Provides brief instruction and concentrated practice for students giving them the opportunity to assess their own performance. Reading passages in each book are designed so that the book can be used by all students performing at that reading level. Includes modeled practice, guided practice and independent practice. Encompasses many types of fiction and nonfiction with selected response questions and constructed response questions. Teacher guides include reading strategy tips, reproducibles, answer forms and answer keys. Gives teachers the opportunity to identify and assess a student's level of mastery. This set aids students in learning to distinguish the order in which things happen and learn words that signal sequence.