Curriculum Craze!
Day 1: Comprehensive Manual
Day 2: Condensed Manual
Day 3: Reading Library
Day 4: English Language Enhancement (ELE)
Day 5: Professional Development for Teachers
Reading Horizons is CRAZY about its improved teaching reading curriculum and manuals! To help others see the benefits and improvements of the new manuals this week’s blog posts will take an in-depth look at the changes and features of the new Reading Horizons v5 curriculum manuals and instructor materials.
Participating in the comment section of each separate post will enter your name into a drawing for a free Reading Horizons v5 Condensed Teacher’s Kit (refer to question section at the bottom of this post for more information).
Reading Library Overview
The Reading Library Books are an entirely new component to the Reading Horizons reading program. This new offering was created to provide students a resource for transferring the skills taught in the lesson manuals. The Library books were written to match the content of the passages presented in the Reading Horizons v5 reading software.
Reading Horizons Reading Library Books
Key Features
- Over 225 passages
- 15 different genres
- Leveled from 1st-12th grade reading level
- Graphics
- Comprehension question & answers
The content is divided into 3 books:
Book 1: 1st-4th grade reading level passages
Book 2: 5th -6th grade reading level passages
Book 3: 7th-12th grade reading level passages
There is also a Teacher Edition available to assist instructors in helping their students get the most out of the material found in the Library books.
Example Passage
CLOUDS
Look at the sky. Do you see clouds? Clouds can be pretty. Clouds can bring rain. They are interesting. They are made of water.
How are clouds made? Rivers, lakes, and the ocean are made up of water. The sun shines on the water. The water gets warm. Small, warm drops of water turn into gas. The gas floats up to the sky. This water gas makes clouds.
Up in the sky, it is cold. The water drops begin to stick together. They are still small, so they can stay in the air. When it gets colder, the water gets bigger. It gets heavy. It falls down. This is rain.
Clouds help our world. Clouds move water from the ocean to the mountains. They rain water onto plants. This helps trees to grow. The rain helps our food to grow. Animals drink the water. We need clouds!
Level: 1.0
Lexile®: 170L
Word Count: 147
Video
In this video, Reading Horizons Marketing Manager, Erika Huff, discusses how the Reading Library will help students get excited about reading:
Question
What impact do you think the new Reading Library Books will have on student reading abilities?
By answering this question in the comment section of this blog your name will be entered into a drawing for a FREE Condensed Teacher’s Kit. Responding to the question in separate posts will enter your name in the drawing multiple times (up to 5).
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