Mysteries are the perfect vehicle for teaching foundational skills that lie at the heart of engaged reading, and the Mystery: Foundational Skills in Disguise, Grade 3 unit will push kids to infer—to notice clues and to wonder more about them; to consider how part of one chapter relates back to what was learned in an earlier chapter; and to wonder when characters are really... more

One of the most magical moments as a teacher is when a student approaches you—book in hand, eyes alight—asking, “ Do you have more like this one?” The student, holding the treasured book in both hands, offers it to you. You glance at the familiar cover, well aware of how many of your students love this title. In this moment, you wish that you had a “Because you loved…” basket... more

One of the most magical moments as a teacher is when a student approaches you—book in hand, eyes alight—asking, “ Do you have more like this one?” The student, holding the treasured book in both hands, offers it to you. You glance at the familiar cover, well aware of how many of your students love this title. In this moment, you wish that you had a “Because you loved…” basket... more

One of the most magical moments as a teacher is when a student approaches you—book in hand, eyes alight—asking, “ Do you have more like this one?” The student, holding the treasured book in both hands, offers it to you. You glance at the familiar cover, well aware of how many of your students love this title. In this moment, you wish that you had a “Because you loved…” basket... more

This TCRWP Classroom Library Shelf supports the work of the Critical Literacy Middle School Reading unit and includes books with cultural relevance that are deeply meaningful to the lives they are living right now. This collection will introduce young people to some of the great writers... more

Think for a moment about the last time you held a book in your hands and thought, “I need to share this book with… well, with everyone I know!” Those books, the ones where you want to grab every copy off the bookstore shelf to begin your “book love” campaign, those are the books in the Every School collection. These twenty picture books invite readers to gasp at their beauty,... more

The biographies in this collection help readers learn about people from many corners of the world who have made a positive difference. Many of the biographies are related—some are on the same person, while others are on people with similar jobs or other similarities allowing them to be compared and contrasted—and this allows your readers to develop lines of inquiry as they... more

These Level D books require readers to look at the letters at the beginnings and the endings of words, using the sounds those letters make to check that they have read the word correctly. These books have a pattern, but the pattern may be different on the first page and on the last page, so that it is just the internal part of the book that maintains the same pattern.

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The Level I shelf contains longer  books and some short chapter books. Students must develop skill in accumulating information across a story. These Level I books contain more complex literary language, more complex vocabulary, and often more technical vocabulary, especially in informational books. The Level I books have minimal picture support, which requires readers to... more

The biographies in this collection help readers learn about people from many corners of the world who have made a positive difference. Many of the biographies are related—some are on the same person, while others are on people with similar jobs or other similarities allowing them to be compared and contrasted—and this allows your readers to develop lines of inquiry as they... more