Each component of The Crossover Literacy is designed to work together, giving teachers the flexibility to meet students where they are while keeping authentic stories at the center of instruction.
The components of this series—from the lessons to the fiction chapter books to the nonfiction articles and journals—seamlessly weave together to form a cohesive instructional arc of 10 lessons. Each group of 10 lessons and their accompanying resources is called a Book Thread.
Divided across three grade-level collections (3–5), these authentic chapter books invite students to connect with engaging characters and their stories while providing opportunities to build literacy skills and reading stamina.
Grade-level Teacher’s Guides provide practical implementation support and explicit lessons with scaffolds grounded in the books students are reading. The 10 lessons that accompany each chapter book follow a research-based scope and sequence for phonics, vocabulary and word analysis, fluency, and comprehension.
Book Threads (of 10 lessons that accompany each chapter book) connect each chapter book to the student journal and paired nonfiction article with exclusive “Coach Kwame Writing Tips,” giving students opportunities to reflect, write, discuss, and build knowledge.
From “Warm Up with Coach Kwame” videos and Fandom Short videos to audio-supported eBooks, digital resources give students more ways to stay connected to the stories beyond the page.
Browse pages from The Crossover Literacy to see how trade-style chapter books and explicit instruction work side by side.
See how each chapter builds skills, stamina, and engagement.
Available for each collection (1 per grade), Teacher’s Guides provide educators with lessons, activities, assessment, and support with implementation.
Build background knowledge and deepen comprehension with nonfiction topics connected to the chapter books.
Student journals invite students to put pencil to paper and become writers themselves.
Each book comes with a collection of digital resources designed to extend learning beyond the page, including a “Warm Up with Coach Kwame” video to introduce and hype each book, audiobooks for each book, and Fandom Shorts, video clips that keep students connected to The Crossover Universe. Press play to see Coach Kwame introduce one of the books for students.
