Text Sets

Read-Alouds 讀故事

Build Background Knowledge and Model How

Skilled Readers Think

Trade Book Collections:

Build background knowledge and vocabulary with engaging

literary and informational texts aligned to unit topics.

Broaden student perspectives through fiction, nonfiction, and

poetry from around the world.

Open the door to deep thinking and rich discussion.

Trade Book Collections included in select packages are also available for additional purchase.

Short Authentic Literary Texts in Read- Aloud Handbooks

Lesson plans focus on:

• Building background knowledge

• Social-emotional learning

• Vocabulary

• Fluency

• Thinking (metacognition)

• Comprehension

Diverse Texts

Grade-Level Complex Text Sets

各年級文本

Every Student Has Access to Complex Text Daily

Topic Text Sets for Grades K–1

Texts focus on one topic featuring poetry, prose, and

informational texts.

• Build content knowledge and vocabulary.

• Read across genres in every unit topic.

• Cite text evidence.

Topic Text Sets for Grades 2–6

Texts for Close Reading, the write-in magazineformat

student books, contain a multi-genre collection

of short reads, extended reads, and poetry, all

centered around a single topic.

• Build content knowledge and vocabulary.

• Read across genres in every unit topic.

• Cite text evidence.

Poetry

Poetry is included in every

unit at each grade level,

aligned to the unit topics.

Hear poems read by

celebrity voices in Poetry

Out Loud! Available in

Benchmark Universe.

Annotation Promotes Student Engagement and Deep Understanding of Text

Students demonstrate understanding through annotation in their print or digital write-in texts. Teachers can view students’ annotations through interactive e-books in Benchmark Universe.

Knowledge-Building Topic Libraries

知識建構主題庫

Expand Knowledge and Develop Critical Thinking

Texts That Are Worth Reading

Build background and deepen knowledge on the unit topic.
Engage students with a variety of texts that align to the unit topic.
Use the text evidence questions provided as meaningful practice for students.

Texts Students Want to Read

Represent diverse voices in authorship, main characters, and illustrators.
Engage students in relatable narrative styles.
Utilizes a trade book look and feel to engage students in texts.

Original Texts from Award-Winning

Trade Book Authors

Novel Study

Full novels are provided digitally for Grades 2–6, each with a Teacher’s Guide and student support materials.

Reader’s Theater

Build fluency and automaticity through interactivity.

Two scripts for each unit expand the concept of the

unit topic.

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