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Sample Lessons

• Book 1: Sample Lesson
• Book 1: Sample Lesson Answer Key
• Book 1: Table of Contents
• Book 2: Sample Lesson
• Book 2: Sample Lesson Answer Key
• Book 2: Table of Contents
• Book 3: Sample Lesson
• Book 3: Sample Lesson Answer Key
• Book 3: Table of Contents

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An architect, a physician, an umpire, an aviator, and a cartoonist: these are just a few of the careers represented in this book of short biographies.

Students will develop reading, thinking, and writing skills (useful for succeeding on standardized tests) as they learn about diverse people, both contemporary and historical. The brief stories, running from one-and-a-half to three pages as the series advances, are accompanied by black-and-white photos showing the subject or his or her work. Preceding each story is a question that leads students to reflect on what they already know about the topic. Vocabulary words are highlighted and then defined after the reading selection. Featured biographies include Walter Mosley, Fiorello LaGuardia, Roger Tory Peterson, Yo-Yo Ma, and more.

Three exercises—Thinking about What You Have Read, Working with Words, and Writing Skills—check comprehension, expand vocabulary, and offer writing opportunities.

Pricing for Claims to Fame®

			Pricing
#	Item	Grade Range	1-5	6+	Quantity	Sub-total
2374-WX	Claims to Fame 1 1–5 pricing: 12.50 6+ pricing: 8.75 Claims to Fame 1 contains 12 biographies of people from a variety of careers. The following biographies are included: • Sibbell Ludington • Walter Mosley • Rosa Bonheur • Susan Baer • Fiorello La Guardia • Jessie Tarbox Beals • Roger Tory Peterson • Bessie Coleman • Amanda Clement • Ruben Blades • Martine Kempf • Yo-Yo Ma The brief stories, running from one-and-a-half to three pages as the series advances, are accompanied by black-and-white photos showing the person or his or her work. Three exercises—Thinking about What You Have Read, Working with Words, and Writing Skills—check comprehension, expand vocabulary, and offer writing opportunities. Skills Addressed • Prereading focus • Factual recall • Critical interpretation • Response to writing prompts • Comprehension strategies • Literal recall questions • Inferential questions • Synonyms and antonyms • Similes • Homophones • Affixes • Suffixes • Critical thinking • Responding to passages in writing • Vocabulary development • Test preparation • Writing development	2–3	12.50	8.75
2377-WX	Claims to Fame 1–Teacher’s Guide 1–5 pricing: 4.85 6+ pricing: — This new 48-page guide contains answers to the exercise questions as well as four sample student responses to the stories. The author has rated the responses and has included the criteria she used to judge the student work.	2–3	4.85	—
82374-WX	Classroom Set Book 1 1–5 pricing: 203.65 6+ pricing: — SAVE with a Book 1 Classroom Set  Buy 25 student books and get the Teacher’s Edition FREE!	2–3	203.65	—
2375-WX	Claims to Fame 2 1–5 pricing: 12.50 6+ pricing: 8.75 Claims to Fame 2 contains 14 biographies of people from a variety of careers. The following biographies are included: • Jerry Yang • Elizabeth Cochrane • Dr. Susan Scott • Jose Marti • Patricia Jean Billings • Dr. Daniel Hale Williams • Katherine Switzer • Al Hirschfeld • Sarah Breedlove Walker • Sam Wanamaker • Dr. Sara Josephine Baker • Maya Lin • Jaime Laredo • Eliza Lucas Pickney The brief stories, running from one-and-a-half to three pages as the series advances, are accompanied by black-and-white photos showing the person or his or her work. Three exercises—Thinking about What You Have Read, Working with Words, and Writing Skills—check comprehension, expand vocabulary, and offer writing opportunities. Skills Addressed • Prereading focus • Factual recall • Critical interpretation • Response to writing prompts • Comprehension strategies • Literal recall questions • Inferential questions • Synonyms and antonyms • Similes • Homophones • Affixes • Suffixes • Critical thinking • Responding to passages in writing • Vocabulary development • Test preparation • Writing development	3–4	12.50	8.75
2378-WX	Claims to Fame 2–Teacher’s Guide 1–5 pricing: 4.85 6+ pricing: — This new 48-page guide contains answers to the exercise questions as well as four sample student responses to the stories. The author has rated the responses and has included the criteria she used to judge the student work.	3–4	4.85	—
82375-WX	Classroom Set Book 2 1–5 pricing: 203.65 6+ pricing: — SAVE with a Book 2 Classroom Set  Buy 25 student books and get the Teacher’s Edition FREE!	3–4	203.65	—
2376-WX	Claims to Fame 3 1–5 pricing: 12.50 6+ pricing: 8.75 Claims to Fame 3 contains 14 biographies of people from a variety of careers. The following biographies are included: • Kent Wheatley • Betty Robinson Schwartz • Robert Stevenson • Midori Goto • Gabriel Garcia Marquez • Ida B. Wells • Janet Guthrie • Violet Jessup • George C. Wolfe • Rosemary Casals • Marie Grosholtz Tussaud • William Karesh • Fannie Spelce • John Harrison The brief stories, running from one-and-a-half to three pages as the series advances, are accompanied by black-and-white photos showing the person or his or her work. Three exercises—Thinking about What You Have Read, Working with Words, and Writing Skills—check comprehension, expand vocabulary, and offer writing opportunities. Skills Addressed • Prereading focus • Factual recall • Critical interpretation • Response to writing prompts • Comprehension strategies • Literal recall questions • Inferential questions • Synonyms and antonyms • Similes • Homophones • Affixes • Suffixes • Critical thinking • Responding to passages in writing • Vocabulary development • Test preparation • Writing development	4–5	12.50	8.75
2379-WX	Claims to Fame 3–Teacher’s Guide 1–5 pricing: 4.85 6+ pricing: — This new 48-page guide contains answers to the exercise questions as well as four sample student responses to the stories. The author has rated the responses and has included the criteria she used to judge the student work.	4–5	4.85	—
82376-WX	Classroom Set Book 3 1–5 pricing: 203.65 6+ pricing: — SAVE with a Book 3 Classroom Set  Buy 25 student books and get the Teacher’s Edition FREE!	4–5	203.65	—

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This program incorporates the Orton-Gillingham approach. This instructional methodology is language-based, multisensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, and flexible. Learn more »