Toolkit Texts: Grades 4-5: Short Nonfiction for Guided and Independent Practice

These articles lend themselves to active reading, giving kids a great place to annotate and work out their thinking as they read.
–Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

In response to the overwhelming demand for more high-quality, age-appropriate nonfiction texts, Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis have developed the four-volume series Toolkit Texts: Short Nonfiction for Guided and Independent Practice. Each volume provides a library of age-appropriate nonfiction articles in a reproducible format. Personally selected and edited by Harvey and Goudvis, each article is matched to the strategies described in Toolkit series.

The articles in each volume:

focus on high-interest topics that help build strong readers while also building background knowledge in numerous content areas
give students an opportunity to read and process the kinds of passages typically found on state tests
present information in a range of formats typical of nonfiction texts including time lines, sidebars, interviews, and maps and diagrams
are supported by teaching strategies that describe how to integrate the articles into your Toolkit instruction.

Plus, the accompanying CD-ROM provides all of the informational texts in English and Spanish.

Select the volumes that will best address your students needs.
Toolkit Texts, Gr. K-1
Toolkit Texts, Gr. 2-3
Toolkit Texts, Gr. 4-5
Toolkit Texts, Gr. 6-7
Save when you order the entire PreK-7 Toolkit Texts Library for one low price.

For a comprehensive overview of the Comprehension Toolkit series including sample lessons, a new Summer School Literacy Guide, free nonfiction short texts in Spanish (K-2), lists of alternative texts, teacher feedback, and presentation materials visit http: //www.comprehensiontoolkit.com