AlphaWorld Guided Reading

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Enter the world of non-fiction!

Includes Social Studies and Science Connections.

AlphaWorld Guided Reading - Levels A-L

These carefully levelled books for Grades K–2
have a full range of features to assist students
as they learn to read non-fiction.


AlphaWorld Features:

Books gradually increase in difficulty based
on complexity of concepts, vocabulary and language
structures, context, and length of text

Interesting, well-researched texts inform and extend
children’s knowledge of the world around them

Visually stunning photography



AlphaWorld Guided Reading - Book Samples
Book samples



Levels 1–5 Text Features Levels 6–11 Text Features
Simple language structures More complex language structures
Consistent placement of text Labels, table of contents, indexes, flow diagrams, and headings
Repeated sentence patterns Variation in sentence structures
Small range of text types Increased range of text types
Photographs support the text Photographs and diagrams support the text


AlphaWorld Guided Reading - Teacher's Guide Cover Spreads

Teacher’s Guides for Levels 1–11

Outline the features of text at each reading level

Introduce practical reading strategies

Provide a model of guided reading

Feature lesson plans for each book that develop reading strategies

Contain reproducible pages

Were developed by a national team of Canadian educators


Available as Complete Sets, Library Packs, and 6-packs!

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