Tier 1 & 2 Reading Comprehension Support
Support Coach, ELA: Close Reading that Builds Comprehension
Support Coach, Target: Reading Comprehension guides struggling readers through multiple, purpose-driven reads of short, rich texts, building the comprehension, vocabulary, and critical-thinking skills students need to master grade-level skills.
Reading Comprehension Grades 1–2 Tiers 1 & 2
Reading Comprehension Built for Striving Readers
Support Coach, Target: Reading Comprehension was developed for striving readers who need extra support to master the rigorous content today’s standards demand. Through the close reading process, each lesson targets critical skills within a specific genre, giving readers the scaffolded support they need to access complex texts and transfer those skills across content areas.
Support Coach strengthens readers through:
- Explicit Close Reading Instruction: Multiple reads of the same text, each focused on a different skill
- Genre-Based Skill Building: Fiction and nonfiction lessons—from fables to scientific texts—that grow comprehension and vocabulary
- Flexible, Skills-Aligned Support: Works with any core reading program, in any grouping and any order
Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Skills
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Instructional objectives and skills are outlined for each section of every lesson.
- Close reading worksheets are provided for each selection, providing scaffolding during targeted comprehension and vocabulary skills practice
- English language learner support is threaded throughout the program.
- Differentiated instruction is provided in each lesson for striving readers.
- Text complexity measures offer quantitative and qualitative descriptions for every selection.
- Fluency practice activities and assessments are tied to each lesson.
- Lesson quizzes and summative practice tests provide opportunities for progress monitoring.
- Phonics and decoding practice components are referenced at point of use in each lesson.
Comprehensive Support for Confident Instruction
Support Coach makes implementing the close reading process manageable. A separate Teacher’s Manual provides in-depth instruction and modeling of every skill and strategy, guiding educators step by step through the close reading routine.
- Skills correlation charts located in the Teacher Editions
- Guidance for selecting fiction and nonfiction lessons to match student needs
Frequently Asked Questions
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Support Coach, Target: Reading Comprehension is a supplemental reading comprehension program for Grades 1 and 2, built for striving readers who need extra support to master grade-level skills. Each lesson targets critical comprehension skills within a specific genre using a proven close reading approach.
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Support Coach is designed for struggling and below-grade-level readers in Grades 1 and 2. It provides the scaffolded, Tier 1 and Tier 2 support these students need to access the complex texts required by today's standards.
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Support Coach builds comprehension through three purpose-driven reads of the same short, rich text. Students first read for basic comprehension, then reread to analyze craft and genre, and finally reread to evaluate meaning with higher-order thinking. They then apply those skills independently to a new selection in the same genre.
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Support Coach is a flexible reading supplement that works with any core reading program. Teachers can use it in whole-group, small-group, or one-on-one settings, making it a strong fit for RTI and MTSS intervention, and lessons can be taught in any order.
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Each grade level includes consumable Student Editions, Assessments, a Teacher's Manual, and an Answer Key—available for both Grade 1 and Grade 2.
