Resource features

Read to Know Advance is designed for Grades 4+ and comes with:

• 24 texts (6 copies each) to support small-group instruction
• A Teacher’s Guide with a lesson plan for each book, including discussion prompts and options for differentiation, such as support for multilingual learners
• Digital access to downloadable assessments, an oral reading rubric, answer keys, and more
• Follows the same scope & sequence as Read to Know Text Sets
• Content focus areas include Social Studies, Science, STEM, the Arts, and more

Decodable texts

These 24 decodable texts:

• Books begin with a Word Warm-Up that offers practice and opportunities for informal assessment of student proficiency with targets
• Spotlight On section is intended to be read aloud by teacher to build background information and motivation
• Books include diverse representation and Canadian content
• Includes 6 Review Books

Teacher’s guide

This guide provides two kinds of lessons designed to support teachers to teach decoding and word analysis skills:

• Book-Based Lessons provide step-by-step instruction for teachers to use with each of the 24 decodable books. Instructional activities help students build accuracy and fluency along with other literacy skills, such as vocabulary and comprehension
• Instruction Bank Lessons support teachers with easy-to-follow direct instruction that covers the complete scope of specific sound-spellings and word-analysis strategies

Lesson Plans include sections on:

• Word Knowledge, Content-Area Words, Decodable Text Targets, and High-Frequency Words
• Get Ready to Read, Practise Reading, and Build Comprehension and Knowledge
• Write About Reading, Dictation, and Language Support
• Focus on Differentiated Instruction