Explore Magnetic Reading

Overview Brochure

See how Magnetic Reading fosters engagement, builds student confidence, and helps all students master essential reading comprehension skills.

Authors and Advisors

With guidance from advisors and authors who have a wide range of expertise in the field of education, Magnetic Reading connects the latest research with practical application in the classroom.

Scope of Skills

These scope of skills documents provide details about the topics and standards or skills for each lesson. 

Build Knowledge and Excel in Reading Comprehension

With so many resources to support reading comprehension, how do you know which is best? See why choosing and using Magnetic Reading is best.

Putting the Science of Reading to Work

View an in-depth analysis of how our Magnetic Reading Foundations K–2 and Magnetic Reading 3–5 provide explicit, systematic, evidence-based literacy instruction grounded in the Science of Reading.

The Research behind the Approach

The research base for Magnetic Reading 3–5 describes the research and expert opinion on effective instruction and how Magnetic Reading 3–5 aligns to the four pedagogical pillars of instructional design: Knowledge-Rich Learning, Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy, Scaffolds to Support Learner Variability, and Data to Inform Instruction. 

Units and Lessons

Each unit in Magnetic Reading aims to build knowledge on a grade-level-appropriate science, social studies, or universal theme through Focus Lessons and a Connect It Lesson.

Knowledge Building

Magnetic Reading supports students in building knowledge in key content areas. Literary texts represent a range of backgrounds, experiences, and text types. They explore universal themes that students will relate to and learn from, such as conflict resolution, building empathy, team building, and friendship. Informational texts offer fresh perspectives on science, social studies, technology, and the arts.

Vocabulary

Key vocabulary is reinforced across lesson texts as students encounter words in different contexts and use them in academic discussions and writing activities. Word knowledge builds from lesson to lesson as students encounter new words on conceptually related topics within each unit.

Routines

The regular use of research‑based routines supports standards instruction, vocabulary acquisition, and good habits of reading, writing, and discussion. Each routine is referenced in the Teacher’s Guide at point of use.

English Learners (ELs)

The Teacher’s Guide provides EL-specific strategies and scaffolds in the lesson and identifies tasks that students will engage with in the language domains of reading, speaking, listening, and writing.

Scaffolds

Throughout reading sessions, scaffolds are embedded to support students’ engagement with grade-level texts. Scaffolds offered during practice sessions support students in unpacking the text’s ideas, structure, and perspectives to arrive at a deeper understanding.

Formative and Summative Assessments

Within Magnetic Reading, there are ongoing opportunities to monitor comprehension.

Grade-Level Scaffolding Report (for i-Ready Users)

The Grade-Level Scaffolding report provides teachers with details to plan reading and standards-based instructional scaffolds with students' individual needs in mind.

Components

Teacher’s Guide

Grade-specific guides give teachers everything needed to successfully teach Magnetic Reading. Weekly and daily plans with scaffolded support with aligned skills are included in each Teacher's Guide.

Teacher’s Guide—Common Core

Grade-specific guides give teachers everything needed to successfully teach Magnetic Reading. Weekly and daily plans with scaffolded support with aligned skills are included in each Teacher's Guide.

Write-In Student Worktext

The Student Worktext provides students with application of skills and purposeful practice.