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INTERVENTION REINVENTION

Stephanie Harvey's latest resource -- published by Scholastic in May 2021!

Expanding on the research, theory, and practice showcased in From Striving to Thriving, this book tackles the “overlabeling” inherent in RTI, and builds a case for voluminous independent reading as the best intervention for all children. The authors offer an easy-to-use decision-making guide that begins with key questions, leads you to make pinpointed observations about your striving readers, and then offers targeted lessons and actions you can take to help them make gains-and learn to love reading!

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INDUSTRIAL AGE AND IMMIGRATION: Short Nonfiction for American History

Published in March 2021 by Heinemann, this is the latest in the Short Nonfiction for American History Series!

Kids need engaging texts and resources they can sink their teeth into, and they need and deserve to hear their stories told in history texts. Industrial Age and Immigration (1880-1940) highlights multiple perspectives and diverse voices of this historical time period.

Anne Goudvis and Steph Harvey include 12 lessons for historical literacy that merge effective, foundational literacy practices with approaches to reading historcial articles and primary sources.

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THE COMPREHENSION TOOLKIT SERIES, 2nd Edition

The Comprehension Toolkit series developed by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis focuses on developing key comprehension strategies when reading nonfiction texts; instruction that transfers to every type of reading in the classroom and for life.

Available in K–2 and 3–6 resources, the Comprehension Toolkit series contains all the curriculum and instructional strategies needed to implement the classroom-tested, ready-to-go lessons and increase student success in applying key comprehension strategies.

More information on the Comprehension Toolkit series can be found at www.heinemann.com/comprehensiontoolkit

Publications and Resources

"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' as they encounter information and ideas in a wide variety of nonfiction texts."

Stephanie Harvey & Anne Goudvis

The Comprehension Toolkit series includes two foundational kits, The Comprehension Toolkit Grades 3-6 and The Primary Toolkit: Grades K-2, as well as a number of components at additional cost, such as The Toolkit Texts and the Comprehension Intervention books. The additional Toolkit components act as spokes that are anchored by the The Comprehension Toolkit and the Primary Toolkit hubs. We continue to create Toolkit add-ons to meet the needs of a variety of learners. Stay tuned for new Toolkit spokes!

The Primary Comprehension Toolkit

The 22 lessons in The Primary Comprehension Toolkit model Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis's comprehension instruction and give you an explicit framework for your teaching. Through its carefully crafted language, lessons, and professional support, The Primary Toolkit equips you to design your own strategy lessons, using informational text of your own choice.

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The Comprehension Toolkit

Through The Comprehension Toolkit Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis offer an intensive course of study designed to help intermediate-grade students understand, respond to, and learn from nonfiction text. With the teaching and learning focus on comprehension strategies, the Tookit provides a foundation for developing independent readers and learners across the curriculum and throughout the school year.

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The Toolkit Texts

Four volumes of short, engaging nonfiction articles at the PreK/1, 2/3, 4/5, and 6/7 grade reading level to give kids additional practice in nonfiction reading. They each include a CD with all of the articles translated into Spanish and printable in living color!

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Comprehension Intervention: Small Group Lessons for the Comprehension Toolkit

A resource with additional comprehension lessons for kids who need more practice with Toolkit strategy instruction. Offered at the primary and intermediate level, these books are designed to help teachers provide comprehension instruction for small, flexible, needs-based groups. Recommended for RTI support.

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Scaffolding the Comprehension Toolkit for Englilsh Language Learners

“We have created the lessons in these books to help teachers give their English language learners the conceptual background and English language structures they need to collaborate fully in each Toolkit lesson.”
Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis, Brad Buhrow, and Anne Upczak-Garcia

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Short Nonfiction for American History : The American Revolution and Constitution

52 short nonfiction texts for American History (1750-1800) with 10 new lessons for content literacy

“We turn information into knowledge by thinking about it. These texts support students in using the Toolkit’s comprehension and thinking strategies as tools to acquire and actively use knowledge in history.” —Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis

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Short Nonfiction for American History: Colonial Times

45 short nonfiction texts for American History (1600-1750) with 10 new lessons for content literacy.

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Staff Development with the Comprehension Toolkits: Implementing and Sustaining Comprehension Instruction Across the Curriculum

“This staff development resource helps coaches and administrators maximize teacher effectiveness through collaborative and collegial staff development.”

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