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Contents:Trackers Brochure (2 pages)

Trackers Text Forms and Features (2 pages)

Trackers Overview Title List (2 pages)

Zero Gravity Sample Book (16 pages)

Zero Gravity Teachers’ Guide Lesson Plan (2 pages)

Zero Gravity Teachers’ Guide Black Line Master (2 pages)

Trackers is an exciting approach to improving comprehension skills for reluctant readers! These high-interest nonfi ction readers are ideal for intervention and were designed to provide struggling readers with multiple opportunities to apply and practice nonfi ction reading skills and strategies.

Features:

• Developes main idea skills through the use of supporting details

• Improves comprehension skills through main idea text call-outs

• Timelines, indexes, maps, and table that display information

Use for:

• General classroom instruction/ supplemental

• Small Group or independent reading

• Intervention

• Booksrooms/Classroom Libraries

Teachers’ Guides provide the following:

• Standards-based lesson plans for each text

• Tips for introducing, reading, and revisiting the text

• Recommended extension activities

• Two related blackline masters per title

Trackers PricingComplete Classroom Package (Includes all 4 Classroom Packages)192 Student Books (6 copies each of 32 titles), 4 Teachers’ Resource Books

PL-5991 $750.00SAVE $100!

Complete Add-on Package (Includes all 4 Add-on Packages)1 of each of 32 titles, 4 Teachers’ Resource Books

PL-5990 $185.00

Orange Green Blue Yellow

Classroom Package:

48 Student Books (6 of each of 8 titles), 1 Teachers’ Resource BookPL-5982$199.00

PL-5983$199.00

PL-5984 $225.00

PL-5985$225.00

Add-on Package:

8 Student Books (1 each of 8 titles), 1 Teachers’ Resource BookPL-5986$44.00

PL-5987$44.00

PL-5988$49.00

PL-5989$49.00

Teacher’s Resource Book PL-5992$24.95

PL-5993$24.95

PL-5994$24.95

PL-5995$24.95

1-5 copies 6-19 copies 20+ copies

Individual Titles $5.00 each $4.25 each (same title) $3.75 each (same title)

Orange Series (Grade 2)PL-5950 From Rock to RapPL-5951 Stripes and StarsPL-5952 What Rots?PL-5953 Amazing MazesPL-5954 Come CloserPL-5955 Outside ArtPL-5956 It’s Magic!PL-5957 Hawk Eyes

Title Listing By Series

Blue Series (Grade 4)PL-5966 Big ArtPL-5967 Zounds! Sounds!PL-5968 Tell Me How!PL-5969 SleepPL-5970 Do Animals Think?PL-5971 Building QuizPL-5972 Numbers CountPL-5973 Space Quiz

Green Series (Grade 3)PL-5958 Skeleton CluesPL-5959 Pick Out a PersonPL-5960 Eye TricksPL-5961 Zero GravityPL-5962 Tom’s ZooPL-5963 GreenPL-5964 What Does a Book Designer Do?PL-5965 Nothing but the Truth

Yellow Series (Grade 5)PL-5974 War LifePL-5975 PiratesPL-5976 GoldPL-5977 Home InvadersPL-5978 AntarcticaPL-5979 Body ArtPL-5980 Totally Extreme SportsPL-5981 Escape

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Trackers Text Forms and FeaturesStudents learn to read and interpret:

• blurbs

• captions

• chapter headings

• charts

• checklists

• codes

• diagrams

• glossaries

• graphs

• headings

• indexes

• labels

• maps

• tables of contents

Graph

Label

Heading

Chapter heading

Label

Heading

Chart

Checklist

Caption

Map

Caption

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Each title in the Trackers series contains numerous types of text thatstudents can use to improve their comprehension.

Chapter heading

Diagram

Caption

Checklist

Index

Label

Chapter heading

Blurb

Code

Map

Label

Caption

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Orange

Amazing Mazes

Come Closer

From Rock to Rap

Hawk Eyes

It’s Magic!

Outside Art

Stripes and Stars

What Rots?

Green

Eye Tricks

Green

Nothing but the Truth

Pick Out a Person

Skeleton Clues

Tom’s Zoo

What Does a Book Designer Do?

Zero Gravity

Purpose

� recognizing and using procedural text features� recognizing and using procedural language

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using the glossary� understanding and using an index� understanding and using a table of contents

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring� comparing and contrasting

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring

� recognizing and using procedural text features� recognizing and using procedural language� recognizing and using a table of contents

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using a glossary

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� recognizing and using a table of contents� inferring

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using a table of contents� attending to content specific vocabulary

� recognizing and using procedural text features� recognizing and using procedural language

� understanding and using a table of contents� skimming and scanning the text� recognizing and using nonfiction text features

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring� asking questions

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using a glossary� comparing and contrasting

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using a glossary� understanding and using an index� inferring

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring� understanding and using the table of contents

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using a glossary� understanding and using an index� determining the meaning using content clues

Blackline Master

Charting Procedural LanguageWriting Procedural Text

Main Idea – IllustrationCharting Content Vocabulary

Inference Record SheetCompare and Contrast Record Sheet

Text Features Record SheetMaking a Key

Charting Procedural LanguageSequencing

Main Idea OutlineText Features Record Sheet

Text Features Record SheetText Features Inference Chart

Main Idea ChartCharting Content Specific

Vocabulary

Writing Procedural TextCharting Procedural Language

Main Idea SummaryNonfiction Text Features Chart

True and False StatementsInference Record Sheet

Inference Record SheetInference Question Chart

Main Idea Graphic OrganizerCompare and Contrast Chart

Main Idea OutlineInference Chart

Main Idea OutlineInference Chart

Main Idea Journal EntryCharting Content Specific

Vocabulary

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Blackline Master

Main Idea in a Summary StatementCompare and Contrast Chart

Main Idea in an OutlineInference Chart

Main Idea Graphic OrganizerText Features Chart

Main Idea OutlineText Features Chart

Main Idea Journal EntryCompare and Contrast Chart

Main Idea Graphic OrganizerCharting Content-Specific Vocab.

Writing Procedural TextCharting Procedural Language

Main Idea Graphic OrganizerText Features Chart

Main Idea Graphic OrganizerCreating a Timeline

Main Idea OutlineInference Record Sheet

Writing Procedural TextCharting Procedural Language

Main Idea Graphic OrganizerNonfiction Text Features Chart

Main Idea – Journal EntryCharting Content-Specific Vocab.

Main Idea OutlineCompare and Contrast Chart

Inference Record SheetInference Question Chart

Main Idea in a Summary Inference Record Chart

Purpose

� identifying the main idea with supporting details� comparing and contrasting

� understanding and using a table of contents � recognizing and using nonfiction text features

� understanding and using a glossary� recognizing and using nonfiction text features

� understanding and using a table of contents� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring

� understanding and using a glossary� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring� comparing and contrasting

� understanding and using a table of contents� recognizing and using content specific vocabulary� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring

� recognizing and using procedural text features� recognizing and using procedural language

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� comparing and contrasting� inferring

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using a table of contents� understanding and using a glossary� inferring

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using the table of contents� inferring

� understanding and using a table of contents� recognizing and using procedural text features� recognizing and using procedural language

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using the table of contents� understanding and using a glossary� inferring

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� understanding and using the table of contents� content vocabulary; attending to bold print

� understanding and using the table of contents� understanding and using an index� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� comparing and contrasting

� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� asking questions� inferring

� understanding and using the table of contents� recognizing and using nonfiction text features� inferring about characters

Blue

Big Art

Building Quiz

Do Animals Think?

Numbers Count

Sleep

Space Quiz

Tell Me How!

Zounds! Sounds!

Yellow

Antarctica

Body Art

Escape

Gold

Home Invaders

Pirates

Totally Extreme Sports

War Life

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Introducing the Text

Say: Today we are reading a nonfiction, realtext about space and gravity. Hand eachstudent a book. Read the title and author.Say: Turn to the table of contents. Skim andscan the table of contents and think aboutwhat you will learn about space in this book.Provide time for the students to scan thetable of contents. Ask: What do you thinkyou will learn about space in this book?Provide time for a response, then say:Where in the table of contents did you findthis? What seems to be an important topic?(Push for gravity.) Did you infer this or was itstated directly?

Open to the first chapter on page 2. Say:Follow with your eyes as I read it out loud.Think about the main idea. Read thechapter out loud. Ask: What is the mainidea? Provide time for a response. Ask:Where in the text did you find this information?Read it to me. Where did you look to find thisinformation? Highlight in the conversationlooking at phrases and text features.

Zero Gravityby Sarah Fleming

Possible teaching focus

8 recognizing and using nonfiction text features

8 understanding and using a glossary

8 understanding and using an index

8 content vocabulary; determining the meaning using context clues

8 inferring

Possible Standards-Based Focus Clusters

8 recognizing and using the features of procedural texts

8 identifying the main idea with supporting details

8 content vocabulary; determining the meaning using context clues

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Reading and Revisiting the Text

Say: Now turn to the page 4. Read pages 4and 5 silently. Read to find out the main ideaon these two pages. Point out the boldwords on the page. Say: Remember to lookat the bold words. Look at the informationprovided in the text on these pages to helpyou determine what these words mean andhow they help you determine the main idea.Provide time for the students to read. Ask:What is the main idea? Provide time for aresponse. Where did you look in the book?Read it to me. What text features did youuse? What bold words helped you determinethe main idea? What did the words mean?

Say: Now read pages 6 and 9 silently. Beready to share the main idea on these pages.Remember to use the nonfiction text features.Provide time for the students to read. Ask:What is the main idea? Provide time for aresponse. Where did you look in the book?Read it to me. What nonfiction text featureshelped you? Why was this helpful?

Say: Turn to page 10. Read pages 10 through13 silently. You will need to look at the boldprint and use context clues to determine themain idea. Provide time for the students toread. Ask: What is the main idea? Providetime for a response. Say: Where did youlook in the book? Read it to me. What boldwords helped you determine the main idea?What did the words mean?

Say: Read page 14 silently. Provide time forthe students to read. What are the answers?How did you know? Push for bold print,context clues

Extension Activities

The following suggested activities can becompleted directly after the guidedreading session as an independent activityor in a small-group guided activity time.

8 Science Journal Entry (Zero GravityBLM 1, p. 36)

8 Charting Content SpecificVocabulary

(Zero Gravity BLM 2, p. 37)

Teacher Tip: You may want tomodel how to use a graphicorganizer to find the main idea (seeSkeleton Clues BLM 1, p. 24).

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Science Journal EntryReread a chapter in Zero Gravity. On the following science journal pagerecord the main idea and supporting details in this chapter. Be sure toinclude the bold words that helped you to determine the main idea.

Date:

Book Title:

Chapter title:

Main idea:

Details:

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Charting Content SpecificVocabulary

Skim and scan the book Zero Gravity. Locate all the bold content specificvocabulary and list it in the first column. Then put the definition of theword in the second column. Use the context clues in the text to help youdefine each word.

Zero Gravity – Content Vocabulary

Bolded Content Words Definition

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