Scholastic Comprehension activities for children ages 6+. 40 (sets of 6) Non-fiction reading cards plus a Teacher's Guide covering discussion topics and independent writing tasks for group reading sessions.

Boost literacy and develop close reading skills with finely levelled short texts Box 2 Non-Fiction Interest Age: 6+ Reading Levels: 9 to 18 Lexile Range: 210L - 400L Colour Bands: Blue, Green, Orange & Turquoise Each box includes 40 reading cards with six copies of each and a teacher's guide. Develop deep comprehension skills with close reading Challenging high-interest topics for children to explore and explain Motivate the whole class with snappy, fast reads Build writing skills with 'Write about Reading' tasks Ideal for group reading sessions Each Teacher's Guide covers 40 group reading sessions including discussion topics and independent writing tasks. The Teacher's Guide contains for each of the texts: overviews for the teacher focus questions to help prepare the children for the first reading detailed questions about the text features content to help the teacher guide pupils back to the text for the second reading discussion questions that encourage re-reading, summarising and synthesising writing tasks that require re-reading and higher order thinking skills. All of which help develop close reading skills. What is close reading? Close Reading (sometimes called Repeated Reading) describes the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text. Research links the close reading of text to significant gains in reading. The careful study of a short text passage helps build a deep, critical understanding of the text. Children learn to comprehend text, analyse, synthesise and critically examine information. SERIES INFORMATION Short Reads are deliberately short to focus children on purposeful reading, re-reading and responding. Children learn about the topic through rich vocabulary development and deep comprehension. Each of the 5 fiction boxes and 5 non-fiction boxes for reading interest ages 5+ to 9+, contain six copies of 40 different reading cards and a teacher's guide. Non-fiction text types covered: Description; Explanation; Procedure; Report; Discussion. Fiction genres covered: Humour; Poetry; Fantasy; Mystery; Greek Myths. Box 1 Non-Fiction OR Fiction Interest Age: 5+ Reading Levels: 1 to 8 Lexile Range: BR - 200L Colour Bands: Pink/Magenta, Red & Yellow Box 2 Non-Fiction OR Fiction Interest Age: 6+ Reading Levels: 9 to 18 Lexile Range: 210L - 400L Colour Bands: Blue, Green, Orange & Turquoise Box 3 Non-Fiction OR Fiction Interest Age: 7+ Reading Levels: 19 to 24 Lexile Range: 410L - 600L Colour Bands: Purple, Gold & Silver/White Box 4 Non-Fiction OR Fiction Interest Age: 8+ Reading Levels: 25 to 28 Lexile Range: 610L - 800L Colour Bands: Emerald/Lime & Ruby Box 5 Non-Fiction OR Fiction Interest Age: 9+ Reading Levels: 29 to 30+ Lexile Range: 810L - 1000L+ Colour Bands: Sapphire