Using materials from this four-book series is a great way to include a popular, effective approach to integrating reading and writing without all the preparation time. These books present reading selections, each with an appropriate graphic organizer. Each ready-to-use lesson consists of three parts:

* Story/Article hand picked for level-appropriate readability from Highlights for   Children magazine
* Graphic Organizer to study, complete, or create
* Work sheets that involve comprehension, analyzing, thinking, and writing.

Level of difficulty increases within each book, as well as through the series. Graphic Organizers include web, flow charts, tables, Venn diagrams, timelines, and more. Selections of fiction, nonfiction, biography, and poetry cover a broad range of topics—mystery, adventure, humor, fantasy, folklore, multicultural, history, geography, sports, health, and science.
64 pages in each book. Answer keys included.