Built for Your Grade. Aligned to Your Standards.
Readers need to engage with grade-level complex texts, and the strategies that build the skills needed to meet each book’s demands. Whole Book Comprehension includes six kits, one for each grade 1– 6. Each kit—designed for that grade’s developmental needs, aligned to grade-level standards, and compatible with widely used core ELA programs—includes:
- Eight grade-level trade books (four fiction, four nonfiction) chosen across genres and text types to build vocabulary and knowledge while keeping students engaged.
- Student Response Forms for writing about their reading, paired with teacher guidance on how to scaffold instruction.
- Teacher’s guide featuring research-based strategy suggestions from The Reading Strategies Book 2.0; research foundations for Whole Book Comprehension; support for planning and teaching text-focused, whole-book lessons; and more.
- Book-specific rubrics for assessing students’ writing about reading.
- Everything teachers need to scaffold comprehension of grade-level books, and to assess and respond to students as they read.
Use in Every Instructional Setting
Whole Book Comprehension supports comprehension instruction whole-class, in small groups, or as independent work that doubles as a deep comprehension assessment. Use it for read-aloud, shared reading, close reading, independent reading, partner reading, or any combination that fits your goals. Lesson-by-lesson plans and printable lesson-specific Planning Forms cut prep time; printable Response Forms and book stickers provide student materials.
Fits into Any Program, Setting, or Season
Whole Book Comprehension complements any core program. If your program relies mostly on short texts, Whole Book Comprehension adds the sustained, deep comprehension that only whole books build. If your program already includes whole books, Whole Book Comprehension adds the scaffolding that makes rigorous, standards-aligned, grade-level instruction engaging and effective. Either way you get the teacher planning and support resources and the student-facing materials you need. It isn't just for your ELA block, either. Bring whole-book nonfiction into science and social studies, pull ready-to-go materials for WIN or intervention time, and use it for summer school or tutoring.
