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Jamestown's Signature Reading, Level D

National Edition

MHID: 0809204282 | ISBN 13: 9780809204281

Grades: 6 - 12

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Jamestown's Signature Reading is designed to teach students how to read strategically. This innovative program goes beyond just teaching discrete reading skills. It shows students how and when to apply those skills strategically to a variety of texts.

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Interactive reading program for students in grades 4-12. Sequential reading program develops an entire range of reading strategies for a variety of students and abilities.

Helps students understand both what they read and how they should read it. Students are taught the invaluable tools needed to identify, define, and interpret different types of literature.

Each book contains these main comprehension, study, literary, and word-study strategies:

Recognizing Main Ideas
Making Inferences
Identifying Causes and Effects
Identifying Problems and Solutions
Comparing and Contrasting/Classifying
Following Sequence/Steps in a Process
Recognizing Content-area Materials
Using Graphic Aids/Organizers
Recognizing Literary Forms
Recognizing Literary Elements
Word Study/Vocabulary

Each lesson provides instruction, reinforcement, independent practice, and self-assessment of a particular set of strategies. Allows students to internalize a solid set of strategies that they can apply independetly in various reading situations. Students can work by themselves or with others, and with or without a teacher.

Engaging selections in a variety of genres. High interest/low readability selections are content-appropriate for students' ages and interests.

Graduated readability in each book enables student growth. Each book starts two levels below grade level and progresses in difficulty to an on-level readability.

Nine levels to choose from. Students strengthen important reading strategies through a series of hands-on, practical methods appropriate for their ability level.

Jamestown's Signature Reading

Level D Student Text

How to Use this Book

Lesson 1: "The Hole in the Road" by Helen Ketteman
Identifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 2: "Laughter is Good Medicine"
Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 3: "The Visitor" by Katherine Ayres
Following Sequence

Lesson 4: "Dogs Who 'Think'"
Reading an Informational Article

Traditional Ordering

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Jamestown's Signature Reading, Level D

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Jamestown's Signature Reading

Level D Student Text

How to Use this Book

Lesson 1: "The Hole in the Road" by Helen Ketteman
Identifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 2: "Laughter is Good Medicine"
Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 3: "The Visitor" by Katherine Ayres
Following Sequence

Lesson 4: "Dogs Who 'Think'"
Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 5: "Wagon Wheels" by Barbara Brenner
Drawing Conclusions

Learning New Words

Lesson 6: "Grandaddy's Place" by Helen V. Griffith
Drawing Conclusions about Characters

Lesson 7: "Ostriches, or The Birds Nobody Noticed" by Angela Mackworth-Young
Identifying Causes and Effects

Lesson 8: "What Makes a Bird a Bird?" by May Garelick
Comparing and Contrasting

Lesson 9: "Petronella" (Part 1) by Jay Williams
Mapping the Elements of a Story

Lesson 10: "Petronella" (Part 2) by Jay Williams
Using Story Elements to Make Predictions

Learning New Words

Lesson 11: "The Pudding Like a Night on the Sea" by Ann Cameron
Making Predictions

Lesson 12: "Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll" by Franklin M. Branley
Identifying Sequence

Lesson 13: "On Bicycles" by Kyle Carter
Outlining a Selection

Lesson 14: "Greg LeMond" by Jim O'Connor
Reading a Biographical Sketch

Lesson 15: "Harriet Tubman" by Margo McLoone
Reading a Biography

Learning New Words

Lesson 16: "The Drinking Gourd" (Part 1) by F.N. Monjo
Summarizing a Story

Lesson 17: "The Drinking Gourd" (Part 2) by F.N. Monjo
Using Summaries to Make Predictions

Lesson 18: "The Stars: Lights in the Night Sky" by Jeanne Bendick
Summarizing Main Ideas in Nonfiction

Lesson 19: "The Fisherman Who Wanted a Knife" by Marie Winn
Identifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 20: "All Kinds of Money" by Robert Young
Outlining Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Learning New Words

Graphing Your Progress

Glossary of Terms

Traditional Ordering

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Traditional Ordering

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Jamestown's Signature Reading, Level D

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Jamestown's Signature Reading

Level D Student Text

How to Use this Book

Lesson 1: "The Hole in the Road" by Helen KettemanIdentifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 2: "Laughter is Good Medicine"Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 3: "The Visitor" by Katherine AyresFollowing Sequence

Lesson 4: "Dogs Who 'Think'"Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 5: "Wagon Wheels" by Barbara BrennerDrawing Conclusions

Learning New Words

Lesson 6: "Grandaddy's Place" by Helen V. GriffithDrawing Conclusions about Characters

Lesson 7: "Ostriches, or The Birds Nobody Noticed" by Angela Mackworth-YoungIdentifying Causes and Effects

Lesson 8: "What Makes a Bird a Bird?" by May GarelickComparing and Contrasting

Lesson 9: "Petronella" (Part 1) by Jay WilliamsMapping the Elements of a Story

Lesson 10: "Petronella" (Part 2) by Jay WilliamsUsing Story Elements to Make Predictions

Learning New Words

Lesson 11: "The Pudding Like a Night on the Sea" by Ann CameronMaking Predictions

Lesson 12: "Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll" by Franklin M. BranleyIdentifying Sequence

Lesson 13: "On Bicycles" by Kyle CarterOutlining a Selection

Lesson 14: "Greg LeMond" by Jim O'ConnorReading a Biographical Sketch

Lesson 15: "Harriet Tubman" by Margo McLooneReading a Biography

Learning New Words

Lesson 16: "The Drinking Gourd" (Part 1) by F.N. MonjoSummarizing a Story

Lesson 17: "The Drinking Gourd" (Part 2) by F.N. MonjoUsing Summaries to Make Predictions

Lesson 18: "The Stars: Lights in the Night Sky" by Jeanne BendickSummarizing Main Ideas in Nonfiction

Lesson 19: "The Fisherman Who Wanted a Knife" by Marie WinnIdentifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 20: "All Kinds of Money" by Robert YoungOutlining Main Ideas and Supporting Details

Learning New Words

Graphing Your Progress

Glossary of Terms

Lesson 1: "The Hole in the Road" by Helen Ketteman
Identifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 2: "Laughter is Good Medicine"
Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 3: "The Visitor" by Katherine Ayres
Following Sequence

Lesson 4: "Dogs Who 'Think'"
Reading an Informational Article

Lesson 5: "Wagon Wheels" by Barbara Brenner
Drawing Conclusions

Lesson 6: "Grandaddy's Place" by Helen V. Griffith
Drawing Conclusions about Characters

Lesson 7: "Ostriches, or The Birds Nobody Noticed" by Angela Mackworth-Young
Identifying Causes and Effects

Lesson 8: "What Makes a Bird a Bird?" by May Garelick
Comparing and Contrasting

Lesson 9: "Petronella" (Part 1) by Jay Williams
Mapping the Elements of a Story

Lesson 10: "Petronella" (Part 2) by Jay Williams
Using Story Elements to Make Predictions

Lesson 11: "The Pudding Like a Night on the Sea" by Ann Cameron
Making Predictions

Lesson 12: "Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll" by Franklin M. Branley
Identifying Sequence

Lesson 13: "On Bicycles" by Kyle Carter
Outlining a Selection

Lesson 14: "Greg LeMond" by Jim O'Connor
Reading a Biographical Sketch

Lesson 15: "Harriet Tubman" by Margo McLoone
Reading a Biography

Lesson 16: "The Drinking Gourd" (Part 1) by F.N. Monjo
Summarizing a Story

Lesson 17: "The Drinking Gourd" (Part 2) by F.N. Monjo
Using Summaries to Make Predictions

Lesson 18: "The Stars: Lights in the Night Sky" by Jeanne Bendick
Summarizing Main Ideas in Nonfiction

Lesson 19: "The Fisherman Who Wanted a Knife" by Marie Winn
Identifying Problems and Solutions

Lesson 20: "All Kinds of Money" by Robert Young
Outlining Main Ideas and Supporting Details