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Get your struggling readers engaged, motivated, and, most importantly, READING!

Set A targets:

• Grade Level Readability = 2.5 - 3.0
• Lexile® Score = 400 - 520
• Reading Level = J - O

Set B targets:

• Grade Level Readability = 3.0 - 3.5
• Lexile® Score = 500 - 610
• Reading Level = K - P

Science Set targets:

• Grade Level Readability = 2.5-3.5
• Lexile® Score = 400-610
• Reading Level = J-P
  

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About this series

Available titles: Sets A & B, Set A, Set B, Science, Sets A, B, and Science, Summer School

"To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark."
-Victor Hugo

Give your struggling readers the inspiration and instruction they need to become successful lifetime readers with Hot Topics: High-Interest Reading. The dynamic selections and guided reading instruction within each Hot Topics Set -- A, B, and Science -- help your students develop important comprehension strategies, vocabulary, and a love for reading!

You'll love Hot Topics: High- Interest Reading because it:

• motivates struggling and reluctant readers. Interesting topics grab students attention and keep it.
  
• aids differentiated instruction. With a variety of genres and a range of reading levels, matching content to students' abilities and interests is easy!
  
• supports independent and small group instruction. Students can read selections and complete worksheets on their own or work with a reading group to complete each unit.
  
• prepares students for state testing. Students gain experience using reading strategies to understand a selection and answer comprehension questions similar to those on standardized tests.
  
• uses widely trusted leveling systems. Readability levels are determined using Lexile scores and Fountas and Pinnel criteria so you can match selections to students' ability levels. Find out more.
  
• is correlated to state standards.

Each set contains:

20 high-impact reading selections

• High-interest topics motivate students to read and allow you to match reading selections to their individual interests.
• Mix of genres and real-world reading formats expose students at all reading levels to a variety of genres and text features while preparing them for state comprehension tests.
• Full-color compelling designs grab students' attention and motivate them to read.
• Short, 4-page brochure-style card stock format saves you space and provides reluctant readers with a non-threatening format that's less overwhelming then a textbook or paperback.

Spiral-bound teacher's guide

• Step-by-step lesson plans make teaching each selection easy to administer and incorporate into other classroom instruction. View a unit walk-through.
• Before-, during-, and after-reading strategies provide struggling readers with a structured process of how to successfully navigate through and comprehend each reading selection.
• Focus reading strategies, such as drawing conclusions and identifying cause and effect, guide students through the different ways of understanding and accessing different types of text
• Reproducible student pages including vocabulary practice, graphic organizers, and multiple choice comprehension questions help you assess students' knowledge and understanding of each selection.

Audio CD

• Read-alouds provide extra support for struggling readers and English language learners.
• Cues for when to move between text features model how to navigate through nonlinear texts.

Sturdy storage box

• Fits easily on a shelf so students can browse through the topics and pick the selections that interest them most.
• Tabbed dividers help you organize the reading selections.

Fan the flames of student curiosity with Hot Topics: High-Interest Reading!

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