Chris Schwab 
Ready to Go Guided Reading: Synthesize, Grades 5 — 6 [PDF ebook] 

Add an interesting twist to your language arts lesson plans with Guided Reading: Synthesize for fifth and sixth grades. This resource includes 36 leveled readers-six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The readers engage students with popular topics such as money, hip-hop, ads, language, and more. Create a comprehensive reading program with Ready to Go Guided Reading: Synthesize. This reading comprehension resource book offers informational text for students at various reading levels and includes: -leveled readers with intriguing topics -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -discussion guides -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated by below-, on-, and above-level comprehension skills and feature callout boxes to teach students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts. Each nonfiction reader addresses fascinating topics and includes a writing prompt so students can reflect on what they learned. The 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for grades 1-6 makes guided reading organization a breeze. These 80-page resource books serve as a comprehensive set, complete with six discussion guides and three reproducible pages. Four books are included in each grade span to focus on these essential reading comprehension strategies: -Analyze -Determine Importance -Synthesize -Visualize These resource books contain short nonfiction texts, photographs, charts, maps, and vocabulary banks.