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Covering the Bases Download Product Sample (.PDF) By Cyndi Caniglia 2010 Edition Includes New Titles Celebrating Native American Heritage Covering the Bases is designed for students in grades K-2. The program is intended to supplement vocabulary and comprehension instruction for Reading Mastery I and II, and Fast Cycle I and II. • Titles selected include popular trade books available through most publishing companies. • Books are organized around seasonal themes, • Cover content related to most major social studies and science standards, • Each grade level (K, 1, 2) contains lessons that cover Fall, Winter & Spring themes, • Each is a Full Year Program for teachers. • All books have been carefully selected to reflect a variety of genre. • Each book has 5 lessons designed to be taught over a one week time frame. • Each grade level (K,1,2) program covers the entire year of themes and activities. • Lessons are designed so that routines for each title remain similar, allowing for ease of implementation. • Teacher instruction takes place for approximately 20 minutes and then students complete related activities independently. • Activities are designed so that students can complete them with minimal teacher instruction. • All student materials are blackline mastered for classroom reproduction. Covering the Bases: Improving Comprehension through Literature Lesson Components: • Day 1: Prereading Activities and Activating Prior Knowledge • Day 2: Vocabulary and First Read • Day 3: Reading for Meaning and Second Read Comprehension questions and activities reflect multi-leveled questions typically found on norm-referenced tests • Day 4: Preparing to Respond to Literature Students engage in meaningful independent tasks using a variety of organizational webs and maps as well as a variety of literature based activities related to the selection for the week • Day 5: Responding to Literature Multiple graphic organizers that lend themselves to written responses to literature are used in instruction and independent work

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