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QuickReads Fluency Library

For Students of Any Grade Already Using QuickReads

Reading Levels: A–D

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Featuring additional passages designed to the same text model as QuickReads and aligned to the QuickReads topics, the Fluency Library provides opportunity for additional reading practice and deeper background knowledge.

QuickReads Fluency Libraries
The perfect classroom companion to the QuickReads print and technology editions, these exciting nonfiction classroom libraries are designed to support students in developing the critical skills of fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. Available in four levels, A–D, each library includes 18 motivating titles that can be used for independent or small group reading. Researched and authored by Dr. Elfrieda H. Hiebert, the books in the QuickReads Fluency Libraries are unique and foster these critical skills by:

Presenting more opportunities to read with a high degree of success

Powered by TExT - Text Elements by Task Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert's TExT model of text difficulty is the innovative, research-based foundation of the QuickReads family of products. Click here to learn more

Each book is specifically written to develop automaticity and build content-area vocabulary through a combination of 98% high frequency words and words with a grade appropriate set of phonic/syllabic patterns and 2% content-area words.

Including nonfiction, informational texts based on national standards
Each library contains exciting science and social studies themed books aligned to the topics presented in the QuickReads® print and technology editions. Every book is full of new ideas that deepen background knowledge and overall understanding of these important content areas.

Motivating even the most struggling readers
Page-by-page, accessible text, lively photos, and fun facts captivate readers and build their self-esteem and confidence.

How does QuickReads Fluency Library complement QuickReads Print edition?
QuickReads Fluency Library follows the same TExT Model of Reading as QuickReads Print edition. Each topic in QuickReads Print edition has a corresponding book in QuickReads Fluency Library. For example, the book Bicycles: From Plan to Sale In QuickReads Fluency Library corresponds to Level C, book 2, Economics in QuickReads Print edition.

What is the goal of QuickReads Fluency Library?
The goal of QuickReads Fluency Library is to give students more texts to develop fluency with critical words in written English. The topics in QuickReads Fluency Library also follow the national and state standards for Science and Social Studies. This means that students are receiving additional experiences with grade-level content.

Features

Each Fluency Library title extends one of the passages from each QuickReads topic, offering additional passages and activities to strengthen students’ fluency, comprehension and background knowledge. For each level, Fluency Library titles are available in individual 6-packs or a comprehensive Classroom Library.

  • Increase students’ background knowledge of key science and social studies content by extending and further developing each QuickReads topic.
  • Support and extend the fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary skills students gained while using QuickReads.
  • Experience the phonics patterns and the most-frequently-used words in each QuickReads grade level because it was designed with the same phonics “curriculum.”
  • Practice the key vocabulary introduced and reinforced in QuickReads.

Content

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QuickReads Fluency Libraries Components includes:

  • 108 books total — 9 science title 6-packs, 9 social studies title 6-packs
  • 1 Teacher’s Resource Manual
  • 1 audio CD collection
  • Student bookmarks
  • Classroom organizer.