Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, Grades K-2

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Every teacher in K-2 who has ever wished for comprehension lessons that get students where they need to be in reading, talking, and writing about texts, take notice: your wish just came true. With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading: K-2 you get 20 initial close reading lessons and 80 follow-up comprehension skill lessons that expertly scaffold young readers. What makes these lessons so spot-on is that Nancy combed through hundreds of standards and standardized assessments to arrive at the 12 skills that matter most at K-2. The lessons are arranged into 5 units of study, providing you with instant standards-aligned curriculum. Other can't-live-without features: 12 illustrated reproducible sets of Active Reader Cards that give children tactile and visual support for key comprehension skills (available to print in four-color!) Step-by-step and day-by-day how-to's for the initial lessons and follow-up lessons, including text-dependent questions for every featured picture book Illustrated, short fables that engage kids with themes including making choices, making a difference, and making sense of character traits 12 Formative Assessments that take the scare factor out of testing for young learners with lots of graphic support and options for oral and written tasks Performance criteria that give you standards-aligned means of measuring what your students have learned, so you can adjust your instruction Teachers in K-2: Nancy knows what an amazing feat you pull off each year, taking young learners from 0-60 in the space of the school year. With Lessons and Units for Closer Reading, she gives you the gift of time, with a treasure trove of at-the-ready materials. Nancy Boyles, a former classroom teacher, is the author of many best-selling books and a literacy consultant who provides curriculum support nationwide. This book is part of a three-part series that offers schools a K-6 solution for reading instruction.