The BASIC READING SERIES is divided into six levels — Levels A to F — with a reader and a workbook for each level. The workbooks for BRS contain material with which children can practice their decoding skills independently. The decoding experiences provided increase the children’s opportunities to discover sound-spelling relationships and to develop automatic word recognition. The workbooks are also an aid to vocabulary, word-meaning, and concept development, as they lead children to associate words with appropriate visual images and challenge children to deal with the meanings of words, phrases, and sentences. Finally, the workbooks are a useful tool for evaluating the children’s decoding progress.