Overview
This series was developed by Teacher Created Materials to provide teachers with the perfect mix of social studies content to help students comprehend historical events while building social studies literacy.
- Leveled readers feature primary sources, high-interest content, and visually appealing layouts
- Compelling nonfiction text develops academic vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency
- Each reader has a teacher-designed lesson which addresses reading, writing, and social studies objectives and serves as a crucial bridge between literacy and social studies
- Different assessment types provide multiple opportunities to check for understanding and develop students' document-based assessment skills
- Increase student engagement by integrating technology into instruction with Interactiv-eBooks (not included in all levels), audio recordings of books, and additional digital resources
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Interactiv-eBooks
- Guide students toward independent reading while exploring core concepts with the included Interactiv-eBooks.
- Benefit student learning in a variety of instructional settings, support English language acquisition, and extend content and literacy learning.
- Includes text-to-audio highlighting, professional audio recordings, interactive activities and response to literature prompts, whiteboard tools, and writing activities for multi-modal instruction and assessment.
Audio Recordings
- Professional audio recordings for each book serve as a model of fluent reading and support English language learners.
Digital Primary Sources
- Additional digital Primary Sources support the text and encourage inquiry-based learning environments.
- Prepare students for state and national tests that use document-based assessments.
- Provides teacher with background information and activity on the primary source to engage students in the content.
Teacher's Guide
- Primary Source Readers offers multiple opportunities to foster curiosity, study relationships, and reflect on new learning.
- Includes standards-based lessons to serve as bridge between reading and writing and content-area material to enhance cross-curricular learning opportunities.
- Focused lessons on one nonfiction reading skill and one writing skill. Provides lesson plans for each book, activity sheets, multiple-choice quizzes, and document-based assessments for easy teacher implementation.
Books
- Each leveled reader motivates students to want to read with high-interest content and engaging illustrations and photographs.The authentic reading experiences help students develop vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency skills.
- 16-18 titles, 6 copies each, 24-32 pages per book, all designed around primary sources that tell about the subject.
- Build conceptual social studies knowledge with leveled informational texts.
- Books are designed around primary sources to offer key information and support the subject.
Student Engagement
- Engages students and extends the reading experience beyond ELA class.
- Helps students develop skills, knowledge, and analytical abilities as they ask questions, think critically, make inferences, and develop reasoned explanations.
- Fosters a deeper understanding of events of the past to learn from as they plan and prepare for a better tomorrow.
- Builds literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately-leveled nonfiction books.
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Primary Source Readers Sample Pages
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Building Knowledge and Vocabulary: Reading Complex Text Across the Content Areas
Students need to access rich, challenging text to develop knowledge, build vocabulary, and improve comprehension across the content areas.
As students tackle difficult text, a wide breadth of effective strategies are needed to uncover meaning and build students’ skillset.
In this workshop, educators will:
- Discover nuances within text that make it difficult
- Uncover student-centered ways to support knowledge and vocabulary development
- Encounter and practice strategies to empower students to conquer challenging text
Training Options
Workshop
On-Site Coaching
Best Practices Webinar
Get the Picture: Visual Literacy in Content-Area Instruction
Literacy learning is no longer limited to reading, writing, listening, and speaking; we must include visual communication and expand our definition of what it means to be literate.
This professional development workshop will provide teachers with new and engaging strategies to help students learn how to analyze and create through visual communication.
Based on practical research, this workshop offers concrete tools and techniques and a wide range of suggested visual texts to effectively use in the classroom from primary sources, to digital media and the visual-heavy world of 21st century learning.
Attendees will:
- Examine ways to incorporate visual texts into instruction, including what visual literacy lessons look like in the primary grades
- Practice instructional strategies and develop sample lessons for teaching students to read visual texts for understanding
- Practice and discover instructional strategies for guiding students to visually illustrate understanding, specifically targeting support for improving reading and writing
Training Options
Keynote Presentations and Webinars
Workshop
On-Site Coaching
Best Practices Webinar
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Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:18337
ISBN:9781433373374
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for kindergartenstudents.
Item Number:22423
ISBN:9781493804238
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:17966
ISBN:9781433369667
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for first grade students.
Item Number:22478
ISBN:9781493804788
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:17988
ISBN:9781433369889
Primary Source Readers: Georgia Kit
Discover the rich history of Georgia with this series that promotes content area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics. This kit comes with nonfiction readers focusing on Georgia state studies.
Item Number:24547
ISBN:9781493825479
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for second grade students.
Item Number:22533
ISBN:9781493805334
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled informational texts featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:18359
ISBN:9781433373596
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for third grade students.
Item Number:22588
ISBN:9781493805884
Primary Source Readers: Texas History Kit
These high-interest books cover topics from Texas history with key social studies concepts and related biographies that connect each differentiated pair. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!
Item Number:16039
ISBN:9781433350399
Primary Source Readers: La historia de Texas (Texas History) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:18206
Primary Source Readers: La historia de Texas (Texas History) Kit (Spanish Version)
These high-interest, Spanish-translated books cover topics from Texas history with key social studies concepts and related biographies that connect each differentiated pair.
Item Number:18206
ISBN:9781433372063
Primary Source Readers: Florida Kit
Bring history to life with these enthralling informational texts that explore what life was like during Florida's early years. This comprehensive kit transforms words on a page into an intimate glimpse into the past with primary sources.
Item Number:23639
ISBN:9781493816392
Primary Source Readers: California Kit
Discover the rich history of California with this series that promotes content area literacy in the 4 strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics. This kit comes with nonfiction readers focusing on California state studies.
Item Number:28550
ISBN:9781425832308
Primary Source Readers: World Cultures Through Time Kit
This kit covers a variety of cultures from around the world, using key social studies concepts and related biographies to connect each pair of books. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!
Item Number:10427
ISBN:9780743904278
Primary Source Readers: World History Kit
This kit covers topics from World history, using key social studies concepts and related biographies and profiles to connect each differentiated pair. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!
Item Number:16000
ISBN:9781433350009
Primary Source Readers: America's Early Years Kit
Engage your students with these intriguing historical accounts of America's Early Years. These texts breathe life into history by transforming the words on a page into an intimate glimpse of the past with primary source documents.
Item Number:25068
ISBN:9781493830688
Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit
Engage your students with intriguing historical accounts of America in the 1800s. Build literacy skills and social studies knowledge with readers that feature primary sources documents.
Item Number:25790
ISBN:9781493837908
Primary Source Readers: The 20th Century, 2nd Edition
Bring social studies to life for every student with fascinating primary sources that cover 20th century history! Includes 16 nonfiction readers (6 copies each), diverse primary sources, lesson plans, a management guide, and exciting digital resources.
Item Number:28111
ISBN:9781425850609
Extra Info:2nd Edition
Primary Source Readers: Around the United States
Take a trip to explore the regions and landmarks of the United States! This kit includes 16 Primary Source Readers (6 copies each), standards-based lesson plans, and more useful tools to support social studies instruction.
Item Number:129188
ISBN:9781087658025
Primary Source Readers: Around the World
Take a trip around the world while building social studies skills! This kit includes 16 Primary Source Readers (6 copies each), standards-based lesson plans, and more tools to support social studies instruction from a global perspective.
Item Number:131732
ISBN:9781087697147
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:18337
ISBN:9781433373374
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:17966
ISBN:9781433369667
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled nonfiction books featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:17988
ISBN:9781433369889
Primary Source Readers: Georgia Kit
Discover the rich history of Georgia with this series that promotes content area literacy in the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics. This kit comes with nonfiction readers focusing on Georgia state studies.
Item Number:24547
ISBN:9781493825479
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit
Build literacy and social studies content knowledge with high-interest, appropriately leveled informational texts featuring dynamic primary sources that meet the four strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics.
Item Number:18359
ISBN:9781433373596
Primary Source Readers: Texas History Kit
These high-interest books cover topics from Texas history with key social studies concepts and related biographies that connect each differentiated pair. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!
Item Number:16039
ISBN:9781433350399
Primary Source Readers: Florida Kit
Bring history to life with these enthralling informational texts that explore what life was like during Florida's early years. This comprehensive kit transforms words on a page into an intimate glimpse into the past with primary sources.
Item Number:23639
ISBN:9781493816392
Primary Source Readers: California Kit
Discover the rich history of California with this series that promotes content area literacy in the 4 strands of social studies: history, civics, geography, and economics. This kit comes with nonfiction readers focusing on California state studies.
Item Number:28550
ISBN:9781425832308
Primary Source Readers: World Cultures Through Time Kit
This kit covers a variety of cultures from around the world, using key social studies concepts and related biographies to connect each pair of books. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!
Item Number:10427
ISBN:9780743904278
Primary Source Readers: World History Kit
This kit covers topics from World history, using key social studies concepts and related biographies and profiles to connect each differentiated pair. Multiple reading levels within each kit make this a great resource for differentiating instruction!
Item Number:16000
ISBN:9781433350009
Primary Source Readers: America's Early Years Kit
Engage your students with these intriguing historical accounts of America's Early Years. These texts breathe life into history by transforming the words on a page into an intimate glimpse of the past with primary source documents.
Item Number:25068
ISBN:9781493830688
Primary Source Readers: America in the 1800s Kit
Engage your students with intriguing historical accounts of America in the 1800s. Build literacy skills and social studies knowledge with readers that feature primary sources documents.
Item Number:25790
ISBN:9781493837908
Primary Source Readers: The 20th Century, 2nd Edition
Bring social studies to life for every student with fascinating primary sources that cover 20th century history! Includes 16 nonfiction readers (6 copies each), diverse primary sources, lesson plans, a management guide, and exciting digital resources.
Item Number:28111
ISBN:9781425850609
Extra Info:2nd Edition
Primary Source Readers: Around the United States
Take a trip to explore the regions and landmarks of the United States! This kit includes 16 Primary Source Readers (6 copies each), standards-based lesson plans, and more useful tools to support social studies instruction.
Item Number:129188
ISBN:9781087658025
Primary Source Readers: Around the World
Take a trip around the world while building social studies skills! This kit includes 16 Primary Source Readers (6 copies each), standards-based lesson plans, and more tools to support social studies instruction from a global perspective.
Item Number:131732
ISBN:9781087697147
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Kindergarten Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for kindergartenstudents.
Item Number:22423
ISBN:9781493804238
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 1 Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for first grade students.
Item Number:22478
ISBN:9781493804788
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 2 Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for second grade students.
Item Number:22533
ISBN:9781493805334
Primary Source Readers Content and Literacy: Grade 3 Kit (Spanish Version)
Build literacy and content knowledge in all four social studies strands with the lessons and leveled, nonfiction Spanish books in this kit featuring primary sources. Bring history, civics, geography, and economics to life for third grade students.
Item Number:22588
ISBN:9781493805884
Primary Source Readers: La historia de Texas (Texas History) Kit (Spanish Version)
Item:18206
Primary Source Readers: La historia de Texas (Texas History) Kit (Spanish Version)
These high-interest, Spanish-translated books cover topics from Texas history with key social studies concepts and related biographies that connect each differentiated pair.
Item Number:18206
ISBN:9781433372063
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