First Grade PALS is a daily workbook full of lessons that help first grade teachers incorporate critical content identified in research as effective in early literacy instruction.

At a loss for ways to help a struggling reader? Looking for a way to jump-start a beginning reader? The 20-week program includes code-based activities, a time line, daily direction cards, game sheets, and black line masters.

The lessons in this peer-tutoring program provide opportunities for readers of all abilities to achieve success. Even lower-functioning students show improved reading skills and actively participate in these exercises.

The workbook was written by Patricia Mathes, Ph.D.; Joseph K. Torgeson, Ph.D.; Shelley H. Allen, Ph.D.; and Jill Howard Allor, Ed.D.