Gear Up! With ELL PLUS

Grades: K - 2

The Gear Up! with ELL Plus guided reading program is a resource of exceptional guided reading fiction and nonfiction titles from Wright Group. This program is suitable for a diverse population of beginning readers, including children with little or no experience in reading, English language learners, children who are making regular progress learning to read, children who need a challenge in their reading instruction and children who are becoming fluent readers. Gear Up! with ELL Plus guided reading features:

• 240 carefully leveled paired fiction and nonfiction books spanning 17 instructional levels
• Research-based lesson plans in the best-practices guided reading format of Before, During, and After Reading
• Comprehensive instruction focuses on the Five Essential Elements of reading instruction (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension and vocabulary)
• ELL Plus lesson plans enhance main lessons by providing additional support, especially in concept and vocabulary development
• Gear Up! Digitized Library provides Internet access to all 240 titles with talking book format, comprehension and vocabulary activities and ELL support