Gives middle school teachers a range of tools to help monitor literacy behavior continuously as they teach, as well as conduct periodic assessments for accountability. Intended to guide teachers' ongoing observations of student's progress within a literature-based reading program.

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All the way under -- A new school experience -- The amazing octopus -- A pack of wolves -- Cry foul -- Friends in America -- Lights! Camera! Action! -- Storm chasers -- Froggy and princess -- Mike Fink : king of the keelboatmen -- Linda Greenlaw : a swordfishing boat captain -- One brave heart : triathlete Rudy Garcia-Tolson -- Alaska major -- Lost! -- Mount Washington -- Thrills and chills : roller coaster madness -- The missing link -- Upar and the great nut tree : a South American myth -- Duel of the dinosaur hunters -- Surtsey--birth of an island.