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Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading. Project X Origins guided reading notes offer step-by-step teaching support for each book w...

Project X is a new generation guided/group reading programme especially designed to appeal to boys and help raise reading standards for all pupils. Providing step-by-step guided reading support for each book in the Underground cluster, these notes also offer guidance about comprehension, assessment for learning and vocabulary enrichment. Hands-on follow-up activities and cross-curricular links are also provided for each book. The notes are available free with the book packs - or separately.

Teachers gain electronic access to the resource materials for Pam Allyn's Core Ready Series. We are pleased to introduce the PDToolkit for Pam Allyn's Core Ready Series, an online subscription-based resource that, together with the texts in the series, provides the tools that educators need to implement the lesson sets. Currently the following resources are available:* Pearson Children's and Young Adult Literature Database* Videos* PowerPoint Presentations* Student Artifacts* Photos and Vi...

As schools shift to the Common Core, many English language arts teachers are left with questions about how their classrooms should look. Is fiction out? Can I still do strategy instruction? Does close reading mean deliberating on each word? Finally, there's a resource with all of these answers and more. In Focus on Text, bestselling author Amy Benjamin provides practical guidance on how to realistically implement the Common Core reading standards. Part I of the book examines misconceptions about...

This book provides a research-based framework for making differentiated instruction work in the primary grades. It includes scientifically validated techniques for teaching each component of the beginning reading program. The authors describe how to use assessment to form differentiated small groups and monitor student progress; plan which skills to target and when; and implement carefully selected instructional strategies. Vivid classroom examples illustrate what differentiated instruction look...

Strong reading skills are the foundation for school and life. Using the techniques of differentiation, the authors explain in clear and accessible language how to turn average or struggling readers into thoughtful, high-achieving readers. These "A+ readers" have the skills and knowledge to comprehend, analyze, and form a synthesis from any type of written text. Starting with a concise overview of the most current research on literacy, the authors cover seven techniques that can help all reader...