{"id":715,"date":"2025-04-24T20:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/?page_id=715"},"modified":"2025-07-09T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T17:01:43","slug":"top-dog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/top-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"container-fluid block_image text-center\">\n\t<div class=\" mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/05\/topdog_books.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_textwithimage\">\n\t<div class=\" mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"my-5 my-lg-2 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap flex-column flex-md-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 text-center order-md-2 ps-lg-5 order-sm-1 ps-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/05\/topdog_andhis_bones.png\" alt=\"Image of 2 lesson cards. Level A. Top dog and his bones.\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 align-items-center d-flex order-md-1 order-sm-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mt-4 mt-md-0\"><span>42 Books in Total<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>6 books per level for Guided Reading, Levels A\u2013G<\/li>\n<li>Carefully levelled text for beginning and emergent readers<\/li>\n<li>Stories have high-interest topics with great boy-appeal, without alienating girls (fantasy, space, heroes, aliens, monsters).\u00a0<strong>Striving readers will love them!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Teachers can use <strong>Top Dog<\/strong>\u00a0stories to explore and illustrate K\u20131 curriculum topics: surroundings, relationships, life cycles, objects, and materials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/05\/Top_Dog_BookList.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-outline-primary rounded-pill\" onclick=\"schcaTrackingEvent('English', 'Top Dog', '42 Books in Total: Browse booklist');\">Browse booklist<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_textwithimage\">\n\t<div class=\" mt-5 pb-5 container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"my-5 my-lg-2 d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center flex-wrap flex-lg-nowrap flex-column flex-md-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 text-center order-md-1 pe-lg-5 order-sm-1 pe-sm-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/05\/topdog_superhero.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-fluid\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 align-items-center d-flex order-md-2 order-sm-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"mt-4 mt-md-0\"><span>Top Dog Student Books feature:<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>16-page stories featuring Top Dog and friends<\/li>\n<li>Graphic novel elements for the earliest readers: introduction of speech bubbles and thought bubbles<\/li>\n<li>Funky, cool manga-style visuals<\/li>\n<li>A \u201creal book\u201d feel<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing humour between the adventurous Top Dog and his more cautious friend, Flea<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.scholastic.ca\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/05\/Top_Dog_BookSamples.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn btn-outline-primary rounded-pill\" onclick=\"schcaTrackingEvent('English', 'Top Dog', 'Top Dog Student Books feature:: Browse book samples');\">Browse book samples<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"container-fluid block_text\">\n\t<div class=\"bg-option-2  bg-border-none container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col pb-2 text-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"d-block mt-0\"><span>Guided Reading Notes<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Guided Reading Notes for the teacher are included at the back of each Top Dog book. 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