Guided Reading: Visualize for first and second grades enhances language arts lesson plans with 36 readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. This resource book engages students with text and images as they learn about topics such as oceans, parks, multicultural celebrations, and more.

Ready to Go Guided Reading: Visualize offers the essentials for an effective, comprehensive guided reading program for first and second grades. This book includes:

-leveled readers that cover high-interest topics

-prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features

-discussion guides

-graphic organizers and an observation sheet

The high-interest readers are separated into three readability levels and designed to keep students’ attention. Various callout boxes direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt.

The 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for grades 1–6 includes everything you need for your guided reading program. Each 80-page reading comprehension resource book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Four books are included in each grade span—each focuses on one of these essential reading comprehension strategies:

-Analyze

-Determine Importance

-Synthesize

-Visualize

All readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as callout boxes, photographs, charts, and maps.