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.

All the way under / written by Jyotsna Sreenivasan ; illustrated by Elizabeth Wolf -- The amazing octopus / written by Vicki León -- A pack of wolves / written by Vicki León -- Cry foul / written by Ruth Siburt ; illustrated by Sally Schaedler -- Lights! Camera! Action! / written by Sara Wooten -- Storm chasers / written by Ed Stanley -- Martin and princess / written by Suzanne Moyers ; illustrated by Sally Schaedler -- Linda Greenlaw : a swordfishing boat captain / written by Cynthia Benjamin -- One brave heart : triathlete Rudy Garcia-Tolson / written by Suzanne Moyers -- Northern spirit / written by Lisa Trumbauer ; illustrated by Jock Macrae -- Lost! / written by Ed Stanley ; illustrated by Dick Smolinski -- Thrills and chills : roller coaster madness / written by Jeff Savage -- The missing link / written by Thom Holmes ; illustrated by Craig Orback -- Upar and the great nut tree : a South American myth / retold by Marcia Vaughan ; illustrated by Susan Gaber -- Surtsey-- birth of an island / written by Deborah T. Sycamore.