About this title
ISBN: 9781596733206
UPC: 023472034120
Get your struggling readers engaged, motivated, and, most importantly, READING!
Hot Topics: High-Interest Reading, Set B 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 Btargets:
- Grade Level Readability = 3.0-3.5
- Lexile® Score = 500-610
- Reading Level = K-P
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Preview all 20 selections:
Encounter with Bigfoot: Up Close and Personal
Twister Update!
The Crane Wife: The Story of a Broken Promise
Chuck Close Close-Up: Follow an Artist's Journey from Grief to Greatness
Draw the Tyrant Lizard King
Leeches Are Back! And They're Out for Blood!
One Letter and You're Out! Get Spellbound by the MovieSpellbound
Bat Attitude: Setting the Story Straight About Bats
Lunch with Diego
Wakeboarding: Another Way to Ride the Waves!
Mystery Mammal: Meet an Animal Nobody Knows!
The Iditarod Rookie
Smarty Jones: The Story of a Horse with Heart
Tropical Fury
Blackbeard: The Pirate Everyone Feared
The Reef Thief
Crazy About Coasters: Meet a Guy Who Really Rides the Rails!
The Great White: Milestone in Monterey
Special Effects Makeup
Trunk Art: Painting in a Big Way
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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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