Extreme sports are extremely cool! Come explore the world of extreme sports enthusiasts and how they make their free-falling fantasies a reality. The only requirements are training-and courage! Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this nonfiction book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt students to connect back to the text and encourage multiple readings. The Think Link and Dig Deeper sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Have you ever dreamed of flying through the air like a superhero? Perhaps you've thought about jumping out of a plane and parachuting to safety. Whether its bungee jumping, skydiving, or wingsuit flying, these activities require an abundance of creativity - and courage! This 6-Pack of texts builds critical literacy skills while students are engaged in reading about extreme sports. Featuring TIME content, the purposefully leveled text was developed by Timothy Rasinski, a leading expert in reading research. The intriguing sidebars feature fun facts that challenge students to think more deeply about the topics and develop higher-order thinking. Informational text features include a table of contents, captions, bold font, an extensive glossary, and a detailed index to deepen understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Try It! culminating activity requires students to connect back to the text, and the Reader's Guide provides opportunities for additional language-development activities. Aligned with McREL, WIDA/TESOL, and state standards, this title readies students for college and career. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

The Assessment Guide for TIME FOR KIDS®: Nonfiction Readers offers an exciting mix of support materials for science, mathematics, and social studies lessons plans. Developed by one of the leading experts in reading research - Timothy Rasinski - this Assessment Guide provides evidence-based methods to boost student reading skills. The Assessment Guide features fluency and writing ruberics, comprehension assignments for each reader, as well as teacher best practices.

Rachel, a naive farm woman who has led a sheltered life, partners with the alien beings that live in Mt. Shasta. Since she is the only human who the aliens trust, her mission is one of life and death for humanity. She is catapulted on a journey teeming with challenges as she travels across the United States hunting attunement crystals to repair their spaceships and ultimately, she must venture into outer space to locate and replace the crystal skulls back in the grid. If the axis shift is not corrected, and soon, every inhabitant is threatened with annihilation including the alien race who has protected humanity for hundreds of millennia....

It’s all come to this. All roads lead here, to the end. The end of man. The end of an era. The end of the world. They’ve been abandoned in the wasteland as the apocalypse rages on. Left to die by those they thought were dead. With the helicopter gone, taking all hope with it, there’s only one thing left to do… Survive.