New words must be put into the children's hearing vocabulary and then they must use context clues. What ever a child reads he must be able to relate to if he is going to construct meaning. Thirdly, students must learn to ask themselves if a sentence makes sense, if it sounds right, if the pictures varify his conclusion, and if it begins with the same sound as the one that makes sense. Otherwise they will be reading words and not reading ideas. Fourth, book companies can only approximate what would be appropriate for the average learner.
Book companies try to address the general public.
But when you have children who can not identify with the experiences of the general public we have to select material from other sources or the teacher must provide vicarious experience to provide the necessary understanding of new concepts. Fifth, pure phonics is boring. We must engage higher order thinking skills from day one. Interest is a key to learning. Sixth, remember some children are ahead before they begin and visa versa.