Components

The Literacy Success Assessment kit contains the following components:

  • 24 Student Cards (print versions; 180 cards total). Here is the breakdown: 

2 Student Cards for Grades 1-6 x 5 copies each = 60

4 Student Cards for Grades 7-8 x 10 copies each = 80

2 Student Cards for Grades 9-10 x 10 copies each = 40

  • 1 Teacher's Guide (print version)
  • Sturdy, spacious box to contain all of the above items
  • Companion Website

Student Cards

Make Your Own Bubble Tea

(Early Grade)

Canada’s Cities Grow Up

(Late Grade)

Grade 1

Wild in the City

(Early Grade)

The Peace by Chocolate Story

(Late Grade)

Grade 2

Energy Drinks

(Early Grade)

Design as a Circle

(Late Grade)

Grade 3

No Gym, No Problem!

(Early Grade)

Scream Machines

(Late Grade)

Grade 4

Sneaker Stories

(Early Grade)

Meet Autumn Peltier

(Late Grade)

Grade 5

Food Fit for a Raptor

(Early Grade)

A Floating Disaster

(Late Grade)

Grade 6

Take Nothing But Pictures

(Early Grade)

Let’s Slow Down Fast Fashion!

(Early Grade)

Just Breathe

(Late Grade)

The Value of Hip-Hop

(Late Grade)

Grade 7

Tsunami!

(Early Grade)

Fight or Flight

(Early Grade)

Is Auto-Tune Ruining Music?

(Late Grade)

Food Trucks

(Late Grade)

Grade 8

Sunk!

(Early Grade)

Marketing to Teens

(Late Grade)

Grade 9

Sound Check

(Early Grade)

Indigenous Languages

(Late Grade)

Grade 10

Teacher’s Guide

  • Rationale for and research involved in this assessment, suggested schedule, and assessment options
  • Introduction to all components
  • Answer Keys for reading responses
  • Practical suggestions for using the resource effectively

Companion Website

  • Instant access with the login credentials on the inside front cover of the Teacher's Guide. The access code can be used on up to three devices at one time
  • Digital version of the Teacher's Guide and all reading passages
  • Reproducibles: All reading and writing student response sheets, reading response sheet answer keys for each reading passage, line masters, observation forms, and appendices