Section 232.APPENDIX B   Required Materials for the Program

Each district operating the Summer Bridges Program shall select materials compatible with the curriculum and instruction frameworks displayed in Appendix A to this Part.  At least the following types and quantities of resources shall be available for students in each class, as appropriate to the respective grade levels.

• 40 books designed to be read aloud by students
• 12 big books*, including both fiction and informational text (and rhyme for grades through 2)
• 6 small books* for each big book
• take-home books (including one set to be used in instruction)
• 50 assorted books representing a range of reading difficulty
• tapes and tape player with books for listening centers
• mathematics manipulatives and literature

Additional Requirements for Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten, and Grades 1 and 2

• picture, letter, and word cards
• magnetic letters
• anthology of nursery rhymes
• display boards

*According to publishers' or vendors' designations of children's books as "big" or "small"