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Why Volume Reading in the 21st Century?
1. Reading more helps students develop a deeper base of vocabulary and knowledge, so volume reading supports additional time on task.
2. Post-secondary learning demands longer works, so developing the stamina and understanding of these text structures supports College and Career Readiness.
3. Life-long learners enjoy longer works of fiction and nonfiction as a pastime and a way to connect and engage with others.
Program Overview:
➜ ThinkCERCA’s platform provides a one-stop-shop for literacy resources, including Direct Instruction, Skills Practice, Additional Reading Practice, and Close Reading and Writing. Teachers can also make their own custom lessons.
➜ Assessments include professional evaluation services and ways of tracking student achievement.
➜ Longer Works are an important part of the educational journey from K-12, so offering students access to the same proven lesson design based on cognitive science within a framework designed to make collaboration across the team a breeze will allow more students to engage effectively with these longer texts and to enhance their joyfulness in learning.
➜ Like our other curricular units, Longer Works units offer Direct Instruction and Reading access Genres with a variety of blended learning experiences to promote collaboration.
➜ Assessments are woven in throughout the experience and a culminating task is available.
Explore our collection today:
📚 A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
📚 Animal Farm by George Orwell
📚 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
📚 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
📚 Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
📚 Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
📚 Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
📚 The Call of the Wild By Jack London
📚 The City of Ember By Jeanne DuPrau
📚 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
📚 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
📚 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
