| Comprehension: Essential to the Common Core State Standards
The Common Core State Standards emphasize high-level comprehension skills. Specifically, the CCSS stress the importance of "close, attentive reading" of a range of texts at varying levels of difficulty. Research also cites that comprehension is most effectively taught through explicit instruction and the "gradual release of responsibility" model.
Spotlight on Comprehension is aligned to the Language Arts Common Core State Standards. The Common Core State Standards are integrated throughout each level, and found in every student book and instructional resource.
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Grade 2 Teacher Guide
READING STANDARDS FOR LITERATURE
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
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Grade 3 Student Book
READING STANDARDS FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
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Grade 4 Big Book
READING STANDARDS FOR INFORMATIONAL TEXT
Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
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Grade 5 Instructional Interactive Whiteboard and Assessment CD
READING STANDARDS: FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, re-reading as necessary.
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Take a Closer Look!
Alignment to PARCC and Smarter Balanced Assessments (1.7M pdf)
Instructional Path and Alignment to CCSS (90K pdf)
Download Correlations to the Common Core State Standards for each Grade Level of Spotlight on Comprehension
Grade 1 (145K pdf)
Grade 2 (170K pdf)
Grade 3 (160K pdf)
Grade 4 (145K pdf)
Grade 5 (130K pdf)
Grade 6 (120K pdf)
Learn more about the Spotlight on Comprehension Program!
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