Tony Rizzo, who hopes to become a boxing champion, is sent on an orphan train to Illinois, where he is indentured to a farmer.
Chapter 2 Books are designed for upper-elementary students. Appealing topics, a novel-like format, and easy readability work together to capture and hold the imagination and interest of below-grade-level readers.
BENEFITS
- sophisticated appearance
- multicultural characters
- short, fast-moving chapters
- carefully chosen vocabulary
- engaging illustrations
- thematic alignment with upper-elementary curriculum
TEACHER ToolKit CDs
All the resources and reproducibles you need to teach standards-based comprehension and vocabulary skills for each individual book—skill practice, strategy practice and instruction, and formative and summative assessment.
- standards-based skills alignment
- reproducible activities
- objective tests to help you assess vocabulary and literal and inferential comprehension
- before-, during-, and after-reading strategies
- cross-curricular activities
- inquiry strategies
- strategies for ESL learners
- take-home activities and parent letter
Cover-to-Cover books provide struggling readers the same reading opportunities afforded successful readers. Written and designed to be accessible to students reading at least two years below grade level. Perfect for use with struggling readers for guided reading groups, as companion novels for favorite classroom themes, as literature citcle titles, for content-area reading instruction, or for independent reading.
TEACHER ToolKit CDs
All the resources and reproducbiles you need to teach standards-based comprehension and vocabulary skills—skill practice, strategy practice and instruction, and formative and summative assessment.
- standards-based skills alignment
- 15 to 30 reproducible activites
- objective tests help you assess vocabulary and literal and inferential comprehension
- before-, during-, and after-reading strategies
- cross-curricular activities
- inquiry strategies
- strategies for ESL learners
- take-home activities and parent letter
Create reading success for struggling readers with over 300 fiction and nonfiction titles written and designed to be accessible to students reading at least two years below grade level. This high-interest/low-reading-level series spans all genres and topics, ensuring accessible, interesting titles and reading success to below-grade-level readers in grades two through nine.
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