Standards Close-Up

Focused, Standards-Aligned Resources to Enhance Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills for Grades K-5.

Explore Standards Close Up with virtual samples of student texts and teacher resources designed to support targeted instruction and deepen understanding of key concepts in literacy.

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Standards Close-Up Virtual Sampler  

Standards Close-Up offers topic sets targeting specific ELA standards. Explore your virtual samplers today. Note: Standards Close-Up is available for Grades 2-5.

All components are available in both print and digital formats!

Standards Close-Up
  • Teacher's Guides

    Text-specific Teacher's Guides include lesson plans for guided reading groups and strategy groups, which allow teachers to choose their instructional focus.a1

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  • Student Texts

    As part of a paired set, texts model skills and strategies for a specific ELA standard, build knowledge of social studies and science topics, and offer writing opportunities to demonstrate comprehension.

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  • Text Evidence Question Cards

    To accompany each text, text evidence questions support comprehensive standards coverage with evidence-based questions.a3

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  • Writing Exemplars with Rubrics

    Writing prompts, text exemplars, and rubrics help students understand expectations as they plan and revise their work in informational, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.

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  • Teacher's Guides

    Text-specific Teacher's Guides include lesson plans for guided reading groups and strategy groups, which allow teachers to choose their instructional focus.b1 (1)

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  • Student Texts

    As part of a paired set, texts model skills and strategies for a specific ELA standard, build knowledge of social studies and science topics, and offer writing opportunities to demonstrate comprehension.

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    Look Inside

  • Text Evidence Question Cards

    To accompany each text, text evidence questions support comprehensive standards coverage with evidence-based questions.

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    Look Inside

  • Writing Exemplars with Rubrics

    Writing prompts, text exemplars, and rubrics help students understand expectations as they plan and revise their work in informational, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.

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    • Teacher's Guides

      Text-specific Teacher's Guides include lesson plans for guided reading groups and strategy groups, which allow teachers to choose their instructional focus.a1

      Look Inside

    • Student Texts

      As part of a paired set, texts model skills and strategies for a specific ELA standard, build knowledge of social studies and science topics, and offer writing opportunities to demonstrate comprehension.

      _g31

      Look Inside

    • Text Evidence Question Cards

      To accompany each text, text evidence questions support comprehensive standards coverage with evidence-based questions.a3

      Look Inside

    • Writing Exemplars with Rubrics

      Writing prompts, text exemplars, and rubrics help students understand expectations as they plan and revise their work in informational, narrative, and opinion writing assignments.

      _g32Look Inside