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Spiraled Content

Each ConceptLinks® science and social studies topic is presented through 4 leveled texts that spiral standards-based content from book to book, providing increasingly challenging concepts, academic vocabulary, and text load.  The first level if the Student Books, the blue level, covers core objectives related to the topic.  Each additional level covers the concepts of the previous level and develops additional ideas.  This spiraled approach, paired with the leveled texts, means that all students can begin work at the appropriate level and make steady progress toward grade-level competencies.

Example: Ecosystems Module

 
Level 1, Blue Level 2, Green Level 3, Orange Level 4, Purple
Reading Grade Level 2 3 4 5
Guided Reading  K-L M-N P-Q S-T
Lexile™  400 580 660 730
TESOL  1/2 3 4 5
Overview
of Key Concepts
  • Ecosystems include all the living and nonliving things in an area.
  • The living part of an ecosystem includes populations and communities.
  • Ecosystems include all the living and nonliving things in an area.
  • The living part of an ecosystem includes populations and communities.
  • Food chains and food webs show how energy passes through ecosystems.
  • Ecosystems include all the living and nonliving things in an area.
  • The living part of an ecosystem includes populations and communities.
  • Food chains and food webs show how energy passes through ecosystems.
  • Different amounts of energy are available at different levels in food chains.
  • Ecosystems include all the living and nonliving things in an area.
  • The living part of an ecosystem includes populations and communities.
  • Food chains and food webs show how energy passes through ecosystems.
  • Different amounts of energy are available at different levels in food chains.
  • Nature and human events affect ecosystems.
  • Natural resources need to be protected and conserved.