Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 232 - SUMMER BRIDGES PROGRAM
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"