Polish Translated Leveled Books

Why Use Polish Leveled Books?

Leveled books are key to any leveled reading program, and Polish Leveled Books support instruction in comprehension, vocabulary, close reading of text, and more for students developing Polish literacy skills.

Polish Translated Leveled Books promote biliteracy and content-area instruction. A balanced collection of fiction and nonfiction Polish texts also promotes thematic instruction and vocabulary development.

How to Use Polish Leveled Books

Polish Leveled Books can be used in any dual language, bilingual, or immersion program. Using leveled books addresses the wide range of reading abilities that exist within any grade level or age group. Students are placed in similar-ability groups and given developmentally appropriate books to read.

Pair English-Polish books to promote biliteracy using thematic or content instruction.

Engage students with Polish texts by reading about diverse, culturally relevant topics.

Reference the English lesson plans for ideas and practice with strategies and skills.

ALL the resources that support a leveled book can be found on its home page.

Leveled Book Formats

Reading A-Z leveled books come in an array of options to meet independent, small-group, and whole-class objectives.

Printable Books for use in class or to send home for practice can be printed in color, black and white, and as single-sided or double-sided.

Projectable Books integrate technology and reading curriculum. ALL books are available in this format for digital projectors and interactive whiteboards. Projectable Book Tips show educators various ways to meet literacy goals for fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and more.

Pocketbooks fit in a pocket—the perfect size for students to take home for additional reading practice or to make notes or reinforce grammar skills.

Wordless books allow students to use imagination to tell their own story with a book's illustrations or support retelling of the original text at Levels aa-J. The Wordless Book Lesson provides suggested skills and strategies.

Leveled Book Lessons

• Leveled Book Lessons combine the content of the Guided Reading Lesson and the Lesson Supplement.
• A Focus Question drives instruction and allows for a deeper understanding of the text, while yielding high-order thinking.
• A concise three-page lesson provides guidance for the teacher.
• Reading strategies and comprehension skills help support students before, during, and after they read.
• Text-dependent questions require students to cite evidence from one or more sections of the text to formulate responses.
• Extension activities build phonological awareness, phonics, and grammar and mechanics skills.
• Book connection activities provide cross-curricular opportunities in writing, math, science, or social studies.

Guided Reading Lessons

• Each leveled book is accompanied by a multiple-page lesson.
• Strategies help teachers introduce the book and build background.
• Reading Strategies and Comprehension Skills support students while they read.
• Questions promote after-reading discussions and quick skill lessons build language arts skills, including phonological awareness, phonics, high-frequency words, word structure and meaning, and grammar and mechanics.
• Extension activities link to writing and other curriculum areas, such as math, science, and social studies.

Up to four worksheets on comprehension and other literacy skills support each lesson. One worksheet is often a graphic organizer designed to engage students in the reading process.

Lesson Supplement

The most popular books at each level have a supplemental lesson. These plans are in addition to the regular guided reading lessons that accompany each book. The Lesson Supplements are designed to support teachers in meeting objectives around academic vocabulary, text-dependent questions, and a constructed response to reading based on a key question. Text-dependent questions require students to cite evidence from the text and are constructed at three levels of analysis:

• Level 1: Evidence to construct an answer is found in one place within the text
• Level 2: Evidence to construct an answer is gathered from several places within the text
• Level 3: Evidence to construct an answer comes from both the text and experience, requiring an inference or conclusion to be made

Quick Checks for Assessing Leveled Book Comprehension

Comprehension Quizzes are a fast, easy way to assess how well students comprehend their reading and are great resources for text-dependent questions.

Multiple-choice questions encompass a range of cognitive rigor and depth of knowledge. Quizzes at Level C and above also include at least one extended response, or essay, question, that require students to answer in writing an open-ended question using sound reasoning. The questions encourage critical and inferential thinking and allow teachers to measure skills that are difficult to assess with multiple-choice questions.

Quick Check Comprehension Quizzes accompany every leveled book from Level A to Level Z and most of the serial books.

Discussion Cards

Discussion Cards promote critical thinking, collaboration, and discussion among small groups or entire classes of students. Many discussion questions focus on text-dependent questions.

Each discussion card is tagged with the specific reading skill it targets. These include such skills as:

• Compare and contrast
• Cause and effect
• Make inferences/draw conclusions
• Analyze and evaluate

Polish Books and Leveling

Reading A-Z's Authentic Polish Leveled Books have been carefully written in accordance with standardized Leveling Criteria and quality checked with custom software.

Polish Translated Leveled Books were created by reviewing the English and Polish leveling criteria as part of the translation process. Some books might have Polish levels that vary slightly from the English level. Because Learning A-Z's translations mirror the content and structure of the original text while reflecting the natural flow of the target language and incorporating developmentally appropriate sentence structure and vocabulary, a Polish translation's final level will be accurate for students learning to read in Polish.

Polish Translated Leveled Book Lesson Ideas

Each small group reading session takes about 15 to 25 minutes and emphasizes higher-order thinking skills while providing the opportunity for deeper understanding of the text.

Students are placed in similar-ability groups and given developmentally appropriate books to read. The teacher monitors and guides each student's reading as needed.

Discussion follows, and each student keeps the book to read repeatedly. Subsequent lessons at the lower levels usually use an entirely new book.

The English lesson plan can provide ideas or support during instruction of the Polish book.