How is the new Reading Assistant Expanded Edition content structured?

Our new Reading Assistant Expanded Edition content is structured to build knowledge and reading skills simultaneously. Each grade band is designed to cover topics that are relevant to the national content standards in that grade band. Each grade band of content contains topics at struggling through on level reading levels.

Each topic within a grade band is designed to introduce vocabulary relevant to the topic standard and allow for multiple exposure of the new vocabulary in different contexts. Some guided reading selections provide background knowledge or extend the ideas of another selection or present the same set of ideas but in different contexts or from different points of view. Many of the guided reading selections include content from science, social studies, or literature standards for the grade band.

For example, in our grade band 6-8, our topic on the Grand Canyon contains the following guided reading selections:

See how the topic of the Grand Canyon is explored from different perspectives and how relevant and important academic content is taught throughout the selections.