This pack is conveniently packaged in a vinyl carrying case for easy access and transport. Each pack contains:

• 1 copy of all 4 Big Books at Level 1 for use in modelling, shared and guided reading and practice
• 5 copies of all 4 Small Books at Level 1 for paired and independent practice
• A Teacher Guide (with CD-ROM) containing teaching notes with embedded professional learning and modifiable Line Masters
• Audio CD containing recordings of each text and aural activity
• eBook CD-ROM containing electronic versions of all texts with built-in audio recordings (narrative texts have 2 versions - one with written text, and one without) - to provide an interactive learning tool to engage students, assess for learning, and differentiate instruction

All priced so it's like getting the eBook and carrying case FREE!

Discover the incredible inventions of a wacky scientist and his helpful assistant.

• Type/Theme: Informational text in the second person
• Level: Beginning
• Comprehension Strategy: Je fais la synthèse. (Synthesize)
• Response activity: Students create and describe a new invention.

Follow two students as they solve the mystery location of their friend Théo.

• Type/Theme: Informational text in narrative format featuring a Webquest.
• Level: Mid
• Comprehension Strategy: Je réfléchis. (Reflect)
• Response activity: Students create and play a game based on a mystery Canadian city.

Join Parmeet and Annick in their adventures and misadventures at an outdoor education centre.

• Type/Theme: Fictional, humorous text in narrative format
• Level: Late
• Comprehension Strategy: J’identifie l’idée principale (Summarize).
• Response activity: Students re-enact the story in a Readers Theatre.

This text features a variety of text types and formats thematically linked to other Échos 3 texts.

• Type/Theme: Expressive and informative texts
• Level: Beginning, Mid, Late
• Comprehension Strategy: Variety
• Response activity: Students participate in a variety of response activities that suit diverse learning styles.

Audio recordings of written texts, aural texts and aural activities to

• Develop oral communication skills and enhances comprehension.
• Provide a model of fluency, expression, pronunciation and intonation.
• Use for modelling and shared, guided and independent practice.
• Allows students to re-read the text with support independently, at a listening centre or at home
• Download onto MP3 players* to support audio-assisted learning

* within purchasing school

• Embeds teacher professional learning
• Provides lesson plans for 3 narrative books and 6 Échos mag texts
• CD-ROM includes line masters in PDF format and modifiable Word format (including Fiches d’activité, Fiches d’évaluation, Tableaux de références) and an Image Bank of 3 Visual Dictionaries