Each unique combination of materials in theme packs, author studies, and special news features offers teachers a range of leveled or multileveled resources, worksheets, graphic organizers, concept books, maps, graphs and charts, picture cards, or other tools as appropriate to integrate literacy and content-area standards.
Theme Packs Animals on a Farm EE-EYE-EE-EYE-OH! And on this farm we have lots of animals!
Native Americans Open a window into the lives of the first North Americans.
Olympics Sports Stars Capitalize on multilevel Quick Reads about reaching Olympics dreams.
Author Studies Kira Freed Author shows love of animals through books.
Francis Morgan (aka Joe Slade) Francis Morgan discusses his desire to be a storyteller.
Alyse Sweeney Alyse Sweeney shares her source of inspiration.
The leveled books in the theme packs--with appropriate text structure, content, and ideas--hook and challenge the targeted readers. The theme packs, like the one on native North Americans, allow for so many extension activities, such as compare-and-contrast lessons in specific subject areas and informational report writing. Shelley MacKenzie; Grade One Teacher; St. Theresa School, London, Ontario
