"We teach the reader, not just the reading. We want children to be lifelong learners who read actively and independently across the curriculum, who engage their minds and understand what they read. The Toolkit lessons and practices teach kids to use comprehension strategies to 'read to learn'...
Teach the reading and analysis of key text types, using four types of books, plus poetry. Leveled texts, organized into K-6 topic sets with poetry anthologies, build knowledge and develop literacy skills. Informational, Opinion, and two Narrative books explore one topic in diverse ways. Close Reading instruction is explicitly supported...
