Book excerpt: A perfect addition to your language arts lesson plan, Guided Reading: Determine Importance for first and second grades includes six sets of readers, two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The bold images and maps appeal to students as they learn about ants, chimps, sound, and more. Ready to Go Guided Reading: Determine Importance offers the essentials for an effective guided reading program for first and second grades. This reading comprehension book includes: -discussion guides -leveled readers that cover high-interest topics -prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features -graphic organizers and an observation sheet The readers are separated into three readability levels and designed to keep students’ attention. Callout boxes direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt. 12-book Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for grades 1–6 includes everything you need for your guided reading group. Each 80-page reading comprehension resource book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. The series features four books for each grade span to focus on the following comprehension strategies: -Analyze -Determine Importance -Synthesize -Visualize The readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.