

Students' abilities to think, form, express and justify personal opinions are developed further in the 'Ideas Focus' sections, a core skill for success at First.A new 'Learning Focus' feature introduces 'learning to learn' tips so students can see what they need to do themselves outside of the classroom to progress.The integrated 'Exam Close up' feature now gives students and teachers s tep by step advice and strategies for how best to approach exam tasks so students have an opportunity to put the advice into practise on the page.Close up is still as interesting, topical and up to date as ever with spectacular National Geographic photography and facts that have been carefully selected to appeal to the inquisitive minds of young teenagers. Take a look at the text view and book view! Students can adjust the reading level for a just-right experience.With a new component array and strong digital support, the new edition of Close up has been fully updated to be in line with the new First for Schools 2015 specifications. GVRL’s custom collections tool lets customers further tailor this content by organizing books based on student needs, such as grouping the Spanish-language titles together or grouping by reading level. In GVRL, we’ve added a drop-down menu at the start of each chapter so students can proactively and seamlessly switch between levels while reading. Schools creating custom collections can choose which levels to include in their collections, making it easy to group titles by level rather than subject.Lexile values are used to avoid polarizing language such as “above” or “below” level.

After selecting a book, students can then pick their starting point.

Intuitive drop-downs empower students to adjust reading level up or down with one click, while the visuals stay the same for a smart, seamless experience.With unlimited users, teachers can use the National Geographic Ladders series with the whole classroom, and in multiple classrooms within a building.Each version includes the same imagery, content, and central vocabulary for a shared classroom experience, but the difficulty of the text varies to support students at different stages in their reading. Geared toward grades 3-5, each leveled set contains four versions of one book: three different reading levels (on, above, or below) and a Spanish-language version. This unique collection of eBooks helps teachers meet the needs of diverse learners with leveled content sets that focus on topics in Social Studies. We’re excited to announce the National Geographic Ladders Series released to Gale eBooks on GVRL. Experience the world through engaging social studies content.
