Interactive Read Aloud

• More challenging themes and messages in each text set
• Includes some short story collections and shorter novels
• Authentic inquiry projects to engage students in real-life problem-solving
• Includes 120 trade titles per grade organized in text sets to support thinking

Book Clubs

• More challenging themes and messages in each text set
• Includes some short story collections and novels
• Includes 48 trade titles per grade linked to Interactive Read-Aloud

Independant Reading

• Greater volume and variety of genres
• Genres and forms that engage and inspire older students
• Includes 200 trade titles per grade

Word Study

• Inquiry-based lessons with emphasis on vocabulary building and multi-syllable words
• Intensive work with irregular letter patterns, affixes, and word origins
• Extensive, specialized word lists

Guided Reading

• Features a larger quantity of engaging nonfiction books to increase content knowledge
• Intensive teaching for the strategic actions for decoding, fluency and comprehending texts
• Continued emphasis on series and greater number of graphic texts
• Books span levels N–Z: 180 titles in Grade 4, 170 titles in Grade 5, and 150 titles in Grade 6

Reading Minilessons

• Features sophisticated literary analysis lessons for fiction and nonfiction texts
• Includes emphasis on social–emotional conversational moves for deep discussion
• Develops awareness of the writer’s craft and understanding of different genres

General

• Project-based writing
• More emphasis on literary analysis and content knowledge
• Links to disciplinary learning
• Texts that challenge students to think more deeply about themselves and their world
• Increased sophistication in thematic content
• Emphasis on human challenges and social justice issues
• Includes emphasis on writing about reading and the use of Advanced Reader’s Notebooks