About this title
ISBN: 9781596733169
UPC: 023472034021
Get your struggling readers engaged, motivated, and, most importantly, READING!
Hot Topics: High-Interest Reading, Set A is a supplemental resource for struggling readers in Grades 4 and up. Twenty leveled reading selections present a broad mix of genres and real-world reading formats, including articles, interviews, biographies, folktales, realistic fiction, and more!
Hot Topics: High-Interest Reading Set A targets:
- Grade Level Readability = 2.5-3.0
- Lexile® Score = 400-520
- Reading Level = J-O
Preview the Teacher's Guide.
Preview all 20 selections:
The Boy, the Beast, and the Sea
All Aboard the Orphan Train: My Personal Journey
Flying Turtle: A Lakota Folk Tale
Mary's Fourth of July: An 1874 Celebration
Four Skiers Survive Massive Avalanche
Navajo Code Talkers: Their Code Couldn't Be Cracked!
The Alien Express: A Hair-Raising Tale
Manny's V.A.N.S.: The Great Graffiti Paint-out!
Her Deepness: The Amazing Life of Diver Sylvia Earle
Bill Pickett: The Best of the Wild West
Nick DeFazio: Driven to Succeed
Tornado Touchdown: Shake, Swirl, and Spin!
Make a Superhero Kite
Sandra DeAnda and the Cell Breakers: Tackling the TOY challenge
Salt: There's More to Those Tiny Crystals Than You Think!
Escaped Cow Makes Her "Moove"
Gander the War Hero
Kong v. Kong: An Original and a Remake Go Head to Head
Why Honeybees Dance
Wildfire Warriors: Dropping into Danger
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Set A, Additional Resources for Extended Learning Programs
Materials Specially Designed for Summer School and Afterschool
Consumable Student Test Booklets (6-Pack)
8 pages each
- Pretestshelp you identify which skills and comprehension strategies students need to focus on before you begin direct instruction. Students respond to a two-page reading selection by filling out a graphic organizer and answering questions in multiple-choice format.
- Posttests feature the same format as the pretest and can be used to assess students' progress and provide a helpful reference at parent/teacher conferences.
Extended Teacher's Guide
(20-Day Pacing Guide, Teacher's Pages, & Answer Key for Pre/Post Test)
16 pages each
- An easy-to-implement instructional schedule specially designed for 20-day programs helps you effectively fit lessons into your summer or afterschool program's timeframe.
- Teacher pagesguide you through the process of administering each pre- and posttest.
- Class checklists and record forms help you keep track of which reading selections and assessments students have completed.
- Answer keys help you check students' performance on pre- and posttests quickly and easily.
Student Book (6-pack):
64 pages each
- Vocabulary practiceactivities help students internalize new words and concepts before they read each selection. Activities utilize a variety of formats including cloze sentences, crossword puzzles, code breakers, and more.
- Graphic organizersfocus students' attention on key elements within the reading selection while they read. Types of graphic organizers include inference charts, Venn diagrams, timelines, T-charts, picture maps, and more.
- Comprehension tests in multiple-choice formathelp students reflect on what they've read and assess their understanding of each selection.
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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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