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for up to 15 students

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FREE Professional Development with purchase of 5 or more classroom modules (or webinar with 4 modules or less)

Every day, students:

• Read broadly from the wide reading library of leveled books

• Read deeply from the science or social studies investigation library of leveled books

• Choose their own topics to research and to write their own nonfiction books

• Expand their vocabulary and background knowledge

Teachers get a friendly pacing guide with day-by-day, easy-to-follow lesson plans, and the standards-based Independent Reading Level Assessment® (IRLA) that makes formative assessment possible—every day.

It’s all there. It all adds up to success for students AND teachers.

Summer School Express is the whole package! The whole nine yards! Everything you need to engage students, expand teacher capacity, and increase test scores.

An easy-to-use program that teachers, parents, and students will love.

Also available in Spanish $1,950

• Reading Intervention

• Animales salvajes Theme Content Study

en Español

Jersey City summer school students show off their favorite books.

Day 2.1Classroom Set-up and MaterialsNew for today:

• Extra copies of Final Project Organizer pages• IRLA – copies of pages matching individual students’ highest independent reading levels in Conference Notebook

Day 1 Goals: Students will... Standards: Students will...1. Read, write and talk about Research Question #2 for their self-selected topics.2. Find information about selected topics and record it in note form on the appropriate

page of their Final Project Organizers.3. Distinguish among topic, main idea, and supporting details.4. Learn 1-2 technical vocabulary words of their choice.

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� ematic Investigation 100 Book Challenge Intensive Reading InterventionDirect Instruction:

Modeling and Guided Practice

(5-15 minutes)

Research Reading

(15-30 minutes)

Accountable Talk

(5-10 minutes)

ResearchWriting

(10-30 minutes)

Comprehension Strategies Applied to Independent Reading

(20-35 minutes)

Oral Language(5-10 minutes)

Word Work(5-15 minutes)

Book and Home Reading Check26 Steps Due Before Class StartsCheck that students read at home over the long weekend and have brought back the books they took home.Research Question #2Let’s look at our Research Questions Skills Card. Today we will focus on Question #2.1. Pool background knowl-

edge from the class on this question.

2. Generate questions.3. Use the FPO page to clari-

fy key concepts involved.4. Model locating and

reading information on

Research Question #2As you read today, look for information to answer Question #2 for your topic. Look for the main ideas and key supporting details.Conferencing FocusWork with indi-viduals to be sure that everyone:• Understands

Research Question #2

• Can iden-tify the topic,

Research Question #2Partner ShareTell your partner the main idea of one of the pas-sages you read to-day. Tell him/her what you learned about your topic and what you learned related to Question #2.Group ShareHave students share out:• Main idea and

topic of what they read

FPO: Note-makingModel for your students how to use their FPOs to make notes a� er they read Students record information on Research Ques-tion #2 (and others) in their Final Project Organizers.Writing Mini-LessonMain Idea vs. Supporting DetailsAs you make notes today, focus

Focus Comprehension StrategyMain Idea One of the best ways to check your own comprehension is to make sure you can identify the main idea of what you’ve just read. � is involves summa-rizing. It also o� en involves understanding the author’s pur-pose for writing. What point is the author trying to make? In � ction, it can get very compli-cated and involve the theme of the book. Sometimes the main idea is not even stated, but is just implied. So far today we’ve been working on � nding the main idea in non� ction. Let’s practice the same thing with � ction.

Main IdeaPartner ShareTell your partner the main idea of the book/chapter/section you read today.What is the author trying to tell you? What is the theme?What are the supporting details?Home Reading Book Sign-OutHave students sign out their books for home reading.30 Steps Due by Tomorrow Morning.

Vocabulary and Concept DevelopmentVocabulary is one of the things that makes one book harder than another. People who read lots of books, end up knowing more vocabulary words than people who don’t read as much. � is di� erence in vocabulary is one of the major di� erences between good readers and great readers. You will all become great readers. You are all building your vocabu-lary with all the reading you are doing.

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Explorer Express

Name: _________________________________________

Date: __________________________________________

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Food ChainWhere are you in the food chain?

When you are immature When you are matureWhat do you eat?

Who eats you?

What other dangers do you face?

If you were to write a story about this animal, what interesting things might you use for the plot?

Explorer ExpressProject-Based Learning and Intensive Reading Intervention

Grades 4–8

On a world map, be able to label from memory (and spell correctly):

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Reader: _____________________________ Room: ___________

Become an expert on one marine animal. Be able to:

Describe the marine animal’s physical characteristics. Explain how its

1.

characteristics help the animal survive.

On a map of the world, label where the marine animal can be found

2.

and show any migration patterns. Describe its habitat.

Identify and explain the stages of the marine animal’s life cycle.3.

Describe the marine animal’s food web.4.

Describe the marine animal’s behavior and explain how this behavior

5.

helps it survive.

Compare and contrast the marine animal to other marine species.6.

Draw a picture of the marine animal to scale in its natural habitat. 7.

Label adaptations that help it survive.

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© 2009 by American Reading Company®

Reader: _____________________________ Room: ___________

Become an expert on one marine animal. Be able to:

Describe the marine animal’s physical characteristics. Explain how its

1.

characteristics help the animal survive.

On a map of the world, label where the marine animal can be found

2.

and show any migration patterns. Describe its habitat.

Identify and explain the stages of the marine animal’s life cycle.3.

Describe the marine animal’s food web.4.

Describe the marine animal’s behavior and explain how this behavior

5.

helps it survive.

Compare and contrast the marine animal to other marine species.6.

Draw a picture of the marine animal to scale in its natural habitat. 7.

Label adaptations that help it survive.

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Blank Books for Student Publishing (15)

Theme Content Study

Writing Skills Cards (60)

Blackline Masters for Student Research included in Pacing Guide Theme Folders (15)

Theme Research Cards (15) Geography Map Cards (15)

$1,850for up to15 students

100 Leveled Thematic Titles—You Choose the Theme

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Pacing Guide with Lesson Plans

Summer School Express

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100 Book Challenge®100 Book Challenge®100 Book Challenge®100 Book Challenge®100 Book Challenge®100 Book Challenge®

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Conference Conference Conference Conference Conference Conference NotebookNotebookNotebook Campfire

Stories

Summertime... and theReading Is Easy

NameSUMMER READING SOME ARE NOT

Independent Reading Level Assessment Student: Date: Grade: Room:

Assessor: Benchmark Book:

Benchmarks: All benchmarks must be achieved/demonstrated in Purple level texts.

Major Learning for Purple Reader: Proficiency and comfort with new genres (e.g., science fiction, historical fiction or fantasy).

ConferencesDate Level % Score

90–100 points: Reader is probably ready to begin the transition to Br

Purple Readers should demonstrate proficiency in at least six very different kinds of text. Encourage students to expand their reading experience through literacy circles, read aloud, books clubs, sharing time, modeling, and having enough of the right books in these genres. Proficient Purple level readers are comfortable in realistic fiction (horror, adventure, sports, friendship), animal stories, science fiction, historical fiction, poetry, informational writing, biography, a variety of traditional tales and fantasy. In Purple text, the vocabu-lary demands are increasing, with 11–15 words on a typical chapter book page not familiar from everyday speech. Purple level readers already know most of these literary words from their extensive reading at the earlier levels. Students who have not read widely will not know most of the words and will have comprehension difficulty because of the literary vocabulary load. These students must go back to the color level where they can define all (or almost all) of the words used and read from there or they may develop the habit of reading without comprehension. Purple level readers should finish a Pu chapter book, or its equivalent, each week.

The essential components of each major area are listed separately for ease of reference, but should be assessed as a group—the whole of that individual’s skill in the major area.

Benchmarks Comments 0 5 10

1. Wide Reading and MotivationAcademic Reading Lifestyle

Has established an academic reading lifestyle, reading for at least 30 minutes a day, or 100 hours per year.•Has established a home reading habit and reads at least 30 minutes each night without prompting.•

Endurance and BreadthChooses to read both fiction and nonfiction regularly and demonstrates comfort in at least • six genres. (Should be comfortable in at least six of the following: biography, traditional tales (fables, creation stories, tall tales, folklore, myths), realistic fiction, poetry, plays, informational, journals, humor, animal stories, historical fiction, science fic-tion, or fantasy.)Reads regularly and independently in the • Pu Reading Zone, finishing Pu chapter books on a regular basis (about one every two weeks).Can sustain reading for long periods of time in school • (30 minutes–1 hour).

2. Decoding/Word-Solving StrateiesBasic Decoding Mastery

Uses rules of syllabification and other word-attack strategies to approximate the pronunciation of any word, includ-•ing difficult names.Is able to use diacritical marks to help with the pronunciation of unfamiliar words.•

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100 Leveled Books—You Choose the Reading Levels

Reading Intervention

Incentive Medals (15)

Conference Notebook

IRLA: Independent Reading Level Assessment®

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Reading Acquisition Skills Cards (150)

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Reading Logbooks (15)

IRLA Standards-Based AssessmentBlackline Masters

15 Theme Research Cards 15 Geography Map Cards

100-Step Medals (15)

Leveled Theme Research Library (100 Titles)–Customized for you

Pacing Guide & Daily Scripted Lesson Plans

Student Authored Books (15 Blank Books included)

Leveled Intervention Library (100 Titles)–Customized for you

Standards-Based Reading

Intervention Skills Cards (150)

Reading Intervention You choose the levels

Writing Cards (60)Theme Folders (15)

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Summer School ExpressIntensive Reading & Writing Intervention

Science or Social Studies Themeswww.americanreading.com/summer

Theme Content Study You choose the theme

$1,850for up to15 students

15 Reading Logbooks

and Skill Builders

Reading Intervention You choose the levels

Kindergarten 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 & 10 11 & 12

RL Grade* Y YY G GG B BB R RR Wt Bk Or Pu 1Br 2Br Si Gl

Life Science

Bugs 1–9

Dinosaurs 3–9

Ecosystems 3–9

Human Body 4–9

Marine Life 2–9

Wild & Endangered Animals 1–9

Earth & Space Science

Environmental Studies 4–9

Geology 4–9

Space 4–9

Weather 2–9

Spanish Themes: Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy Collections

Animales salvajes 1–8

World History

Ancient Civilizations 6+

Medieval Civilizations 6+

Age of Exploration 6+

The Arts 5+

Sports and Society 3+

American History

Native Americans 5+

Colonial American Era 5+

American Revolution & New Nation 5+

Creating a Nation 4

Westward Expansion 5+

Civil War Era 5+

Industrial Era 5+

World War II Era 6+

Civil Rights Era 5+

Immigration 5+

Economics 5+

World Geography & Cultures

Africa 5+

Asia 5+

Latin America 5+

Thematic Collections Key Research Labs available 1 Collection of 20 Books available 2 Unique Collections of 20 Books available

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* Grade range shown is for students currently in or fi nishing the grades indicated.

Themes available for Summer School ExpressChoose up to 5 reading levels per classroom module.