Author: karen.foster

Exploring Nonfiction: A Differentiated Content Area Reading Resource
Helps students develop nonfiction reading skills
Develops skills with math, science, social studies and language arts nonfiction topics
Differentiated for ELL students
Vendor: Teacher Created Materials Levels: K-6 Cost: $549.99
Exploring Writing
Excellent for support genre-focused curriculum!
Includes writing process for Personal Narrative, Expository, Fiction, Poetry, and Persuasive writing
Uses high-interest writing models (mentor text) for all genres
Vendor: Teacher Created Materials Levels: 1-6 Cost: $499.99
Primary Comprehension Toolkit and Comprehension Toolkit; Toolkit Texts, & Comprehension Intervention
Continued support of comprehension instruction in both primary and intermediate classrooms
Lessons focus on seminal comprehension strategies
District curriculum embeds these strategies in genre instruction
Vendor: Heinemann Levels: K-2 & 3-5 Cost: $42-$125
Interactive Read Aloud (K-1, 2-3,4-5)
Contains standards-based lessons designed around children’s classics with Shared Reading strategies and Reader’s Theater
Introduces drama into reading curriculum that allows students of varying reading levels to interact with different types of text
Vendor: Heinemann Levels: K-1, 2-3, 4-5 Cost: $63
Bold Print
Supports thematic connections across fiction/nonfiction genres
Uses high-interest authentic texts...comes by individual titles or in groups of six. Great for text across content areas!
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—Cost: Varies from $16 @ to $179 for entire class set