
Student activities for each lesson in both reproducible and consumable formats
Student Practice Binder (reproducible)
Student Practice Workbook (consumable 6-pack)
Step-by-step suggestions support experienced teachers and those new to the field in delivering the lesson, differentiating instruction, and assessing skill mastery.
Detailed, full-color minilessons for teaching each skill are available digitally for whiteboard use and as overhead transparencies.
A targeted resource for English Language Learners for each grade level includes over 200 pages of skill-specific lessons and reproducibles
frontload vocabulary instruction
provide direct instruction
offer targeted practice
build background knowledge necessary for success
Assessment
Assessment Resource
comprehensive pretest diagnoses individual skill weaknesses
unit tests over several skill lessons
comprehensive posttest assesses mastery of skills
all tests in the Assessment Resource are available digitally
create custom tests
diagnostic tests and posttests can be administered in electronic or paper and pencil formats
performance reports by student, class, objective, lesson, and state standard
suggested pacing schedules for using Reading Express
—to supplement the basal textbook
—as intervention with differentiated groupings
—in a pull-out program
—in a before- or after-school program
English Language Learner Best Practices audio clips
For states where a customized edition has not been developed and Common Core State Standards have not been adopted, the National Standards Edition focuses on the skills most commonly found across all state standards and addressed in most basal textbooks.