DLM Familiar Texts are provided for use during shared reading instruction. During shared reading instruction, adults work to maximize student engagement and interaction, while asking very few direct questions. This is especially important for students who are completing DLM testlets at the Initial Precursor linkage level. These students struggle with engagement and communication. As such, adults have to work to recruit and sustain student interest and engagement while teaching them to communicate using gestures, images in the book, and objects. Shared reading interactions can also help students learn to respond to simple yes/no questions using a gesture or movement (e.g., head shake/nod, looking up/down, hand up/down).
You can learn more about shared reading by completing these DLM Professional Development modules:
Shared Reading Online Self-directed Module
Shared Reading Facilitated Module Materials for Groups
Or the modules and supports provided by our partners at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at https://sharedreader.org
About Grade 7 Familiar Texts (pdf)
Texts with an asterisk (*) contain material that some students may find sensitive.
- Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of The Iliad
Stories
The Golden Apple*
The Three Women*
Informational Texts
Ancient Greece
The Olympic Tradition
What Does a King Do?*- Hatchet
Stories
Brian Survives*
Finding Food*
Survival Kit*
Informational Texts
Birds
Camping Adventures*
Moose
Moose Run Free- The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Stories
A Trip to the Fair
Calpurnia Explores the Pond
Calpurnia's Grandfather
Green and Yellow GrasshoppersInformational Texts
Contests
Libraries
Observations
Taking Care of Animals
The Fair