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Content-Area Reading
Save valuable instructional time by combining content-area and literacy instruction with these handpicked collections of books. Each category is organized into relevant topics that aid book selection, making it easy to find texts that support building knowledge or students' interests.
The Content-Area Reading collections offer a range of resources for comprehensive literacy instruction across subjects. The collections contain both informational texts and literature about the topics to encourage learning about content through a variety of text types. As they read, students will acquire content-area vocabulary that enhances and deepens their understanding of concepts across the curriculum.
How to Use Content-Area Reading
Each content area contains a variety of high-interest topics.
Select a topic within a content area based on your current unit of study and learning objectives.
Select books to assign for independent reading or to use for small-group instruction.
Explore informational text and literature within a topic to build both students' content knowledge and exposure to different text types.
Compare books about a specific topic to increase students' critical thinking skills.
Shared Reading Books and lessons teach foundational skills, including concepts of print. They also help our youngest learners begin reading text more closely. Each five-day lesson plan includes a section devoted to text-dependent questions. A second projectable version of each book includes character prompts. The characters ask the reader to complete tasks and interact with the book.
Writer's Responses for select titles from levels E-Z encourage students to reflect on the deeper meaning of each book read. Prompts support writing that applies, synthesizes, or evaluates a book's enduring understanding.
Graphic organizers for any text support close reading instruction and practice.
Improve Academic Vocabulary
Vocabulary A-Z offers more than 500 academic vocabulary words organized by grade level. Create customized academic vocabulary lessons to support your content-area curriculum.
