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Two-volume format per level (Sail and Soar) also available NEWCOMER SUMMER PROGRAM for Grades 1–3 and 4–6 Get Ready! Sail (Grades 1–3) and Get Ready! Soar (Grades 4–6) are specially designed programs for newcomer and beginner multilingual learners. Built on best practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students, these engaging, age-appropriate lessons help young learners build English skills across all content areas. The new Assess to Learn system allows teachers to track progress, identify skill gaps, and personalize instruction for every student. The most comprehensive program for newcomers and beginningproficiency learners Get Ready! Sail and Soar for Elementary School ©2022 | Paperback | 2 volumes; 12 units per volume GRADES 1–6 NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS
[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 Get Ready! offers a comprehensive curriculum aligned with key standards, helping students grow in vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, writing, and grammar. It’s the only newcomer program that truly builds academic language and content literacy. Flexible print and digital resources Teachers and students benefit from a complete print package—including leveled readers—and an easy-to-use online platform designed specifically for language and literacy development. Practical differentiation The program is packed with clear, practical strategies to help teachers support multilingual learners at all proficiency levels and across all language skills. Program design • Student Book • Practice Book • Vocabulary Cards • Readers with decodability • Content-Area Readers with multiple entry points • Teacher Edition • Assessment program • Readers Teacher’s Guide PRINT STUDENT Components PRINT TEACHER Components Leveled readers Reading is critical to improving English language proficiency, which is why Get Ready! is supported with a library of content-area readers with multiple entry points. The Get Reading! libraries include one language arts, one science, one social studies, and one math reader for every unit of the Get Ready! programs (see pg. 108). GRADES 1–6 NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS
Supersite Prime Online Student Edition Downloadable eBook Online Workbook Online Teacher Resources 84 COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR NEWCOMER/BEGINNER STUDENTS for Grades 6–8 and 9–12 Get Ready! is the most comprehensive standards-based program developed specifically to address the unique needs of middle and high school newcomer/ beginner English learners. This multi-level program engages students with age-appropriate, motivating communicative presentations, as well as literary and informational lessons in a range of content areas. And with the new Assess to Learn system, teachers can assess ongoing learning progress, discover skills gaps, and personalize instruction! Rich curriculum developed specifically for middle school and high school newcomer/ beginner students. Get Ready! Middle and High School ©2021 | Paperback | 2 levels, each with intro and 10 units LEARN MORE NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS GRADES 6–12 Supersite Prime Online Student Edition Downloadable eBook Online Workbook Online Teacher Resources 84 COMPLETE PROGRAM FOR NEWCOMER/BEGINNER STUDENTS for Grades 6–8 and 9–12 Get Ready! is the most comprehensive standards-based program developed specifically to address the unique needs of middle and high school newcomer/ beginner English learners. This multi-level program engages students with age-appropriate, motivating communicative presentations, as well as literary and informational lessons in a range of content areas. And with the new Assess to Learn system, teachers can assess ongoing learning progress, discover skills gaps, and personalize instruction! Rich curriculum developed specifically for middle school and high school newcomer/ beginner students. Get Ready! Middle and High School ©2021 | Paperback | 2 levels, each with intro and 10 units LEARN MORE NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS GRADES 6–12 GRADES 6–12 NEWCOMER SUMMER PROGRAM for Grades 6–8 and Grades 9–12 Two-volume format per level also available Secondary
[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 85 Standards-based approach Get Ready! covers a rich, comprehensive, standards-based curriculum. Focused specialization The program is conceived and written exclusively for multilingual learners (MLs) who are identified as newcomers, beginners, entering, or emerging level. Differentiated instruction Get Ready! is infused with concrete guidance on ways teachers can meet the needs of MLs across the range of abilities, within and across proficiency levels and language domains. • Student Book • Practice Book • Content-area Readers with Multiple Entry Points PRINT STUDENT Components • Teacher Edition • Assessment PRINT TEACHER Components Supersite The Supersite is an online learning environment created specifically for literacy development and language acquisition and focused on preparing students to participate in class and transition to the next proficiency level. Engaging multimedia Get Ready! offers a wealth of multimedia, including recordings of literature, authentic video, interactive Grammar Tutorials, Virtual Chat activities, and much more. Get Reading! Library The Get Reading! library includes 120 readers— 1 language arts, 1 science, 1 social studies, and 1 math reader per unit—at three levels of readability each (see pg. 110). NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS GRADES 6–12 4-25_K-12_ins_catalog_076-113_EL-ELD.indd 85 8/08/2024 4:32:31 p. m. GRADES 6–12 [email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 85 Standards-based approach Get Ready! covers a rich, comprehensive, standards-based curriculum. Focused specialization The program is conceived and written exclusively for multilingual learners (MLs) who are identified as newcomers, beginners, entering, or emerging level. Differentiated instruction Get Ready! is infused with concrete guidance on ways teachers can meet the needs of MLs across the range of abilities, within and across proficiency levels and language domains. • Student Book • Practice Book • Content-area Readers with Multiple Entry Points PRINT STUDENT Components • Teacher Edition • Assessment PRINT TEACHER Components Supersite The Supersite is an online learning environment created specifically for literacy development and language acquisition and focused on preparing students to participate in class and transition to the next proficiency level. Engaging multimedia Get Ready! offers a wealth of multimedia, including recordings of literature, authentic video, interactive Grammar Tutorials, Virtual Chat activities, and much more. Get Reading! Library The Get Reading! library includes 120 readers— 1 language arts, 1 science, 1 social studies, and 1 math reader per unit—at three levels of readability each (see pg. 110). NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS GRADES 6–12 [email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 85 Standards-based approach Get Ready! covers a rich, comprehensive, standards-based curriculum. Focused specialization The program is conceived and written exclusively for multilingual learners (MLs) who are identified as newcomers, beginners, entering, or emerging level. Differentiated instruction Get Ready! is infused with concrete guidance on ways teachers can meet the needs of MLs across the range of abilities, within and across proficiency levels and language domains. • Student Book • Practice Book • Content-area Readers with Multiple Entry Points PRINT STUDENT Components • Teacher Edition • Assessment PRINT TEACHER Components Supersite The Supersite is an online learning environment created specifically for literacy development and language acquisition and focused on preparing students to participate in class and transition to the next proficiency level. Engaging multimedia Get Ready! offers a wealth of multimedia, including recordings of literature, authentic video, interactive Grammar Tutorials, Virtual Chat activities, and much more. Get Reading! Library The Get Reading! library includes 120 readers— 1 language arts, 1 science, 1 social studies, and 1 math reader per unit—at three levels of readability each (see pg. 110). NEWCOMERS/BEGINNERS [email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 85 Standards-based approach Get Ready! covers a rich, comprehensive, standards-based curriculum. Focused specialization The program is conceived and written exclusively for multilingual learners (MLs) who are identified as newcomers, beginners, entering, or emerging level. Differentiated instruction Get Ready! is infused with concrete guidance on ways teachers can meet the needs of MLs across the range of abilities, within and across proficiency levels and language domains. • Student Book • Practice Book • Content-area Readers with Multiple Entry Points PRINT STUDENT Components • Teacher Edition • Assessment PRINT TEACHER Components Supersite The Supersite is an online learning environment created specifically for literacy development and language acquisition and focused on preparing students to participate in class and transition to the next proficiency level. Engaging multimedia Get Ready! offers a wealth of multimedia, including recordings of literature, authentic video, interactive Grammar Tutorials, Virtual Chat activities, and much more. Get Reading! Library The Get Reading! library includes 120 readers— 1 language arts, 1 science, 1 social studies, and 1 math reader per unit—at three levels of readability each (see pg. 110). 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UNLOCK FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS FOR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS AND STRIVING LEARNERS Phonics Essentials is the perfect program component for teens and young adults needing targeted support to master foundational literacy skills crucial for reading and writing success. It helps educators identify individual learning gaps and provides explicit, comprehensive phonics instruction and practice to fill those gaps and build a strong reading foundation. Grounded in the Science of Reading, this workbook aligns with phonics and foundational literacy standards to ensure learners get focused support. Equips teens and young adults with tools to become independent, fluent readers who can engage with increasingly complex texts. Phonics Essentials for Teens and Young Adults ©2027 GRADES 4–12 PHONICS ESSENTIALS
[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 PHONICS ESSENTIALS GRADES 4–12 Concepts such as consonants, vowels, digraphs are introduced aexplicitly and reinforced through meaningful context and practice. Explicit Introduction and Practice Comprehensive Literacy Development Decodable Reader Decodable Reader Activities C Read the words. Choose the words with short e or u. hug sell use Pete red deer rude ten run huge here us D Sort the words from Activity D. short e short u hug E Look at the picture. Say the word. Write the missing letter. EXAMPLE: c p 1. b s 2. gg 3. dr m 4. n t u © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 115 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 115 1/10/25 2:10 PM e, u Short Vowel Review Remember the following rule: consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC) = short vowel Listen to the letter sounds. Repeat. Listen to the words. Repeat. E e E e U u U u ten bed duck bug A Listen. What is the vowel sound? Choose the letter. 1. e u 3. e u 5. e u 2. e u 4. e u 6. e u B Listen. Write the missing letters. EXAMPLE: You hear: Use the red pencil. You write: Use the r d p ncil. 1. I have t n p ns. 2. The d ck has f n in the water. 3. There is a b g on the b d. e e e u Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 114 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 114 1/10/25 2:10 PM D Reread “A Duck’s Home.” Write numbers (1–4) to show the order. a. The duck made a home. b. The duck slept in its nest. c. The duck saw a bug. d. The duck swam. E Reread “A Duck’s Home.” Choose the answer. EXAMPLE: The nest was made of sticks and mud. Yes No 1. The duck saw a bug in the mud. 2. The duck and the bug swam on the pond. 3. The duck spotted a snack. 4. The duck slept in a nest. 5. The nest was big. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No F Reread “A Duck’s Home.” Write the missing letters. Say the words. EXAMPLE: ick 1. icks 2. ept 3. ots 4. all 5. ack 6. em 1 sl sl sm sn sp st sw The duck swam on the pond. 6 Decodable Words bug, duck, in, is, it, its, make, mud, slept, slick, small, snack, snug, spots, stem, sticks, swam High Frequency Words Focus: home, how, little, made Others: a, and, on, the, with © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 A Duck’s Home 1 It made its home with sticks and slick mud. 3 CTP25_L2_SE_U2_A Ducks Home_booklet.indd 10 11/16/23 12:56 PM Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 120 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 120 1/10/25 2:10 PM Decodable Reader Activities A Read “A Duck’s Home.” Write the words two times. 1. home 2. how 3. little 4. made B Complete the sentences about “A Duck’s Home.” 1. did the duck make its home? 2. It its with sticks and mud. 3. It got in its snug nest. C Complete the sentences. EXAMPLE: I walk with Mom. 1. That kitten is and cute. 2. Can you tell me to make a kite? 3. Kam dinner for us. 4. I sleep in a bed. 5. Did Alex do his work at ? home Words to Use home little How made Words to Use home little how made © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 119 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 119 1/10/25 2:10 PM The duck swam on the pond. 6 Decodable Words bug, duck, in, is, it, its, make, mud, slept, slick, small, snack, snug, spots, stem, sticks, swam High Frequency Words Focus: home, how, little, made Others: a, and, on, the, with © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 It is a bug on a stem. 5 It got in its snug little nest. It slept. 7 LESSON 10 118 Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 118 1/10/25 2:10 PM How did the duck make its home? 2 The duck spots a small snack. 4 It made its home with sticks and slick mud. 3 A Duck’s Home 1 Decodable Reader LESSON 10 117 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 Name Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 117 1/10/25 2:10 PM Concepts such as consonants, vowels, and digraphs are introduced aexplicitly and reinforced through meaningful context and practice. Specially designed texts that reinforce letter-sound relationships and give learners meaningful opportunities to apply phonics skills in authentic reading. Explicit Introduction and Practice Decodable Reader Comprehensive Literacy Development Decodable Reader Activities Skills are learned and practiced through activities that incorporate listening, speaking, reading, and writing to promote comprehensive literacy development. Engaging practice exercises that help measure and strengthen students’ emerging decoding skills in a scaffolded way. Key Features B Listen. Write the missing letters. sl sm sn sp st sw EXAMPLE: You hear: There is a swan in the lake. You write: There is a an in the lake. 1. It is owing today! 2. He has a red ed with white ots. 3. There are a lot of ars. 4. The ants are all. C Listen. Look at the picture. Say the word. Choose and write the missing letters. EXAMPLE: sl sn sp ake 1. st sp sl ide 2. sm sw sn ile 3. sl sp st ill 4. sw sp st ar 5. st sw sn ing sw sn © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 111 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 111 1/10/25 2:10 PM sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw S-Blends Listen to the letter sounds. Repeat. Listen to the words. Repeat. sl sm sn sleep smell snail sp st sw spoon stone swim A Listen. What is the beginning sound? Choose the letters. 1. sl sm sn sp st sw 2. sl sm sn sp st sw 3. sl sm sn sp st sw 4. sl sm sn sp st sw 5. sl sm sn sp st sw 6. sl sm sn sp st sw Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 110 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 110 1/10/25 2:10 PM C Read the words. Choose the words with short e or u. hug sell use Pete red deer rude ten run huge here us D Sort the words from Activity D. short e short u hug E Look at the picture. Say the word. Write the missing letter. EXAMPLE: c p 1. b s 2. gg 3. dr m 4. n t u © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 115 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 115 1/10/25 2:10 PM e, u Short Vowel Review Remember the following rule: consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC) = short vowel Listen to the letter sounds. Repeat. Listen to the words. Repeat. E e E e U u U u ten bed duck bug A Listen. What is the vowel sound? Choose the letter. 1. e u 3. e u 5. e u 2. e u 4. e u 6. e u B Listen. Write the missing letters. EXAMPLE: You hear: Use the red pencil. You write: Use the r d p ncil. 1. I have t n p ns. 2. The d ck has f n in the water. 3. There is a b g on the b d. e e e u Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 114 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 114 1/10/25 2:10 PM D Reread “A Duck’s Home.” Write numbers (1–4) to show the order. a. The duck made a home. b. The duck slept in its nest. c. The duck saw a bug. d. The duck swam. E Reread “A Duck’s Home.” Choose the answer. EXAMPLE: The nest was made of sticks and mud. Yes No 1. The duck saw a bug in the mud. 2. The duck and the bug swam on the pond. 3. The duck spotted a snack. 4. The duck slept in a nest. 5. The nest was big. Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No F Reread “A Duck’s Home.” Write the missing letters. Say the words. EXAMPLE: ick 1. icks 2. ept 3. ots 4. all 5. ack 6. em 1 sl sl sm sn sp st sw The duck swam on the pond. 6 Decodable Words bug, duck, in, is, it, its, make, mud, slept, slick, small, snack, snug, spots, stem, sticks, swam High Frequency Words Focus: home, how, little, made Others: a, and, on, the, with © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 A Duck’s Home 1 It made its home with sticks and slick mud. 3 CTP25_L2_SE_U2_A Ducks Home_booklet.indd 10 11/16/23 12:56 PM Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 120 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 120 1/10/25 2:10 PM Decodable Reader Activities A Read “A Duck’s Home.” Write the words two times. 1. home 2. how 3. little 4. made B Complete the sentences about “A Duck’s Home.” 1. did the duck make its home? 2. It its with sticks and mud. 3. It got in its snug nest. C Complete the sentences. EXAMPLE: I walk with Mom. 1. That kitten is and cute. 2. Can you tell me to make a kite? 3. Kam dinner for us. 4. I sleep in a bed. 5. Did Alex do his work at ? home Words to Use home little How made Words to Use home little how made © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 119 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 119 1/10/25 2:10 PM The duck swam on the pond. 6 Decodable Words bug, duck, in, is, it, its, make, mud, slept, slick, small, snack, snug, spots, stem, sticks, swam High Frequency Words Focus: home, how, little, made Others: a, and, on, the, with © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 It is a bug on a stem. 5 It got in its snug little nest. It slept. 7 LESSON 10 118 Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 118 1/10/25 2:10 PM How did the duck make its home? 2 The duck spots a small snack. 4 It made its home with sticks and slick mud. 3 A Duck’s Home 1 Decodable Reader LESSON 10 117 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 Name Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 117 1/10/25 2:10 PM Concepts such as consonants, vowels, and digraphs are introduced aexplicitly and reinforced through meaningful context and practice. Specially designed texts that reinforce letter-sound relationships and give learners meaningful opportunities to apply phonics skills in authentic reading. Explicit Introduction and Practice Decodable Reader Comprehensive Literacy Development Decodable Reader Activities Skills are learned and practiced through activities that incorporate listening, speaking, reading, and writing to promote comprehensive literacy development. Engaging practice exercises that help measure and strengthen students’ emerging decoding skills in a scaffolded way. B Listen. Write the missing letters. sl sm sn sp st sw EXAMPLE: You hear: There is a swan in the lake. You write: There is a an in the lake. 1. It is owing today! 2. He has a red ed with white ots. 3. There are a lot of ars. 4. The ants are all. C Listen. Look at the picture. Say the word. Choose and write the missing letters. EXAMPLE: sl sn sp ake 1. st sp sl ide 2. sm sw sn ile 3. sl sp st ill 4. sw sp st ar 5. st sw sn ing sw sn © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Lesson 10 111 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 111 1/10/25 2:10 PM sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw S-Blends Listen to the letter sounds. Repeat. Listen to the words. Repeat. sl sm sn sleep smell snail sp st sw spoon stone swim A Listen. What is the beginning sound? Choose the letters. 1. sl sm sn sp st sw 2. sl sm sn sp st sw 3. sl sm sn sp st sw 4. sl sm sn sp st sw 5. sl sm sn sp st sw 6. sl sm sn sp st sw Lesson 10 © by Vista Higher Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. 110 LESSON 10 Name Name Date Date PHE27_SE_L10_109-120.indd 110 1/10/25 2:10 PM Skills are learned and practiced through activities that incorporate listening, speaking, reading, and writing to promote comprehensive literacy development. Specially designed texts that reinforce letter-sound relationships and give learners meaningful opportunities to apply phonics skills in authentic reading. Engaging practice exercises that help measure and strengthen students’ emerging decoding skills in a scaffolded way.
SUMMER PROGRAM FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND STRIVING READERS Two-volume format for levels A and B also available. GRADES K–6 For Grades K–6 Connect is a standards-based literacy program designed for multilingual learners and striving readers in grades K–6. This powerful print and digital solution develops academic language and literacy skills through authentic texts and content-driven lessons, while addressing the proficiency needs of every student. With the Assess to Learn system, teachers can assess ongoing learning progress, discover skills gaps, and personalize instruction! Connect supports all models of instruction, including push-in and pull-out programs. Connect Language, Literacy, Content ©2022 | 7 levels | 8 units per level LITERACY & CONTENT
[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 What to expect with Connect • Ensures proficiency in the vocabulary, phonics, reading, listening, speaking, writing, and grammar skills that are vital to success in school and in life • Promotes academic language development and scaffolds reading and writing skills • Engages students with motivating literary and informational texts in science, social studies, math, and the arts • Helps students access grade-level content with scaffolded support • Is accompanied by authentic media and a rich digital learning environment with integrated content, resources, and tools uniquely created to engage students and support learning Unit opener • Student Book • Practice Book • Connect to Phonics PLUS (grades 1–3) • Thematic Readers (two readers per unit) • Decodable Readers (grade K only) • Teacher’s Edition • Vocabulary Cards • Assessment program • Poster Cutouts (grade K only) • Big Books (grade K only) PRINT PROGRAM Components GRADES K–6 LITERACY & CONTENT
Two-volume format per grade level also available SUMMER PROGRAM FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND STRIVING READERS Bridges to Literature and Content ©2023 | 3 levels | 10 units per level for Grades 6–8 Bridges is a standards-based literacy program designed to empower middle school students—including striving readers and long-term English learners (LTELs)—to become stronger independent readers. This powerful print and digital solution develops academic language and literacy skills through authentic texts and content-driven lessons, helping all students achieve grade-level proficiency. With the Assess to Learn system, teachers can assess ongoing learning progress, discover skills gaps, and personalize instruction! We love Bridges because it connects to all the content areas and it has lessons that are related to our students. GRADES 6–8 LITERACY & CONTENT
[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 What to expect with Bridges • Ensures proficiency in the vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, writing, and grammar skills that are vital to success in school and in life • Promotes academic language development and scaffolds reading and writing skills • Engages students with multicultural literary texts and content-rich informational texts that address science, social studies, math, and other content areas • Helps all multilingual learners—including striving readers and long-term English learners (LTELs)— access grade-level content with scaffolded supports • Accompanied by authentic media and a rich digital learning environment with integrated content, resources, and tools uniquely created to engage students and support learning Student Book • Student Book • Practice Book • Teacher’s Edition • Assessment program PRINT PROGRAM Components LITERACY & CONTENT GRADES 6–8
Two-volume format for levels A and B also available SUMMER PROGRAM FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS AND STRIVING READERS Engage with Literature and Content ©2025 | 4 levels | 8 units per level For Grades 9–12 Engage is a literacy program designed to empower high school students— especially multilingual learners, long-term English learners (LTELs), and striving readers—to become strong readers, confident writers, and critical thinkers. Engaging readings that connect to students’ everyday lives are combined with content-driven lessons to give students the skills they need to succeed in school and beyond. With the Assess to Learn system, teachers can assess ongoing learning progress, discover skills gaps, and personalize instruction! Develop language and literacy skills through engaging literary texts and contentdriven lessons that connect to students’ everyday lives LITERACY & CONTENT GRADES 9–12
[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 This autobiography sounds pretty interesting. I live near the mountains, too, so I can relate. But I live in a small city, so it isn’t as rural as the setting of Bowman’s Store. What about you? How would you describe where you live, your friends, and your family? Meet the Author Joseph Bruchac Born in 1942, Joseph Bruchac is a writer, storyteller, and poet. His ancestors are Native American, Slovak, and English. He is a member of the Abenaki Native American tribe. He was raised and still lives in Greenfield Center, New York, near the Adirondack Mountains. Much of his writing explores his experiences and culture. Bruchac has won numerous awards for his writing, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas in 1999. His 2005 novel Code Talker has been included in a list of the 100 best young adult books of all time. Author’s Purpose Authors write to persuade, to inform, to entertain, to explain, or to describe. Authors also make conscious choices in their writing to support their purposes. In an autobiography, an author’s purpose is usually to inform and to entertain. Look for people, places, and events that tell you about the author’s life. Look for dialogue and anecdotes (brief, interesting stories) that tell you something about the characters or the events. Analyze ▲ Writer, storyteller, and poet Joseph Bruchac Watch the book trailer for Bowman’s Store. Book Trailer React to the Trailer Watch the video. Answer the questions. Note It! Which one or two important events in your life would you include in your autobiography? 34 UNIT 1 Choices and Pathways 35 ENG25_A_SE_U01_026-085.indd 35 6/7/23 10:19 AM ENGAGE WITH READING from Bowman’s Store: A Journey to Myself by Joseph Bruchac FOREWORD 1 Bowman’s Store. That is what everyone called the place where I spent my childhood. A little gas station and general store in the Adirondack foothills town of Greenfield Center, New York. A town where at least a third of the people were Slovak immigrants—like my father, whose name I bear—who desperately wanted their children to be real Americans. A town where fully another third were of American Indian ancestry—real Americans, though few of them would admit it openly. And one of them was my mother. 2 Though my parents’ home was less than half a mile away from Bowman’s Store, I never spent a single night under their roof. Instead, I was raised by my maternal grandparents, Jesse Bowman and Marion Dunham. Grammar in Context ¶ 1 Notice the past tense verbs called and spent. Regular past tense verbs end in -ed or -d. Irregular past tense verbs, such as spent, are formed differently. What other past tense verbs can you find? ▲ My grandfather with my mother as a toddler Preview 1. What does the title of the book tell you about the genre? 2. Scan (look quickly at the whole reading) for unfamiliar words and make a list. Look up the words. 3. Predict What do the photographs tell us about the story? PURPOSE FOR READING As you read about the events in Joseph Bruchac’s autobiography, notice how he uses details, dialogue, and photos to tell his story. GLOSSARY foreword (n) introductory chapter foothills (n) low hills that rise to a mountain range bear (v) have, carry 36 UNIT 1 Choices and Pathways 37 ENG25_A_SE_U01_026-085.indd 36 6/7/23 10:19 AM READING STRATEGY Ask Questions ¶ 3–6 Ask yourself: Why does the author choose to include details about his grandfather? What do these details tell you about their relationship? What questions do you have about the characters? 1. Comprehension What was Jesse Bowman’s ancestry? 2. Analyze photos and captions What do the photos and captions show you about when Bruchac and his mother were born? 3. Analyze text structure: chronology ¶ 7 Why does the author use the time marker today? Inspect the Text 3 Jesse Bowman was a dark-skinned man who tried to hide his Abenaki Indian ancestry. I know now that he did this because of the prejudice against Indians that his family and many other Native families in the Northeast had experienced. Though his looks and demeanor were those of a Native person, he always referred to himself not as Indian but as French. And when anyone asked him why he was so dark-skinned he would simply say, “Us French is always dark.” 4 “But if you are French, Grampa,” I said to him once, “what am I?” 5 “Yer a mongrel,” he said. Then he smiled. “Jes’ like me. Mongrels is tough.” 6 Jesse Bowman raised me to manhood without ever admitting his heritage, yet today I am known as an American Indian storyteller and writer. People in many parts of this country and other countries read my words. Some even think of me as a teacher, of sorts. My own children have followed the path that I now walk; and they too, adults now, tell the traditional stories, sing the old songs in Abenaki, and know the American Indian view of the world as their own. It is a Native view of the world that their father only fully realized was his own when he became an adult. 7 How did this happen? How did I get from this childhood, in which my grandfather denied our shared Indian heritage, to my life today? This process was not linear or orderly. But I know where it begins. It begins in Bowman’s Store, a place where small seeds of love and trust, of belief and sharing, were planted—a place that was the home of my childhood, and the place where I live to this day. ▲ My grandfather with me at the age of four months GLOSSARY demeanor (n) appearance or behavior toward others orderly (adj) arranged neatly Expand Vocabulary: Word Structure ¶ 6 Analyze the structure of the word traditional. 36 UNIT 1 Choices and Pathways 37 ENG25_A_SE_U01_026-085.indd 37 6/7/23 10:19 AM What to expect with Engage • Offers print resources and a personalized digital solution designed to support students at different proficiency levels as they develop their academic language and literacy skills • Builds proficiency in the vocabulary, reading, listening, speaking, writing, and grammar skills that are vital to success in school and in life • Promotes academic language development and scaffolds reading and writing skills • Engages students with rich, motivating literary texts that connect to real life and engaging informational texts in science, social studies, math, and other content areas • Inspires students to explore career pathways • Helps students access grade-level content with scaffolded supports • Is accompanied by authentic media and a rich digital learning environment with integrated content, resources, and tools uniquely created to engage students and support language learning Student Book • Student Book • Practice Book • Teacher’s Edition • Assessment program PRINT PROGRAM Components LITERACY & CONTENT GRADES 9–12
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[email protected] | Customer Support 1-800-269-6311 Standards progression Teacher assessment chart Quizzes HOW IT WORKS Avanza and Boost offer a student automated mode and a teacher-led mode, for ultimate flexibility. Personalized, adaptive instruction • Quickly assesses each student’s instructional level • Automatically assigns personalized lessons, books, and quizzes • Supports independent practice in reading, writing, phonics, and oral fluency Comprehensive teaching resources • Supports instruction with domain-specific mini-lesson videos, scripts, and activities for teachers • Meets student needs with hundreds of authentic texts aligned to language, reading, social studies, and science standards • Builds vocabulary and fluency with interactive phonics and oral games to build vocabulary and fluency Real-time progress monitoring • Provides real-time data on student growth and skill gaps • Enables teachers, administrators, and families to track progress • Connects assessment data directly to instructional resources for targeted support Academic success for every learner • Accelerates reading and language skills for multilingual learners • Ensures every student receives the support needed to thrive academically TARGETED LITERACY SUPPLEMENT GRADES K–8
144 titles per level — 2 levels: Grades 1–3 and Grades 4–6 Supersite Prime Online Student Edition Downloadable eBook Online Workbook Online Teacher Resources CONTENT-AREA READERS WITH MULTIPLE ENTRY POINTS Get Reading! for Elementary School Entering/emerging/beginning readers Developing/low-intermediate readers Expanding/high-intermediate readers Get Reading! Sail and Get Reading! Soar are leveled reading libraries with multiple entry points and readability levels so that multilingual/English learners and striving readers can progress up the levels as they improve their reading skills. Each print and digital library includes 144 readers that combine literary and informational texts written at three text-complexity levels, focusing on a range of content areas. These libraries can be used as leveled-reading solutions for striving readers in any program, or as an extension of the Get Ready! Sail and Soar programs. • Each of the twelve thematic units has four readers—one language arts (fiction), one science, one social studies, and one math. • Each reader is written at three readability levels, for a total of 144 readers per level. • A Teacher Guide is included with each library for guided instruction, reproducible activities, and assessment. GRADES 1–6 CONTENT-AREA READERS WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS
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