Book excerpt: BOOKS IN SERIES: 9 BOOKS IN READING F REEDOM 2000 PROGRAM: 24 ISBN: 978174020 0677 AUTHOR: Hunter Calder RRP: $34.95 PAGES: 84 pp. The Word Wor kers Activity Books have been written specifically for students at the e arly to intermediate years of reading acquisition (suggested ages 7&ndas h;11). The series is structured to develop, in a sequential manner, basi c reading skills. Word Workers takes students from the earliest skills o f phonemic awareness to the higher order skills of syllabification and s tructural analysis. The Word Workers Achievement Tests Book is a carefully structured series of tests to monitor student progress. The te sts align with the Activity Books of the series, and are designed to pro vide a familiar and non-threatening form of assessment. Word Workers Ach ievement Tests allows teachers to instruct, and provide an encouraging r ecord of progress. The Reading Freedom 2000 Diagnostic Handbook s hould be used to place students at the correct level in the program. In order to work successfully with the Word Workers Activity Books, teacher s should refer to the Word Workers Teacher Resource Book and monitor stu dent progress with the Word Workers Achievement Tests Book.