comprehension to support reading skills.

 

This is book 1 in Journeys .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

This book was published 1999 by McGraw-Hill Education - Europe .

Siegfried Engelmann's 30+ years of research on teaching beginning reading resulted in the creation of the incredibly successful Direct Instruction teaching method, a cornerstone of SRA's Reading Mastery Plus program. He has produced an extensive list of books (including SRA's Direct Instruction reading, mathematics, and language arts programs), journal articles, and papers focusing on Direct Instruction. Currently, Mr. Engelmann is working on a new math program for SRA. He recently completed a book entitled Inferred Functions of Performance and Learning. He is also the co-author of Theory of Instruction with Douglas Carnine. Mr. Engelmann is a professor of special education at the University of Oregon and Director of the National Institute for Direct Instruction. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Western Michigan University in 1984 for his contributions to the field of education and holds a degree in philosophy from the University of Illinois. His other awards include the 2002 Award for Education Research from the Council of Scientific Society Presidents and the Fred Keller Award from the American Psychological Association. McGraw-Hill are highly experienced publishers of dictionaries, workbooks, audio recordings and other language learning materials.