"With a unique focus on grades 4 and 5, this book explains how to design and implement a research-based reading program that helps all students build major literacy skills (word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). The expert authors present ready-to-use activities, strategies, and lesson plans, along with detailed guidance for assessing students and providing instruction in differentiated small groups. Teachers get a clear understanding of how differentiation works in a tiered response-to-intervention model and how it aligns with the Common Core standards. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 18 reproducible checklists and forms"-- Provided by publisher.

"With a unique focus on grades 4 and 5, this book explains how to design and implement a research-based reading program that helps all students build major literacy skills (word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). The expert authors present ready-to-use activities, strategies, and lesson plans, along with detailed guidance for assessing students and providing instruction in differentiated small groups. Teachers get a clear understanding of how differentiation works in a tiered response-to-intervention model and how it aligns with the Common Core standards. In a convenient large-size format, the book includes 18 reproducible checklists and forms. Subject Areas/Keywords: assessment, classrooms, comprehension, curriculum, cycles, differentiated, differentiation, education, elementary, fluency, grades, instructional, intermediate, interventions, lessons, literacy, methods, middle, planning, plans, reading, recognition, RTI, small-group, study, teachers, teaching, upper elementary, vocabulary, words Audience: Classroom teachers, reading specialists, literacy coaches, curriculum directors, and teacher educators"-- Provided by publisher.