Are you looking for a grade level reading program that provides more for your students in their character building, moral development, and scriptural comprehension? The God’s Big Story reading program from Generations meets each of these needs. It features:
- Integrated parental involvement
- Integrated Biblical understanding (scripture taken from the NKJV)
- Integrated faith-based life lessons
The philosophy behind the Generations program is the concept of paideia, a Greek understanding of the ‘upbringing and comprehensive education of a child, aiming to shape their soul, character, and intellect.’ This is evident in the program’s overall objectives. The main text at each level are Bible stories. The primary objectives of this reading program include: Biblical Vocabulary; Full Scope of God’s Redemptive Story; Mastering the Theme of the Bible; Belief in the Gospel; to Worship God, Fear God, and Obey God’s Word.
The transition from Generations Phonics to Generations Reading is made easy through the integration of Grade 1 phonics with the Level 1 Reading. Once students are reading, the levels in this program correlate with grade levels. Each level comes with a hardcover Text where the Bible stories, Faith Lessons, and vocabulary are located, and a consumable Student Workbook. Student Workbooks include two types of exercises for each lesson:
- Core Exercises are for reviewing materials learned in reading and vocabulary words.
- Optional Exercises are for reinforcing ELA skills (grammar, spelling, composition, and handwriting).
Each level also has a package of separate Readers that the student reads throughout the year. For grades 2-5 there are Parent Resources available on the Generations website that provide scheduling for the readers and discussion questions with answers for your students.
Each level of the Generations Reading program builds upon previously learned ELA concepts:
- Basic phonics skills (Phonics Program)
- Basic sentence building, application, and comprehension (Level 1)
- Punctuation practice, reading comprehension, sentence-building skills (Level 2)
- Composition practice, comprehension questions, review/application practice (Level 3)
- Punctuation review, composition building, reading comprehension (Level 4)
- Identifying parts of speech, sentence construction, reading comprehension (Level 5)
At every level, your student’s vocabulary will be growing and developing with around 6 new vocabulary words taken from the text as well as activities surrounding those words. Levels 1-3 also include grade appropriate Dolch Sight Words that are crucial for early reading development. It is suggested to make flash cards or another type of teaching aid to facilitate memorization of these Dolch Sight Words. The goal of God’s Big Story is to introduce children and families to Scripture and all that can be learned and applied to one’s life in Christ. ~Rebecca