TIME For Kids Nonfiction Reading & Writing for Summer School, After School, and Other Special Programs: More Information

These all-inclusive kits are just right for intervention programs. The teacher resources make the preparation easy, and the high-interest activities generate the motivation students need to make measurable progress.

• Reinforce content area reading by focusing on skills such as main idea, summarizing and paraphrasing, drawing conclusions, point of view, and prior knowledge/making connections.
• Help students become confident, competent writers by focusing on skills such as the five W's and H, strong paragraphs, persuasive essays, graphic organizers, and response to literature.
• Introduce students to four key nonfiction genres: narrative, expository, persuasive, and visual presentation.
• Address Reading First goals with lessons that cover word study (from phonemic awareness and phonics to structural analysis), vocabulary, and comprehension.
• Motivate students whose reading levels range from emergent through Grade 5 with high-interest reading materials.
• Meet the needs of ELL students with nonfiction content suitable for students who are reading below grade level.
• Enjoy the ease of using a complete, ready-to-implement program.

Scope and Sequence

• Scope and Sequence (PDF, 52KB)

Contents

Teacher's Guide

Suggests management tips and presents easy-to-follow implementation plans for 4-week, 6-week, 8-week, or ongoing programs. Includes reading and writing lessons for each activity card.

Posters/Charts

Each kit includes four ready-to-display, 18" x 24" posters or charts to illustrate key concepts.

CD-ROM

Contains PDFs (printable files) for the activity cards, templates for graphic organizers, and templates for letters to parents.

20 Student Activity Cards:

5 narrative, 5 expository, 5 persuasive, and 5 visual presentation. For whole group instruction, each kit provides transparencies or large size activity cards.

20 Reading Lessons

Each uses an activity card's article to teach a core reading skill. The lesson includes a vocabulary list, a pre-reading activity, a skill focus, post-reading activities, an assessment section, and an extension option.

20 Writing Lessons

Each uses an activity card's article to teach a writing skill. The lesson follows the steps of the writing process. It also includes an assessment section and extension activities for grammar and journal writing.

This program, published by Teacher Created Materials, contains content and photographs from TIME For Kids and TIME Learning Ventures. To subscribe to TIME For Kids magazine, call 800-777-8600 or visit http://www.timeforkids.com/partners.