Definitions for "Basal reader"
A set of books produced by a publisher which includes readers for the students, teachers' guides, practice book, testing materials, ditto masters, instructional charts, supplementary books, and sometimes cassettes, disks, and dictionaries. The teachers' guides include specific instructions for activities to accompany the stories read by the students.
a classroom reading textbook
A kind of book that is used to teach reading. It is based on an approach in which words are used as a whole. The words are used over and over in each succeeding lesson. New words are added regularly.