Text Connections Topic Set: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Teach the reading and analysis of key text types with grade-level, knowledge-building topic sets featuring four types of text for Grades K-6: Informational, Narrative Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, and Opinion, plus Poetry. Topic sets focused on close reading for Grades K-2 deliver explicit instruction in text analysis and scaffolded content to facilitate comprehension and independent reading. Text-Dependent Comprehension Cards provide prompts for evidence-based answers. Cross-Text Analysis Cards encourage evaluation of content.