Start-to-Finish Library Resources
Understanding the Product
Watch a 5-minute product demonstration and find answers to your questions
Download this product demonstration* to use in environments without Internet access (QuickTime, 15.6 MB) Right-Click (Windows) and select "Save Target As" / Control-Click (Mac) and select "Save Link As"
*Only includes part of the full product demonstration
Read research that supports Start-to-Finish features.
Watch a brief introduction to our Start-to-Finish Products
School District 54, Schaumburg, Illinois
School District 54, Schaumburg, Illinois
Why Start-to-Finish Books Inspire Struggling Readers
Read Jason's Story. How Start-to-Finish Books made Jason Successful!
Describes the rationale behind concept and development.
(PDF 48KB)
Helping educators identify, create, and modify text for beginning readers and help meet literacy goals of students with significant disabilities in their earliest stages. (PDF 52KB)
General features and examples of text features in the Gold and Blue levels. (160 KB)
Learning to Use the Product
Train your teachers in just 30 minutes (really!) with this guide. This is your best guide to get teachers up and running quickly. (pdf 721KB)
A "checklist" of product features to be used to assess proficiency before and after training. (PDF 16KB)
Fill out Student Success Stories form to track progress
(2 pgs pdf)
Quickly reference common Start-to-Finish features with this Quick Card. (PDF 644KB)
Extras and Supports
Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to reading measurement. View our Library and Core Content book title and the Lexile measurement. (PDF, 288 KB)
Use the teacher guide to assist in setting up and getting started. (PDF, 704KB)
Use Start-to-Finish Library for fluency practice. Match students to text. Download here.
Comprehension Practices (PDF, 1.2MB)
Worksheets for fiction, non-fiction and vocabulary words. (PDF)
Building Wings
Access a full online version of Building Wings and share it with your colleagues and students.
Read what students had to say about reading Building Wings.
Read Her Letter to Don After She Read
Building Wings
Why Don Johnston Wrote Building Wings
Read the quotes from you
Hear Don's Building Wings Interview with Chauncy Rucker
View the winning presentations from Pomfret Community School in Connnecticut and HIghland Park Junior High in Minnesota.
State Standards
Research & Case Studies
Start-to-Finish Product Story
Beginning Literacy Framework
Start-to-Finish At a Glance
Train-in-30 Guide 
Start-to-Finish Library Checklist
Student Success Stories Form
Start-to-Finish Library Quick Card
Start-to-Finish Lexile Level List
Sample of Start-to-Finish Library Parent Letter 
CD Label for Unlimited Site License Customers 
Start-to-Finish Library Teacher Guide
Start-to-Finish Library Fluency Guide
Start-to-Finish Library Comprehension Guide
Audio Book Thought Sheets
Building Wings Testimonials
Reader's Theater 2008 Winners