Only Playbooks® can present actual dialogue text in different colors while also having easier and more difficult roles in the same story. This is a patented format and this simple difference is important and can be crucial to ultimate student success. Color-coded text means each reader’s dialogue text (not just the name in the margin) appear in a different color. This makes it easier for students to follow their character roles, assess how much they will read, and be prepared for their next turn to speak, giving them a sense of ownership and security in their roles.
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Playbooks® carefully balance main character roles and role combinations for small, non-threatening reading groups so that all readers participate and have the opportunity to shine throughout the entire story, even the struggling readers! The whole idea is to build reading confidence, fluency, and participation for all readers and not just give smaller, more
insignificant roles to lower level readers.
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Playbooks® multi-leveled character roles are edited by credentialed teachers using a proprietary leveled word dictionary and strict sentence structure guidelines, so students achieve ultimate success and fluency among their peers. We do not simply assess what an author has written to determine what level the text might be; we
actually level the roles!
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