Get Ready! Grades 6–8 - PROGRAM SAMPLER

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Get Ready! is the most comprehensive middle school program for newcomer and beginning-level proficiency students. The curriculum is specifically created for students in the USA and is built on specialized knowledge necessary for working with culturally and linguistically diverse learners, the assets they bring into the classroom, and the academic challenges they face. Take a look inside the enhanced edition of Get Ready! Get Ready! Sample Book Contents Introduction to Get Ready! ��2 Digital Experience ��4 Assess to Learn ��5 Get Reading! ��6 Walk-through ��10 Scope and Sequence ��16 Program Philosophy & Research ��26 Assessment ��29 Teacher’s Edition Sample Unit ��31 Practice Workbook Sample Unit ��73 LANGUAGE, LITERACY, CONTENT Get Ready!©2027 1

©2027 Language, Literacy, Content Get Ready! COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR NEWCOMER/BEGINNER STUDENTS 2 Welcome to Get Ready! is the most comprehensive standards-based program designed to meet the unique needs of middle and high school newcomer/beginner English learners. It engages students with age-appropriate, motivating communicative presentations, plus literary and informational lessons across content areas. NEW! This enhanced edition adds flexibility for teachers, including support for SLIFE students, a new online Foundational Skills Unit aligned with the Science of Reading, new decodable readers, and additional grammar and communication practice opportunities. With the Assess to Learn system and AI-assisted grading features, teachers can track progress, identify skill gaps, and personalize instruction with ease.

The Get Ready! program and learning tools equip students with essential language and literacy skills, along with academic vocabulary development across diverse content areas. What to expect from Get Ready! • A comprehensive standards-based program developed to address the specific needs and learning styles of Newcomers • The only newcomer program that truly builds basic communicative language as well as academic content and language (ELA, math, science, social studies, the arts, music, etc.) • Practical differentiation with strategies to help support multilingual learners at all proficiency levels and across all language skills • A strong technology component with a personalized learning tool that targets instruction and better prepares students to participate in class and to transition to the next proficiency level • Engaging multimedia: dramatic presentational and authentic videos, tutorials, audio recordings, and more Program Components: • Student Book • Practice Book • Teacher's Edition • Assessment Program • PRIME—online learning environment for language and literacy • Get Reading! leveled readers with Teacher's Guide • Phonics Essentials supplement for literacy support 3

Get Ready! offers an unparalleled digital learning environment with integrated content, resources, and tools built to support language learning, and the Assess to Learn system—now with AI-assisted grading—for progress monitoring, proficiency assessments, and personalized instruction. FOR STUDENTS Plenty of practice The Get Ready! site provides students with hundreds of program-specific, thematically based, carefully scaffolded practice activities right at their fingertips. Safe environment With its uncluttered interface, innovative tools, and seamless textbook-technology integration, Get Ready! will help you reach students and build their skills in a safe digital space. Engaging media Dramatic presentational video, authentic videos, and audio recordings by native speakers—Get Ready! has it all. • Interactive Student Book • Live communication practice • Online activities • Engaging and original media • Cultural content See Walk-through video! 4 Get Ready! The Digital Experience TECHNOLOGY

FOR TEACHERS Time-saving tools No need to spend time finding the perfect video, crafting scaffolded activities, creating assessments, or grading lots of homework. We’ve provided everything you need, including: • Online Teacher’s Edition • AI-assisted Grading • Assessment Program with Monitoring and Proficiency Assessments • Professional development • School-to-Home Connection Letters with activities in multiple languages Assess to Learn Create a personalized learning path for your multilingual learners and striving readers with standards-based Proficiency and Monitoring Assessments that tell you exactly where each student needs support and point you to the right resources to provide individualized instruction! • Assess and Monitor student progress through standards-based proficiency assessments that check learners’ skills development. • Analyze and Discover skills gaps easily with analytics tools that show student progress towards important learning standards. Monitor ongoing student performance at a glance through comprehensive dashboards. • Plan and Personalize instruction by assigning standards-based lessons and activities. Easily search for student and teacher resources to customize instruction. • Teach or Reteach skills and content for practice and reinforcement. Differentiate instruction by assigning activities to the whole class, small groups, or individual students. Enhanced support Get all the guidance you need to use the Supersite to its fullest potential—from faceto-face presentations and training webinars by fellow educators, to pre-recorded videos on a variety of topics. 5 TECHNOLOGY

Get Reading! is a multi-level reading library specifically designed to address the needs of newcomers and multilingual students. • The Get Reading! library can be used to accompany Get Ready!— or as a leveled reading library for any ELD program. • Each of the 10 units of Get Ready! is accompanied by 4 Get Reading! readers: • 10 ELA (fiction) titles • 10 science titles • 10 social studies titles • 10 math titles • Each reader is written at 3 proficiency levels (Newcomer/Beginning; Low Intermediate; High Intermediate) for a total of 120 readers. • Students can choose the level they want to read—or start with one and progress as they improve their reading skills. • The readers are available in print and online with audio. • The Teacher’s Guide includes vocabulary and reading comprehension lessons, activities, and assessments. Get Reading! companion program offers even more support Get Reading! A SERUM X Get Reading! Discover the Supersite—the only online learning environment created specifically for language acquisition. SERUM X SCIENCE Reader Level: A Level A Level B Level C • For Entering/ Emerging/Beginning readers • Up to 600 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 200-400L • Picture dictionary • For Developing/Lowintermediate readers • Up to 1000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 400-600L • Key word vocabulary list • For Expanding/Highintermediate readers • Up to 2000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 600-800L • Key word vocabulary list SCIENCE Welcome to the Get Reading! Leveled Readers. This library of 120 readers can be used with the Get Ready! series or as a Leveled Reading Library for any English learner program. The Get Reading! library makes content area connections with language arts, science, social studies, and math at three levels—Newcomer/Beginning, Low Intermediate, and High Intermediate. Students can choose the level they want to read or start with one level and progress to higher levels as their reading skills improve. A sick doctor has big plans. He wants to feel better—fast! What can he do? ELL21_R37_A_Serum-X_Cover.indd 4-1 11/15/2019 2:58:56 PM Get Reading! A Get Reading! Welcome to the Get Reading! Leveled Readers. This library of 120 readers can be used with the Get Ready! series or as a Leveled Reading Library for any English learner program. The Get Reading! library makes content area connections with language arts, science, social studies, and math at three levels—Newcomer/Beginning, Low Intermediate, and High Intermediate. Students can choose the level they want to read or start with one level and progress to higher levels as their reading skills improve. Discover the Supersite—the only online learning environment created specifically for language acquisition. ELA Reader Level: A Level A Level B Level C • For Entering/ Emerging/Beginning readers • Up to 600 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 200-400L • Picture dictionary • For Developing/Lowintermediate readers • Up to 1000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 400-600L • Key word vocabulary list • For Expanding/Highintermediate readers • Up to 2000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 600-800L • Key word vocabulary list Luis visits his friend, Mary. She lives in the United States. They go to a football game. Luis learns something new. Football isn’t always football! Football Isn’t Football? Football Isn’t Football? ELA ELL21_R25_A_Football-Isnt-Football_Cover.indd 4-5 12/17/2019 11:57:31 AM Get Reading! B Get Reading! Discover the Supersite—the only online learning environment created specifically for language acquisition. Level A Level B Level C • For Entering/ Emerging/Beginning readers • Up to 600 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 200-400L • Picture dictionary • For Developing/Lowintermediate readers • Up to 1000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 400-600L • Key word vocabulary list • For Expanding/Highintermediate readers • Up to 2000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 600-800L • Key word vocabulary list Welcome to the Get Reading! Leveled Readers. This library of 120 readers can be used with the Get Ready! series or as a Leveled Reading Library for any English learner program. The Get Reading! library makes content area connections with language arts, science, social studies, and math at three levels—Newcomer/Beginning, Low Intermediate, and High Intermediate. Students can choose the level they want to read or start with one level and progress to higher levels as their reading skills improve. Our World Sometimes people are the same. Sometimes people are different. How can we all live together? Our World SOCIAL STUDIES Reader Level: B SOCIAL STUDIES ELL21_R03_B_Our_World_Cover.indd 4-1 12/17/2019 11:26:43 AM Get Reading! C Get Reading! Discover the Supersite—the only online learning environment created specifically for language acquisition. MATH Reader Level: C Math with Monkeys! Welcome to the Get Reading! Leveled Readers. This library of 120 readers can be used with the Get Ready! series or as a Leveled Reading Library for any English learner program. The Get Reading! library makes content area connections with language arts, science, social studies, and math at three levels—Newcomer/Beginning, Low Intermediate, and High Intermediate. Students can choose the level they want to read or start with one level and progress to higher levels as their reading skills improve. Mr. Lee has many monkeys. He doesn’t have much money. How can he keep his monkeys happy? Math with Monkeys! Level A Level B Level C • For Entering/ Emerging/Beginning readers • Up to 600 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 200-400L • Picture dictionary • For Developing/Lowintermediate readers • Up to 1000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 400-600L • Key word vocabulary list • For Expanding/Highintermediate readers • Up to 2000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 600-800L • Key word vocabulary list MATH ELL21_R08_C_Monkey-Math_Cover.indd 4-1 11/15/2019 2:25:39 PM 6

Level A • For Entering/Emerging/Beginning readers • Up to 600 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 200–400L • Picture dictionary 40 readers Level B • For Developing/Low Intermediate readers • Up to 1000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 400–600L • Key word vocabulary list 40 readers Level C • For Expanding/High Intermediate readers • Up to 2000 words per story • Readability levels of approximately 600–800L • Key word vocabulary list 40 readers Explore the differentiated proficiency levels of the readers below: 2 snake cat turtle fish bird 3 This is Mr. Lee. Mr. Lee likes animals. Look. Count. He has eleven animals. That is a lot of animals! Mr. Lee likes all animals. But he loves monkeys. Count the monkeys. Mr. Lee has .... Mr. Lee loves monkeys. He likes them a lot. monkey Monkey_math_A_R4.indd 2-3 8/1/2019 7:08:59 AM A < TK > 2 3 Monkey Supplies • food • toys • doctor visits • medicine • special treats (bananas) This is Mr. Lee. Mr. Gao just loves animals. He has a lot of pets. He has a fish, bird, cat, turtle, a snake, and more! Mr. Lee spends a lot of time with his animals. He gives them healthy food. He cleans them. He plays with them every day. It’s a lot of work, but it’s very fun! Mr. Gao loves all of his pets. But his favorite animals are his monkeys! “My monkeys are funny and friendly,” says Mr. Gao. He plays games with them all the time. They make him laugh and he loves it! Mr. Gao has six monkeys. He doesn’t think that’s a lot. However, there’s one problem. Monkeys are expensive pets! snake cat turtle fish bird It is expensive to have monkeys. It costs a lot of money. Monkey_math_B_R4.indd 2-3 8/1/2019 7:09:40 AM B 3 snake cat turtle fish bird 2 Mr. Lee is a math teacher and a great animal lover. He has so many different types of pets! He has a beautiful goldfish, a colorful bird, a sweet little cat, a sleepy turtle, a really unusual snake, and more! When he’s not teaching, Mr. Lee enjoys spending time with his animals. He feeds them healthy foods every day and makes sure to keep their homes very clean. He also plays with them as much as he can. It can be a lot of work, but he feels it’s really worth it. He says it makes him healthier and happier! Why Pets are Good for You 1. Getting out with your pet man make you exercise more. 2. Pets are often more like friends, which can stop you from being lonely. 3. Being around animals can reduce feelings of stress. 4. Pets can help you meet other people, often other pet lovers! 5. Being around animals can improve your body’s ability to fight sickness and disease. 6. Some animals can protect you from other animals or common dangers. 7. Research shows that owning a pet helps make you happier in general! Monkey_math_C_R4.indd 2-3 8/1/2019 7:10:31 AM C 7

8 Get Ready! Get Ready! LANGUAGE, LITERACY, CONTENT Grades 6–8 Practice Book Get Ready! LANGUAGE, LITERACY, CONTENT Grades 6–8 Get Ready! TEACHER’S EDITION LANGUAGE, LITERACY, CONTENT Grades 6–8 Get Ready! Tviii LANGUAGE, LITERACY, CONTENT Get Ready! is a comprehensive, standards-based, and evidence-based program developed specifically to address the unique needs of middle school Newcomer multilingual learners. This program provides Newcomers with language and literacy skills as well as academic language to access grade-level content—ELA, science, social studies, math, and electives. Practice Book • Writing and listening activities that practice and reinforce concepts and skills Student Book • Ten thematic units • Highly visual presentations and activities designed to develop language, literacy, and academic content • Includes all four domains—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—as well as grammar and vocabulary Interactive Student Book with practice activities, readings, and engaging media as well as foundational skills instruction and practice Interactive online activities for greater support and faster feedback Teacher’s Edition • Point-of-use teaching suggestions • Differentiated instruction, including working with Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) • Formative assessments • Pacing guides • Instructional routines Online teaching tools and resources for increased engagement and flexibility Program Components QR-code_request-access.indd 1 20/05/25 9:50 AM Try it for yourself! Request Digital Access

9 Assessment Program Get Ready! LANGUAGE, LITERACY, CONTENT Grades 6–8 Assess to Learn System The Assess to Learn system for Get Ready! helps teachers ASSESS ongoing learning progress, DISCOVER skills gaps, and then PERSONALIZE instruction using standards-based lessons and activities. • Assess and Monitor student progress through standardsbased progress monitoring and proficiency assessment to check learners’ skills development and “sum” of learning. • Analyze and Discover skills gaps easily with analytics tools that show student progress toward important learning standards. Monitor ongoing student performance at a glance through comprehensive dashboards. • Plan and Personalize instruction by assigning standardsbased lessons and activities. Easily search for student and teacher resources to customize instruction. • Teach or Reteach skills and content for practice and reinforcement. Differentiate instruction by assigning activities to the whole class, small groups, or individual students. Assess & Monitor Assess to Learn Analyze & Discover Teach or Reteach Plan & Personalize Tix Get Reading! Library • Reading library with multiple points of entry written specifically for secondary multilingual learners and striving readers • Age-appropriate literary and informational readers, each one available at three complexity levels • Available in print and digital format with audio and activities • A Teacher Guide provides suggestions, activities, assessment Assessment • Placement Test to determine unit placement to start the year or to individualize instruction • Diagnostic Test to determine where to focus instruction for each student • Progress Monitoring Assessments with point-of-use quizzes and unit test to assess a student’s developing knowledge • Proficiency Assessments with formative and summative mid-unit and endof-unit tests as well as mid-book and end-of-book assessments to check learners’ skills development and “sum” of learning Digital assessment tools with AI-assisted grading, for increased testing and data-analysis options

10 Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Hello and good-bye! Hi, Miss Adams. Hi, Nick! Hey, Mateo! Hey, Isabel! Hello, Alex. Bye, Max. See you later. Good-bye, Diana. Hello, David. boy classroom teacher woman student CONNECT TO Language How do you greet people? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION LANGUAGE & LITERACY Tutorial 8 eight | Unit 1 Good morning, Sara. teacher girl man student locker off ice hallway LANGUAGE & LITERACY Good morning, Mr. Lin. 1 Point to the words for hello. Say the words. EXAMPLE: Hi 2 Point to the words for good-bye. Say the words. EXAMPLE: Bye 3 Point to the people. Say the words. EXAMPLE: boy 4 Point to the places. Say the words. EXAMPLE: classroom 5 Work with three classmates. Say hello and good-bye. Unit 1 | nine 9 Introductions CONNECT TO THE THEME Hi! What’s your name? Look and say I see a girl. I see a boy. MY GOALS for this unit 1 UNIT Language • Say hello and good-bye • Give my name and spell my name • Use classroom expressions • Say where I am from Language Arts • Read an informational text Science • Talk about when I see and use science Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Social Studies • Identify the areas of social studies Math • Talk about when I see and use math Electives • Discuss elective classes Writing • Write a story about school Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Unit 1 | seven 7 Tx WALK-THROUGH Get Ready for English! An introductory unit: • incorporates survival English to help students navigate the school environment. • provides foundational skills aligned with the science of reading that support multilingual learners who are in the earliest stages of acquiring English. • Online activities are available for practice and reinforcement. • A Foundational Skills unit precedes instruction for students who need additional support. Connect to Language & Literacy GET READY FOR ENGLISH! fan fan feet dice dice fan peg pan pan greet mice mice mice leg can can can school honey jug jug rice van van mug mug pool money mug 1. can ________________ 1. 3. greet ________________ 2. 2. money ________________ 4. dice ________________ x 1 Listen. Repeat. Point. 5 Listen. Repeat. One word does not rhyme. Point. EXAMPLE: 6 Listen. Repeat. Write a rhyme. 3 Listen. Repeat. Point. 2 Listen. Repeat. Point. 4 Listen. Repeat. Point. Phonemic Awareness Rhyme Rhyme recognition Produce a rhyme Intro | three 3 GET READY FOR ENGLISH! In School 1 Listen. Repeat. 1. Can you help me? 2. Where is the bathroom? 3. When is lunch? 4. I feel sick. 2 Look. Listen. Repeat. • Point. • Listen. • Speak. • Read. 5. I do not understand. 6. Can you repeat that? 7. May I go to my locker? 8. Where do I go? • Write. • Work with a classmate. • Work with a group. Get Ready for English! Intro | one 1 Unit Opener • The opener introduces the unit’s central concept. • An image activates prior knowledge. • My Goals introduce learning outcomes. A Connect to the Theme video introduces the unit theme. Foundational Skills and Introductory Unit Thematic Units Connect to Language • An engaging illustrated scene introduces students to vocabulary and functional language in context. • An Essential Question stimulates thought and provokes inquiry. Vocabulary Tutorials provide reinforcement and practice.

11 1 2 3 4 5 6 Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing LANGUAGE & LITERACY CONNECT TO Language in Action What’s your name? What does your name mean? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION MARTINA Hi! Welcome to school! I’m Martina. Let’s meet some students and teachers. MRS. CARTER Good morning. I am your English teacher. My name is Mrs. Carter. What’s your name? JORGE My name is Jorge Hernández. MRS. CARTER Welcome, Jorge! JORGE Thank you. MR. MILLER Hi. I’m Mr. Miller. What’s your first name? ALEJANDRA Alejandra. MR. MILLER I’m sorry. How do you spell that? ALEJANDRA A-L-E-J-A-N-D-R-A. LIN Oh, sorry! Hey! I’m Lin Chen. What’s your name? FAROUK My name is Farouk Farah. LIN Farouk? How do you spell that? FAROUK F-A-R-O-U-K. LIN F-A-R… O-U-K. Nice to meet you, Farouk. MR. MILLER And what’s your last name? ALEJANDRA Vegas. V-E-G-A-S. 12 twelve | Unit 1 7 8 LANGUAGE & LITERACY CULTURE NOTE Names in the United States: Alejandra Vegas first name last name How do you say names in your home country? no MARTINA Hey! My name is Martina. What is your name? LIN Thanks! FAROUK See you later, Lin. LIN Bye, Farouk. 1 Yes or no ? 1. Jorge’s last name is Hernández. _____ 2. Alejandra is a last name. _____ 3. Lin spells her last name. _____ 4. Farouk is a first name. _____ EXAMPLE: Mrs. Carter is a math teacher. _____ 2 Complete the conversation. Words to use later I’m last Bye My name is name meet spell Hi! Miguel. What’s your (1) ? (2) Jia. How do you (3) that? J-I-A. What’s your (4) name? Kim. My name is Jia Kim. Nice to (5) you, Jia. See you in class. (6) , Miguel. See you (7) . My name is 3 Work with a classmate. Read the conversation in Activity 2. Then read it again. Use your names. Watch the video. Answer the student’s questions. Unit 1 | thirteen 13 Video Chat Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing LANGUAGE & LITERACY 1 Listen. Check (✓) hello or good-bye . Communicate LISTENING STRATEGY Listen for key words Key words are the important words. Conversation 1 , Lucas! Hi , Mina! Hello EXAMPLE: Words to use Hi Hello Hey Good morning Bye Good-bye See you later , Jamir! , Mr. Brown! Conversation 2 , Ms. Díaz! , Anika! Conversation 3 , Alonso! , Aria! CONNECT TO Language hello good-bye 1.   2.   3.   4.   5.   2 Work with a classmate. Write conversations. Read them aloud. EXAMPLE: You hear: Hi, Rosa! You check: hello good-bye   10 ten | Unit 1 LANGUAGE & LITERACY 3 Read. READING STRATEGY Look at the pictures The pictures help you understand. Words to use teacher student man woman boy girl 4 Complete the sentences. EXAMPLE: Mr. Lee is a . Mr. Lee is a . teacher man 5 Work with a classmate. Look at the pictures. Act out the conversations. 1. Mr. May is a . Mr. May is a . 2. Mrs. Bloom is a . Mrs. Bloom is a . 3. Crocker is a . Crocker is a . 4. Alice is a . Alice is a . PEOPLE at SCHOOL I see Mr. Lee. Mr. May is in the hallway. Mrs. Bloom is in the classroom. Crocker is at the locker. Alice is in the office. Unit 1 | eleven 11 Txi WALK-THROUGH Connect to Language • After students explore, learn, and practice the new content, they use it in communicative situations. • Get Ready! provides a strong strategy strand throughout—listening, reading, writing, and viewing. Connect to Language in Action A dramatic video introduces students to life in a US school and brings unit vocabulary and grammar to life. • Audio activities reinforce new concepts. • Audio of the readings provide models for pronunciation and fluency. • A video presents recurring student characters. • A video Virtual Chat helps students develop listening and speaking skills.

12 Emma is in the classroom. She is at her desk. She has paper and markers. A boy says hello. He says, “Hi! I am Lucas. What are you doing?” Emma says, “I am making name cards. How do you spell your name?” Lucas says, “L-U-C-A-S.” Emma writes the name. She says, “What do you like?” Lucas says, “I like soccer.” Emma draws a soccer ball. A girl says hello. She says, “Hey! I’m Sofia. What are you doing?” Emma says, “I am making name cards. How do you spell your name?” Sofia says, “S-O-F-I-A.” Emma writes the name. She asks, “What do you like?” Sofia says, “I like skateboarding.” Emma draws a skateboard. Another boy says hello. Emma says, “Hi! What is your name?” The boy says, “Amar.” Emma asks, “How do you spell your name?” Amar says, “A-M-A-R.” Emma writes the name. She asks, “What do you like?” Amar says, “I like books.” Emma draws books. Lucas looks at the cards. He says, “I want to make name cards, too!” Sofia says, “Me, too! Amar says, “Me, too!” Emma, Lucas, Sofia, and Amar work together and make cards. Name Cards paper and markers name card soccer ball skateboard ELL27_SS_CTR+_readings_prototype.indd 7 17/06/25 3:36 PM LANGUAGE & LITERACY CONNECT TO Reading Informational text Read. What words do you know? An informational text gives you information about a topic. A science article on a science website is an informational text. READING STRATEGY What do you know? Identify the words you know. What do they tell you about the text? Listen to the teacher. Listen to your classmates. Be polite. Say “Please” and “Thank you.” Work together. Work hard. Ask questions. Come to class on time. Do your best. Have fun! CLASSROOM RULES RULES Reading 18 eighteen | Unit 1 Why do we read? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION LANGUAGE & LITERACY 1 Complete the classroom rules. EXAMPLE: Listen to the . Communicate Work with a classmate. Write two more rules. Share with the class. Listen to the teacher. 1. ____________________ 2. _____________________ 3. ____________________ 4. Do . 5. Be . 6. Have . 4. ____________________ 5. ____________________ 6. ____________________ teacher 1. Listen to your . 2. Say . 3. Ask . 2 Work with a classmate. Act out the rules. 3 Write the rules. Share with the class. EXAMPLE: 1. ______________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Connect to Reading PLUS Unit 1 | nineteen 19 abc LANGUAGE & LITERACY CONNECT TO Phonics Consonants: m, s, t, f, d Listen to the letter sounds. Listen to the words. Repeat. man student teacher M m S s T t folder desk F f D d 1 Listen. What is the beginning sound? Point to the letter. 2 Listen. What is the middle sound? Point to the letter. 3 Listen. What is the ending sound? Point to the letter. Why is it important to learn phonics? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Middle Ending camel glasses guitar coffee video arm bus bat scarf friend m s t f d m s t f d m s t f d Tutorials 16 sixteen | Unit 1 LANGUAGE & LITERACY Short vowels: a and i Listen to the letter sounds. Listen to the words. Repeat. A a I i bin lid ink 1 Listen. What is the beginning sound? Point to the letter. 2 Listen. What is the middle sound? Point to the letter. 3 Listen. Point to the word you hear. man student teacher folder desk ask ink 4 Say each word. Focus on the beginning letter. a i a i 5 Decode. Listen and repeat. Communicate • Ask the man. • The folder fell. • The student sits at the desk. • The teacher uses red ink. man teacher man student teacher folder desk ask ink Work with a classmate. Look around the room. Say words with m, s, t, f, d, a, and i. Take turns. ask class map Decodable Readers Unit 1 | seventeen 17 Txii WALK-THROUGH Connect to Phonics Get Ready! provides systematic and explicit phonics instruction that is appropriate for teenage multilingual learners. Connect to Reading Get Ready! includes a variety of reading genres, such as informational text, narrative, biography, poem, mystery, science fiction, and historical fiction. • Phonics Tutorials engage students with phonics explanations and practice. • Age-appropriate Decodable Readers and activities provide opportunities for decoding and building reading fluency. • Students listen to an audio recording of the text. The recording provides a model for pronunciation and fluency. • Connect to Reading PLUS provides two additional readings and activities per unit. DECODABLE Bat Is Fast get_ready_2027_u01_FastBat.indd 1 3/06/25 10:12 AM Teacher Tim’s Mat DECODABLE get_ready_2027_u01_TimMat.indd 1 3/06/25 10:19 AM Languages Look at the map. It is a map of the world. It shows languages that people speak. People in the world speak many, many languages. Here are five languages that many people speak. The number 1 language is Chinese. People in China speak Chinese. To say hello in Chinese, you say: 你好 (nǐ hǎo). To say good-bye in Chinese, you say: 再见 (zài jiàn). The number 2 language is Spanish. People speak Spanish in many countries. To say hello in Spanish, you say: hola. To say good-bye in Spanish, you say: adiós. The number 3 language is English. People speak English in many countries. You know how to say hello and good-bye in English. The number 4 language is Arabic. People speak Arabic in many countries. To say hello in Arabic, you say: ًً م ََرْْح ََب ََا (marhaban). To say good-bye in Arabic, you say: مَع السلامَة (ma’a al-salama). The number 5 language is Hindi. People in India speak Hindi. To say hello in Hindi, you say: नमस् तेे (namaste). To say good-bye in Hindi, you say: अलवि�दाा (alvida). What languages do you speak? Can you teach your class to say hello and good-bye in your languages? world language map ELL27_SS_CTR+_readings_prototype.indd 2 4/07/25 8:28 AM

13 Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing What’s your first name? D- Open you book E- Close your book F- Write your name A- Stand up B- Sit down C- Raise your hand Page 20 D- Open you book E- Close your book F- Write your name A- Stand up B- Sit down C- Raise your hand Page 20 D- Open you book E- Close your book F- Write your name A- Stand up B- Sit down C- Raise your hand Page 20 D- Open you book E- Close your book F- Write your name A- Stand up B- Sit down C- Raise your hand Page 20 D- Open you book E- Close your book F- Write your name A- Stand up B- Sit down C- Raise your hand Page 20 D- Open you book E- Close your book F- Write your name A- Stand up B- Sit down C- Raise your hand Page 20 LANGUAGE & LITERACY MORE EXPRESSIONS CONNECT TO Grammar Tutorials Sentences and punctuation marks What is a sentence? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Stand up. Sit down. Raise your hand. Open your book. Close your book. Write your name. 1 Write a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Type of sentence Example Punctuation mark at the end statement My name is Jia. period command Listen. period question What’s your name? question mark exclamation Welcome, Jorge! exclamation point CULTURE NOTE Are the punctuation marks in your home language the same or different? Explain. EXAMPLE: What’s your last name___ ? 1. Sit down___ 2. Hey, Mike___ 3. How do you spell that___ 4. Have fun___ 5. My name is Sara___ 6. Listen to the teacher___ 7. I am a student___ 8. What’s your first name___ 2 Write one sentence for each punctuation mark. Share with a classmate. 1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________ 20 twenty | Unit 1 My name is Farouk Farah. LANGUAGE & LITERACY Capitalization Capital letters Examples beginning of a sentence My name is Anita. first and last names My name is Anwar Nasser. languages You speak English. the word I Dan and I speak English. countries I am from Venezuela. titles of people My math teacher is Mr. Lu. Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz capital letter lowercase letter 1 Write the sentences. Use capital letters. EXAMPLE: hello, mateo. ____________ 1. do your best. ______________________________________________________ 2. my english teacher is mr. cole. ______________________________________________________ 3. i am sam. ______________________________________________________ 4. i speak spanish. ______________________________________________________ 5. work hard. ______________________________________________________ 6. my first name is ana. ______________________________________________________ 7. good morning, ms. garcia. ______________________________________________________ 8. have fun in english class! ______________________________________________________ Hello, Mateo. CULTURE NOTE Are the rules for capital letters in your home language the same or different? Explain. 2 Write three sentences. Use capital letters. Share with a classmate. 1. _______________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________ Unit 1 | twenty-one 21 LANGUAGE & LITERACY 4 Read. Complete the pictures. 5 Write about you. Add two pictures. 6 Present your story from Activity 5 to a classmate. READING STRATEGY Visualize When you read, make pictures in your head. I’m Samir Mallah. I’m from Syria. I am polite. I like to write. I’m Rosa Morena. I’m from Cuba. My locker is stuck. I’m out of luck. I can... Yes No say hello and good-bye give my name spell my name identify the sounds of the consonants m, s, t, f, d and the short vowels a and i use sentence punctuation marks use classroom expressions use capital letters identify nouns identify the subject of a sentence use the verb be say where I am from My name is Rosaline. I am from Haiti. I feel fine. I’m always on time. Answer the questions. 1. What was easy for you? 2. What was hard? 3. What was fun? Self-evaluation Write the list in your notebook. Check (✓) what you can do. Review what you cannot do. I′m... CONNECT TO LANGUAGE & LITERACY Common Phrases & Greetings in American Sign Language Review Unit 1 | twenty-five 25 Txiii WALK-THROUGH Connect to Grammar • Grammar forms and functions are presented in manageable chunks in each unit. • Pair work and group work as well as writing activities encourage sharing and communication. Animated Grammar Tutorials engage students by pairing grammar rules with fun explanations. Review • Self-evaluation allows students to recognize areas in which they need to further develop their skills. • Metacognitive questions encourage students to think about their learning. The Review Videos include PSAs, songs, and other short videos for students to enjoy and evaluate. Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing LANGUAGE & LITERACY CONNECT TO Grammar 1 Read the sentences. Identify the subjects. EXAMPLE: Mrs. Bloom is in the classroom. Mrs. Bloom, proper noun 1. Central Middle School is in the United States. 3. Farouk is a first name. 2. The locker is in the hallway. 4. The students have fun! A sentence starts with a subject. The subject can be a noun. subject = Nadia = proper noun Nadia is a student.  Name some common nouns. a teacher a school a book A proper noun names a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun starts with a capital letter.  Name some proper nouns. Mr. Saleem is a teacher. The school is big. Romeo and Juliet is a book by William Shakespeare. Nouns A noun is a person, place, or thing. A common noun is not specific. It starts with a lowercase letter. specific person specific place specific thing Mr. Ortiz Greenwood Middle School person place thing 2 Write two sentences. Then work with a classmate. Your classmate identifies the subjects. the book Romeo and Juliet 22 twenty-two | Unit 1 LANGUAGE & LITERACY be I am Olivia. I’m Olivia. You are Juan. You’re Juan. Mr. Lee is a teacher. Mr. Lee‘s a teacher. Emily is a girl. Emily’s a girl. OR 1 Match the sentences and the pictures. 2 Choose a word from A, B, and C. Write five sentences. EXAMPLE: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Good morning. I am your English teacher. My name is Mrs. Carter. What’s your name? PUNCTUATION NOTE ’ = apostrophe a. Pedro is a boy. d. I’m Mr. Flores. b. Mrs. Johnson is a teacher. e. You’re Pearl. c. Sophie’s a girl. f. You are a teacher. A B C I Mr. _____ You Maria Tom am are is a student an English teacher a boy a man a woman a girl I am a woman. ______ e 3. ______ EXAMPLE: 4. ______ 1. ______ 5. ______ 2. ______ The verb be A sentence also has a verb. One verb is be.  Look at the forms of be. What do you notice? Unit 1 | twenty-three 23

14 Readings Introduction to electives CONNECT TO Electives Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing What are electives? ? What’s the name of the class? 1. ______ 4. ______ 7. ______ 2. ______ 5. ______ 8. ______ 3. ______ 6. ______ 9. ______ e Work with a classmate. Match each picture to a class. a. drama b. journalism c. music d. physical education e. business f. computer science g. career and technical education h. art i. world languages CONTENT 38 thirty-eight | Unit 1 ESSENTIAL QUESTION CONTENT Introduction to mathematics How do people use numbers? Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Do you know these numbers? When do you use these numbers? The woman and the girl: The boy: • measures his speed > 3 miles in 16 minutes • compares his time to Ken and Carlos > Me: 16 minutes f irst > Ken: 17 minutes second > Carlos: 18 minutes third Cardinal numbers 0 zero 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 fi ve 6 six 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 f ifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen 20 twenty • count the eggs > 1, 2 eggs • measure the milk > 1 cup of milk CONNECT TO Mathematics Readings 34 thirty-four | Unit 1 When do you see and use math? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION CONTENT Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Introduction to social studies What clues do the sources give you? CONNECT TO Social Studies What is social studies? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Follow this inquiry process for each source. Workers build a pyramid in Egypt. Scientists explore the inside of a pyramid. Scientists dig near a pyramid. Tourists visit a pyramid. Pictures tell a story. Pictures are sources of information. • Who do you see? • Where is this? • Does the picture show the past or the present? How do you know? Readings 30 thirty | Unit 1 Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing Introduction to science This is a box. What is in the box? CONNECT TO Science CONTENT Answer the question. Follow these steps. • Work with a team. • Observe the box. • Investigate together. • Gather information. • Discuss your ideas. • Explain your ideas. D- Gathering Information E- Discuss you ideas F- Explain your idea A- Work with a team B- Observe the box C- Investigate together Page 30 D- Gathering Information E- Discuss you ideas F- Explain your idea A- Work with a team B- Observe the box C- Investigate together Page 30 D- Gathering Information E- Discuss you ideas F- Explain your idea A- Work with a team B- Observe the box C- Investigate together Page 30 D- Gathering Information E- Discuss you ideas F- Explain your idea A- Work with a team B- Observe the box C- Investigate together Page 30 D- Gathering Information E- Discuss you ideas F- Explain your idea A- Work with a team B- Observe the box C- Investigate together Page 30 D- Gathering Information E- Discuss you ideas F- Explain your idea A- Work with a team B- Observe the box C- Investigate together Page 30 Readings 26 twenty-six | Unit 1 When do you see and use science? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Txiv WALK-THROUGH • The academic content section—Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, Electives—focus on building academic literacy while cultivating English language development. • Students learn key academic vocabulary and key concepts related to the content area. • Content helps students access grade level standards. Different from unit to unit, elective topics include music, art, P.E., journalism, world languages, computer science, career and technical education, business, and drama. Connect to Content Students can listen to audio recordings of the readings. Connect to Science Connect to Mathematics Connect to Social Studies Connect to Electives

15 Grammar Languages Language Arts Math Science Social Studies Electives Writing A story about school Write a story about school. • Choose a class. • Write a story about the class. • Draw pictures. Science class, by Pedro Santiago WRITING STRATEGY Think about what you know What words and expressions do you know? What do you know about writing sentences? Gather information. Discuss ideas. Hi. I’m Pedro. What’s your name? Hi. I’m Haluk. How do you spell that? H-A-L-U-K. Hello, students! My name is Mrs. Green. I am your science teacher. Good-bye, class. See you later. Have fun! Work with a team. Investigate together. CONNECT TO Writing Why do we write? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION PUT IT ALL TOGETHER 40 forty | Unit 1 Present your story to the class. Show the pictures. Speak clearly. Use gestures. Checklist  Is my story clear?  Do I use the correct words?  Do I need to add words?  Is the spelling correct?  Is the capitalization correct?  Is the punctuation correct? Storyboard Plan Look at your notes. Write a draft of your story. A draft is not perfect. Put your ideas in sentences. Review what you learned. Choose a class. Plan your story. Write notes in a storyboard. Reread your draft. Look at the Checklist. Do you need to make changes? Rewrite your story. Add pictures or photos. Draft Revise Present PUT IT ALL TOGETHER Unit 1 | forty-one 41 Txv WALK-THROUGH Connect to Writing • The process writing steps and a student model guide students in completing a writing assignment. • Students write with a variety of writing styles, such as stories, poems, informational texts, and biographies. Phonics Essentials is designed to help teachers pinpoint individual needs and provide comprehensive and explicit phonics instruction and practice to fill in gaps and build a strong foundation. Grounded in the Science of Reading, this workbook aligns to all phonics and foundational literacy standards to ensure all learners get the support they need. Students can write, edit, and submit their assignments online. Project • The unit project provides an experiential and authentic way to synthesize unit learning in concrete, creative, and engaging ways. • Students build on their funds of knowledge while promoting cultural learning within the classroom. Connect to Media Students watch an authentic video and learn to view media through a critical lens. The authentic video is available for viewing online. CONNECT TO Media HOME ABOUT ME GUEST POSTS SCHOOL EVENTS Introduction to school by Ana Vazquez An online post Project Why do people write online posts? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION How does media connect the world? ? ESSENTIAL QUESTION Back to School Song Read the questions. Watch the video. Then answer the questions. Share your answers with the class. 1. Who do you see? 2. Where are they? 3. What is the song about? 4. List words from the song that you know. VIEWING STRATEGY Visual thinking What do you see? What does that tell you? Create an online post. Use pictures and words to show: Project Media • hello and good-bye • your classes Share your post. Explain the pictures and words. PUT IT ALL TOGETHER 42 forty-two | Unit 1 Put It All Together Phonics Essentials Supplement

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE connect to Language Language in Action Phonics Reading Grammar UNIT 1 INTRODUCTIONS page 7 pages 8–11 Hello and good-bye! • give your name • say hello and good-bye LISTENING STRATEGY: Listen for key words READING: People at School READING STRATEGY: Look at the pictures pages 12–15 What’s your name? • spell your first and last name • say thank you LISTENING STRATEGY: Preview the activity READING: English Class List READING STRATEGY: Predict pages 16–17 • consonants: m, s, t, f, d • short vowels: a, i pages 18–19 Informational text READING: Classroom Rules READING STRATEGY: What do you know? pages 20–25 • sentences and punctuation marks • capitalization • nouns • the verb be • classroom commands • say where you are from LISTENING STRATEGY: Listen for intonation READING: I’m... READING STRATEGY: Visualize UNIT 2 AT SCHOOL page 43 pages 44–47 Where is the principal? • talk about places in a school • identify school employees LISTENING STRATEGY: Listen for key words READING: Sofia Is Lost! READING STRATEGY: Infer pages 48–51 Where is the science lab? • ask where people and places are located • say what I need in school and for class LISTENING STRATEGY: Listen for locations READING: Science Lab Safety Rules READING STRATEGY: Use visual and contextual support pages 52–53 • consonants: r, g, l, h, c • short vowels: o, u pages 54–55 Mystery READING: The Missing Book READING STRATEGY: Repeated reading for fluency pages 56–61 • singular subject pronouns: I, you, he, she, it • plural subject pronouns: we, you, they • the verb be • articles: a or an; the LISTENING STRATEGY: Listen for the subject READING: Who Are We? READING STRATEGY: Look at the pronouns GET READY FOR ENGLISH! page 1 page 1 In School page 2 Directionality & Phonemic Awareness page 3 Phonemic Awareness page 4 Phonological Skills pages 5–6 The English Alphabet SCOPE AND SEQUENCE vi 16

Science Social Studies Math Electives Writing Project Media pages 26–29 Introduction to science • talk about when I see and use science READING STRATEGY: Look for important words Science skill: Compare and contrast pages 30–33 Introduction to social studies • identify the areas of social studies READING STRATEGY: Activate prior knowledge Social studies skill: Compare and contrast pages 34–37 Introduction to mathematics • talk about when I see and use mathematics READING STRATEGY: Use headings pages 38–39 Introduction to electives • discuss elective classes pages 40–41 A story about school WRITING STRATEGY: Think about what you know page 42 An online post page 42 Back to School Song VIEWING STRATEGY: Visual thinking pages 62–65 Earth and the universe • identify objects in the universe READING STRATEGY: Use diagrams Science skill: Gather data pages 66–69 Citizenship and civic ideals • describe a good citizen READING STRATEGY: Use prior knowledge Social studies skill: Primary sources pages 70–73 Math operations • make sense of mathematics READING STRATEGY: Make sense of the problem pages 74–75 Music • talk about music in your school pages 76–77 An informational text about your school WRITING STRATEGY: Take notes page 78 An ad for your school page 78 Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time VIEWING STRATEGY: Make a prediction vii 17

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