Beautifully designed information books for 8 to 14 year olds that help improve reading comprehension!

Pricing

Inquizitive includes science and social studies topics and themes. Every book is rich in text features, including: vivid and interesting photos, diagrams, cross sections, maps etc. These features provide students with many opportunities to investigate and learn using a variety of visual presentations.

Each student book includes a variety of special features which provide additional information, but also extend and challenge students' thinking and reading (eg. Biography, profile, Techtalk etc).

Questions and activities conveniently placed at the back of every book, and can be used for large or small group discussions, writing activities or research. Text blocks are age-appropriate, manageable, and well-spaced.

• 74 books organized into 4 levels
• 4 Teacher Guides (one per level)

Inquizitive integrates easily into your program because it can be used in so many ways:

• Use it for guided instruction in reading comprehension strategies and skills (lots of support in the guides)
• Use it for independent reading
• Use it for research projects -both the books and the website provide a wealth of information
• Use it to launch a science or social studies theme or topic

The Teacher Guides for Inquizitive are complete and easy-to-use!

• The front section of each guide provides lots of ideas and activities for teaching characteristics of informational text using any book
• Teaching plans for every book are divided into Before, During and After sections, and contain a Lesson Planner for explicit instructions, and a line master
• A variety of assessment tools are provided -use the Oral Reading Record and Comprehension Summary provided for every book or use the quick and simple checklists, and ongoing observation tips and ideas