Mini-lessons for Whole-Group Instruction
Each grade level kit includes 12 carefully curated trade books, partnered with a corresponding lesson directly linked to essential comprehension strategies. Each book has been selected to reflect engaging illustrations, strong storylines, and a powerful opportunity to teach for deeper meaning.
The Interactive Read-Aloud kit will provide teachers with:
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A carefully curated collection of trade books with corresponding lesson plans
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Lesson plans to teach comprehension strategies through gradual-release model
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Interactive lessons that motivate students to engage with reading
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Prompts and language to encourage students to think deeply and converse with each other about the text
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Writing in response to text to extend and deepen comprehension
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Downloadable materials to support and enhance lessons
Titles include:
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The Emperor’s New Clothes: A Folk Tale Classic by Hans Christian Andersen, designed and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
- The Chinese Emperor’s New Clothes by Ying Chang Compestine, illustrated by David Roberts
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard; illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- Koala by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Julie Vivas
- The Brilliant Deep: Rebuilding the World’s Coral Reefs by Kate Messner, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe
- If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams
- Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
- Ida, Always by Caron Levis, illustrated by Charles Santoso
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The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton
- Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
- I (Don’t) Like Snakes by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Luciano Lozano
- Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. B. Lewis
