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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.
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Meet Your Goals
Integrate strategies as mini-lessons during reading workshops.
Enhance your core reading programs with in-depth strategy instruction.
Target instruction for small groups of students with similar needs.
Motivate remedial, after-school or summer school students with powerful reading strategies.
Implement lessons flexibly into your daily schedule.
Maximize instructional effectiveness with minimal preparation time.
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