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Grades 2-6 Resources

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Helpful links and free resources

Series contents. A list of selections in the student anthologies.

"Integrating Junior Great Books into Your Reading Language Arts Curriculum." Read how easily the program fits with your current curriculum.

Assessment Tools for Grades 2-6, including

  • Planning for Assessment
  • Activity Mini-Rubrics and Activity Score Sheet
  • Critical-Thinking Rubric
  • Building Your Answer
  • Writing Rubric
  • Portfolio Assessment
  • Student Reflection
  • Great Books Student Learning Objectives: K-12

Free Assessment Kit. Now, Junior Great Books Series 3–5 provides an exciting new component—the assessment kit. This booklet includes samples of the assessment tools included in every Leader's Edition in the new series.

Teacher Leader Reflection and Mentoring. Advice and rubrics.

Ooka Discussion Video. Watch a class of third-grade students discuss "Ooka and the Honest Thief," a Japanese folktale in the new Junior Great Series (Series 3, Book One).

Online Resources for the U.S. Constitution The Will of the People. Through a collaboration with the Christian Science Monitor, teachers and students can access the Monitor Archive to find news stories on currents events that reinforce the continuing relevance of the U.S. Constitution and other key documents in the history of American democracy.