One story, three reading levels. Every student reads the same story at a level that fits, answers the same questions in a format that fits, and talks about it together.

Second Chair: Priya has been first-chair flute since fourth grade — until a hardworking new girl, Lena, wins the top spot and bumps her down to second. Stung, Priya stops trying and lets her playing go flat. Then, at the winter concert, she hears the hollow gap her silent part leaves in the music and realizes the song needs her too, even from second chair.

• Social-Emotional Learning focus: resilience, humility, teamwork
• Comprehension skills: literal recall, cause and effect, vocabulary in context, character change, personal connection

What's inside:

• The same story at 3 reading levels (about first through fifth grade)
• 5 comprehension questions per story, building from literal recall up to inference, theme, and a personal connection
• 3 response formats for those questions: Multiple Choice, Sentence Starters, and Open Response
• A Summarize page (Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then) for whole-group, small-group, or partner discussion
• A one-page Educator's Guide with the answer key, discussion prompts, and the story's social-emotional learning focus

Why teachers love it:

• Differentiate twice: choose each student's reading level and their response format, so reading support and writing support are set separately. Every student works on the same story and the same questions at the same time.
• Works for whole-class, small-group, one-on-one, and homeschool/multi-age settings
• High interest, low readability, real comprehension, plus a built-in Social-Emotional Learning theme
• Print-and-go, no prep

Recommended for grades 3–5 (ages 8–11).