Insights: Reading as Thinking
K-8 Reading Program

Explicit, systematic, sequenced instruction to help students read fiction and nonfiction strategically.

Program strands:

• K-5 Comprehension Strategies
• K-2 Phonics in Context
• 3-5 Content Area Strategies
• 6-8 Reading with a Purpose
• 6-8 Responding to Literature

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Every Insights unit includes:

• Prerequisite Instruction – Each unit begins with a review of essential concepts to prepare students for the instruction to come.

• Whole Group Instruction – Group lessons develop a strategic approach to learning and involve students in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.

• Sequenced Instruction – Students learn to apply each part of a strategy with controlled content. By the end of a unit, students are using the complete strategy with complex content.

• Enrichment – Students who have mastered the strategy can extend their learning.

• Literature Connections – Students learn to select the appropriate strategy for the type of text and for the reading purpose. The literature connections within each unit help connect strategies to a wide variety of literature.

• Curriculum Connections – Units include suggested activities to integrate math, science, and language arts.

• Assessment – Criterion-based tests help teachers decide who needs remediation and who is ready for enrichment projects.

• Re-teaching activities – Re-teaching lessons give teachers multiple ways to approach the same objective and to address different learning styles.

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Program Components:

• The easy-to-use teacher manual provides a system for teaching each reading strategy and applying it to literature or subject-area textbooks. Demonstration guides, prompts, explanations, and discussion questions are provided in clear and classroom-tested lessons.

• The student book helps learners develop, practice, and apply the thinking processes essential for strategy use.