Introduction Scott Foresman Reading Street provides over 600 leveled readers that help children become better readers and build a lifelong love of reading. The Reading Street leveled readers are engaging texts that help children practice critical reading skills and strategies. They also provide opportunities to build vocabulary, understand concepts, and develop reading fluency. The leveled readers were developed to be age-appropriate and appealing to children at each grade level. The leveled readers consist of engaging texts in a variety of genres, including fantasy, folk tales, realistic fiction, historical fiction, and narrative and expository nonfiction. To better address real-life reading skills that children will encounter in testing situations and beyond, a higher percentage of nonfiction texts is provided at each grade. USING THE LEVELED READERS You can use the leveled readers to meet the diverse needs of your children. Consider using the readers to practice critical skills and strategies build fluency build vocabulary and concepts build background for the main selections in the student book provide a variety of reading experiences, e.g., shared, group, individual, take-home, readers’ theater The Reading Street leveled readers are leveled according to Guided Reading criteria by experts trained in Guided Reading. The Guided Reading levels increase in difficulty within a grade level and across grade levels. In addition to leveling according to Guided Reading criteria, the instruction provided in the Leveled Reader Teaching Guide is compatible with Guided Reading instruction. An instructional routine is provided for each leveled reader. This routine is most effective when working with individual children or small groups. MANAGING THE CLASSROOM When using the leveled readers with individuals or small groups, you’ll want to keep the other children engaged in meaningful, independent learning tasks. Establishing independent work stations throughout the classroom

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