The Edmark Reading Program Functional Words Series Second Edition teaches 400 functional sight words to students who have a variety of learning differences. Students with autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, intellectual disability, hearing impairment, reading disability, or learning disability, as well as learners of English as a second language will benefit. The Functional Words Series can be implemented as part of a functional living and community skills program or as a supplement to other reading programs.
The Functional Words Series uses a word recognition method, involving repeated exposure to target words within a variety of engaging learning activities. Students learn 100 new words at a moderate pace in each of four functional areas: Fast food/Restaurant Words, Grocery Words, Job/Work Words, and Signs Around You. The second edition includes new stories, games, word cards, and photo cards.
- Fast Food/Restaurant Words – Teaches 100 words that will help students order a meal form a fast-food establishment or a restaurant menu. Words include pizza, cheese, chicken, biscuit, and salad.
- Grocery Words – Teaches 100 words that will help students read and write grocery lists and find items in a grocery store. Words include tuna, shampoo, flour, sausage, and laundry detergent.
- Job/Work Words – Teaches 100 words related to getting and keeping a job, including such words as Social Security Number, help wanted, hard hat area, Monday, and January.
- Signs Around You – Teaches 100 words that will help students read commonly occurring signs, such as First Aid, Taxi, Do Not Enter, No Smoking, and Poison.