Key Links Turquoise - Fluency: 12 books

Reading Recovery Levels: 17-18

- Increases the challenge in the verbal and visual text

- Informs and engages readers

- Continues to focus on building comprehension and oral language strategies and skills

Has a NEW focus on text/genre forms through:

• Partner Prattle - thinking and talking about text forms
• Going Solo - using a memorable graphic organizers to gather ideas

Contains:

• Making a Choice(Narrative)
• Adventure in the Desert(Narrative)
• Saving Pop(Personal Narrative)
• Dad's Place(Personal Narrative)
• Race to the Finish(Informational Explanation)
• Hunting for Treasure(Informational Explanation)
• The Hoatzin Bird(Informational Explanation)
• Different Villages(Informational Explanation)
• World Pictures(Description)
• The People of Hickory Street(Description)
• A Sneak Peek Into Dylan's Diary(Diary)
• Views on the News(Persuasive Argument)