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Reading Street
Common Core
Global Edition
2016

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Reading Street Common Core
Global Edition 2016: What is it?
Reading Street 2016 is a complete US literacy program providing
comprehensive teaching instruction for all the core areas of language
development.
Watch this video
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards, it helps prioritize
Overview brochure
instruction to support higher levels of reading and writing and makes the
increased expectations of the Common Core attainable. Components

Key Components:
• My Skills Buddy Book (Grade K, 6 Volumes)
• Student Anthologies (1–6 : Grade 1, 6 Books, Grades 2-6: 2 books)
• Teacher’s Edition
• A Reader’s & Writer’s Notebook/Writing to Sources Handbook
• Big Books and Readers
• Digital access through Realize
• Assessment Materials
• ELL Materials and much more (link to components)

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Features and Benefits
Key Selling Points /
Common Core Made Easy
All resources are fully aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and it
has professional development resources to make you an expert in CCSS.
Differentiators
Designed around Content Knowledge include:
The Student books contain authentic literature, vocabulary, comprehension,
research, grammar and writing instruction and also available online via our new
learning platform, Realize. Awarding-winning literature at every grade level, a • Increase text complexity in reading.
collection of leveled readers, and a new component, Sleuth magazine. The unique • Provide accessible rigor.
thing about our literature is that students will read widely and deeply among a • Balance fiction and informational texts.
broad range of increasingly complex texts about a central topic. You will also find • Build content-area knowledge.
content knowledge surrounding Science and Social Studies topics. • Emphasize close reading.
• Focus on informative/explanatory,
Complex Text Accessible to All Students
argumentative/opinion, and narrative.
Makes complex text accessible to all students through scaffolding the instruction
and by starting with bite-sized chunks.

Connect Reading and Writing

Daily and weekly writing tasks prompts students to use text based evidence to
support their writing. The writing tasks are scaffolded for students and moves from Restrictions
construction of sentences, to paragraphs to essays that direct students to use text
evidence for writing across several texts. Reading Street 2008, and 2013 are
restricted for international sales. The
Simple and thorough assessment
Instruction is based on diagnostic and formative assessment. Yearly baseline tests
2011 Global Edition is still available.
find out what students know to inform instruction for the year. A benchmark test
is available for each unit. Weekly tests assess mastery of skill and strategies taught
each week. Reading Street Q&A Session
Read these in more detail on Playbook
Reading Street 2016 Highlights
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10 Reasons to love Writing to Sources – Connecting reading
and writing for understanding. Students

Reading Street to dig deeper and write with text based

evidence. Download flyer here

It works! – Independent research studies

Reading Street Authors Lead the way to Common
Core! Authors Peter Afflerbach, P. David Pearson,
and Karen Wixson are leaders in the creation of the
Common Core State Standards. Read more about
the authors here
prove that Reading Street works. Read
the effficacy studies here
Phonics – Systematically builds skills
and establishes a foundation for reading.
Download flyer here

Reading Street Sleuth – Encourages students to Text Complexity – Text complexity

read like a detective through close reads and rubrics from Pearson author, Elfrieda
performance tasks. View online samples here Hiebert, provide knowledge on the
measures for each weekly selection.

Realize the potential – Interactive games, Global Edition – content culturally

assessments, videos, and practice activities. appropriate for all global markets.
Complete Student and Teacher Editions available as
eText for online and iPad®. All online on Pearson
Realize. Sign up for demo here

Assessments – A simple, 5-step plan includes

embedded standards, as well as formative and
formal assessment. Find more info here

Support for ELLs – Reading Street Common Core

organizes instruction around five research-based
principles that support English learners. Download
ELL flyer here
Instructional Topics
Phonemic and Phonological Awareness
Phonics
More flyers
Writing Resources Brochure
Phonics Instruction Brochure
Phonics Scope & Sequence
Technology Overview

Lesson Vocabulary

Oral Vocabulary

Writing & Grammar

Fluency

Word Instruction

Sleuth

Poetry Instruction

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Digital - Print
Online resources for Reading Street Common Core, Global Edition
2016 are available via Realize. Content is available anywhere, any
time and on any device. Plus, all content can be personalized and
suited to any classroom.

Watch this Walk-though

Video
Please note: The digital
components of Reading
Street Common Core
Global Edition on Pearson
Realize will be available
in July 2016.
Digital Walk-
through Brochure

Digital Access Flyer

Demo Account Details

Access and download the
Realize Feature Summary Pearson Realize Platform
Training
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Learn More Competition
Component Analysis
HMH Journeys 2017 Overview
Efficacy HMH Journeys 2017 Strengths &
Pearson strongly believes that its programs should be proven through scientific Weaknesses
research to increase student achievement. As such, it contracted with MMH Wonders 2017 Overview
independent research group Gatti Evaluation, Inc., to conduct a longitudinal
MMH Wonders 2017 Strengths &
randomized, control trial of its Reading Street™ program. The study was
conducted in the Kindergarten, first and fourth grades during the 2009/10 school
Weaknesses
year and followed these students through the first, second, and fifth grades in
2010/11. This report summary presents the evaluation design and methods, an
assessment of program usage and implementation, student performance results,
and a discussion of findings. MyPearsonTraining
Read the Evidence of Effectiveness Brochure Learn more about Reading Street
here

Case Studies
Learn More about the Mt. Ephraim School
District CASE STUDY

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What you can show to
customers?
• Customers can register for Online Sampling here
• They can look at our brochure online, and download it
• Read the detailed overview and further information on our website.
• Find out more about our authors, here.
• Download the 10 Reasons to Love Reading Street Flyer
Customers can flick through the online
brochure, just like a magazine

Demo Accounts
Full access demo accounts can be created yourself by registering an
account under the Global Schools Elementary with school code 95-94-60

If you already have a demo account registered under that school you can
simply add the product to your account. The product name in Realize is
Reading Street 2016 International
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There is so much
support available Appendix
on Playbook,
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Reading Street FAQs

Common Core Correlations

Overview Presentation PowerPoint

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How much do you
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Reading Street
Common Core
Global Edition
2016 now?

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