Messages: Grades 1–8 Get your ELL students Talking, Comprehending, and Writing Talk About is a series of non-fiction books designed to provide models of everyday English Language for students who are learning English or who have limited English language skills regardless of their age or grade. Talk About introduces your students to the structure, patterns, and vocabulary of everyday language through talking, reading, and writing. is a series of non-fiction books designed to provide models of everyday English Language for students who are learning English or who have limited English language skills regardless of their age or grade.introduces your students to the structure, patterns, and vocabulary of everyday language through talking, reading, and writing. Check the 28-page program overview here!

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Interiors to My Family and Rocks



Talk About series is organized into three sets, each containing 24 books:

Set Pages Topics6 tiles in each topic Talk About Everyday Things

 Beginning ELL 16 All About Me

At My Home

At my School

In My Community Talk About Things Around Me

 High Beginning ELL 24 Sports and Recreation

My Town

Where It Comes From

Jobs Talk About Science In My World

 Low-Intermediate ELL 24 Life Science

Structures and Mechanisms

Matter and Energy

Earth and Space Theseries is organized into three sets, each containing 24 books:

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