On the Move! Core Word Reader Book | Transportation, ELA, AAC + Sight Word Practice

Build early literacy, transportation vocabulary, and AAC participation with On the Move!, a photo-based core word reader featuring cars, trucks, bikes, trains, motorcycles, buses, boats, tractors, airplanes, and traffic lights.

Simple rhyming text, clear photographs, and repeated core words give emergent readers and AAC users frequent opportunities to read, comment, answer questions, and connect the book to their own transportation experiences. Partner prompts are included throughout the story to help adults model language and encourage participation using speech, gestures, pointing, writing, communication boards, or personal AAC systems.

Core and Sight Word Targets:
go, stop, look, where

Additional Language Targets Include:
fast, slow, here, up, down, turn, same, different

Transportation Vocabulary Includes:
car, truck, bike, train, motorcycle, bus, boat, tractor, airplane, red light, and green light

What’s Included:

• Photo-based transportation core word reader
• Simple rhyming text and repeated language
• Partner prompts throughout the book
• Five-day Reading Reminders and Talking Tips plan
• AAC communication board with core and transportation vocabulary
• Start Up Steps for Teachers
• Suggested core, action, and concept vocabulary
• Shared writing and extension ideas
• ELA and AAC standards alignment guidance

Use this resource during transportation units, shared reading, AAC instruction, speech therapy, special education literacy lessons, small groups, or whole-class activities. Students can compare transportation experiences, discuss where vehicles go, explore concepts such as fast and slow, and contribute to alphabet books, predictable charts, or class-created transportation books.

Designed for emergent readers, AAC users, preschool and early elementary students, and learners with complex communication needs.

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