{"product_id":"short-reads-fiction-box-1-by-scholastic-inc-9789814629201","title":"Short Reads Fiction Box 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShort Reads Fiction Box 1\u003c\/em\u003e by Scholastic Inc. is designed to boost literacy and develop close reading skills with finely levelled short texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBox 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterest Age: 5+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReading Levels: 1 to 8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLexile Range: BR - 200L\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eColour Bands: Pink\/Magenta, Red \u0026amp; Yellow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach box includes 40 reading cards with six copies of each and a teacher's guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDevelop deep comprehension skills with close reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eChallenging high-interest topics for children to explore and explain\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMotivate the whole class with snappy, fast reads\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBuild writing skills with 'Write about Reading' tasks\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eIdeal for group reading sessions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach Teacher's Guide covers 40 group reading sessions, including discussion topics and independent writing tasks. The Teacher's Guide contains the following for each of the texts:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOverviews for the teacher\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFocus questions to help prepare the children for the first reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDetailed questions about the text features\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eContent to help the teacher guide pupils back to the text for the second reading\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDiscussion questions that encourage re-reading, summarising and synthesising\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWriting tasks that require re-reading and higher order thinking skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll of these components help develop close reading skills.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is close reading?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClose Reading (sometimes called Repeated Reading) describes the careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of text. 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