"Each book features simple text, decodable words, strong picture cues, and one to six lines of text per page to promote reading confidence and success"--

Frederick G. Frog is the greatest frog in all the forest! Whimsical images and easy-to-read text take young readers on a journey with Frederick through the forest as he cites all the things that make him special. In addition, Frederick asks children to think about what makes "them" special. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.

Twenty kid-pleasing little books plus a teaching guide packed with lessons, tips, and literacy-boosting reproducible. Correlates with Guided Reading Level A!

For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.

Rich, detailed images of familiar objects work in conjunction with clear, clean text to provide beginning readers with tools they need to enhance their phonemic recognition and pronunciation of words that begin with G. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

In the spring of 1895, Bud is excited for his Cadet Corps team to compete in the end-of-the-year drills competition at his school. His company is the favorite to win, but can they pull it off? This historical fiction book is based on a story by the African-American poet and playwright, Paul Laurence Dunbar. Especially appealing to reluctant readers, this 32-page historical fiction book features hi-lo text, full-color illustrations and a short chapter format.

Objective Key offers students complete, official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) exam. A revised edition of Objective KET, short units offer a variety of lively topics while providing training in exam skills and solid language development. 'Key words' sections informed by English Profile, highlight the words and meanings A2-level students need to master. 'Spelling Spots' and 'Grammar Extra' boxes, informed by the Cambridge English Corpus, provide help with language points that Key students can find difficult. Regular Exam folders and Writing folders provide systematic exam preparation. The CD-ROM provides activities and games for practice of the target language. The Practice Test Booklet contains two tests for Cambridge English: Key for Schools.