Includes suggested activities and questions on every page so you don’t have to create from scratch
Offers activities for before, during, and after reading.
Questions and activities build comprehension and higher-order thinking skills.
“I developed this series as a result of observing the pressures and time limitations in today’s classrooms. Key Links provides teachers with explicit guidance on every page, in every book, which ensures that all the necessary literacy skills are covered at the appropriate stage.”
Based in New Zealand, Jill Eggleton is an international educational consultant in literacy with a wide variety of teaching experiences spanning 30 years. She has trained teachers and implemented internationally-recognized literacy programs with educators and administrators in Canada, USA, Australia, and New Zealand.
Watch Jill Eggleton explain how to use Key Links resources. Learn the philosophy behind each series and practical applications for your classroom.
Explore shared, guided, independent, and small-group independent reading within the Key Links series.
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Use poetry to reinforce the rhythm of language and create a powerful vehicle for oral literacy development.
Each grade-level poetry card set includes:
Exciting, Read-Aloud 11.75” x 15.25” Shared Readers are fun for the whole class! Patterned, rhythmical, rhyming text helps students learn and practise listening and speaking skills, and develop a rich oral vocabulary.
The fiction selections feature vibrant illustrations and recurring characters to engage all readers. Documentary-style nonfiction selections feature outstanding photography and include graphic organizers, maps, visual summaries, and more!
Grades 2–3
Bridge the gap between guided and independent reading. Students work together to practise and apply comprehension strategies and oral language skills to gain reading independence.
114 levelled Little Books: 36 nonfiction, 12 fiction
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