Action Book Collections

Action Book Collections support struggling readers where they need it most--as they are reading. These hi-lo books are embedded with strategies designed to carefully scaffold student reading, including: welcome pages, target words, comprehension tips, and glossaries. Students' skills are further strengthened through the Reader's Notes Booklet for each title, which provide research-based exercises connected to specific passages. There are twelve Action Book Collections (four collections per READ 180 stage) from which to chose, each collection includes 36 leveled books (6 titles, 6 copies each), 36 Reader's Notes Booklets (6 titles, 6 copies each), a Teacher's Guide, and a convenient storage/display case.

Stage B: Middle School

READ 180 Level Grade-Level Equivalent Lexile® Range Level 1 Grade 1.5–2.5 Lexile 200–450 Level 2 Grade 2.5–4.0 Lexile 400–700 Level 3 Grades 4.0–6.0 Lexile 600–900

Social Studies World Cultures & Geography Level 1: • Capital Kids • The Samurai: Fighters of Old Japan • Sim?n de Bol?var: The Liberator Level 2: • Mapman Travels the Globe • Women Explorers in North and South America Level 3: • Jon Krakauer's Adventure on Mt. Everest Science Explorations Level 1: • That's Science? • Weird Science Jobs Level 2: • Medical Miracles • Tropical Rain Forest Level 3: • Bear Attacks • Floods Classics Classic Literature Level 1: • American Tall Tales • The Call of the Wild • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Level 2: • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass • Wuthering Heights Level 3: • A Midsummer Night's Dream Language Arts Science Fiction & Fantasy Level 1: • Black Mirror • Invisible Boy • Joyride Level 2: • City in the Clouds • The Magic Paintbrush Level 3: • See You Later, Gladiator

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