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Each text set for older readers is a combination of fiction and nonfiction texts. Teachers choose how readers will access each with options for individual and partner reading as well as teacher-supported reading. Readers also practice elements of advanced phonics, word study, and morphology with two topically aligned advanced decodables in each text set.
TOPIC (Grade 4) Revolution!: The Birth of American Democracy
James agreed. He carried information to Lafayette from the British and gave the British misleading information about American plans. Working as a double agent was incredibly risky. If the British discovered James was a spy, they would do what they did to all spies: hang him immediately. And if American soldiers who didn’t know who he was caught him carrying papers to the British, they too might execute James as a spy.
From the book A Spy Called James
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[I]f the texts [students] read are topically connected or on a topic students are studying in class, their vocabulary will grow...As their knowledge and vocabularies grow, students will be able to read increasingly complex texts. 1 —David and Meredith Liben
1. Liben, D., & Liben, M. (2024). Know better, do better: Comprehension—Fueling the reading brain with knowledge, vocabulary, and rich language. Scholastic.
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