Welcome to Scholar Zone Extended Learning!
This guide is designed to introduce you to the materials and practices you’ll be using with scholars in Scholar Zone Extended Learning for Reading and English Language Arts. These materials are for use during time allocated for reading and language arts instruction and practice within a comprehensive extended learning schedule. You’ll find a Planning and Pacing section that shows what is included in each of the reading sessions. This will help you plan ahead for your time with scholars. You’ll also find an Answer Key to help you check their work. What’s in the Student Books Student Content The student book has Reading Time selections from various sources. Informational text and fiction of various genres help children build knowledge and increase their speaking and listening vocabularies as they develop comprehension skills. The book includes activities for practicing phonics, learning about word families, and extending vocabularies. There are pages for developing reading and map skills and pages that are Just for Fun. Teacher Notes Each session’s notes provide teachers with suggestions for presenting instruction and assigning work. Discussion questions are provided to use to engage children with the texts. Teacher notes will help guide you, and then you may provide further support depending on the needs of your scholars. Suggested Materials • Provide pencils, crayons, and markers for children to use for writing and drawing. • Have two fiction books and two nonfiction books ready for reading aloud.
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