What is New Keystone?

Accelerate English language proficiency and academic success!

New Keystone, designed for students aged 10 to 14, is the third edition of the highly successful reading and language development program. It offers scaffolded, sustained instruction combined with an explicit focus on language development. This proven approach accelerates language acquisition, literacy, and transferable academic skills simultaneously.

Academic rigor is assured through alignment to the Common Core State Standards. The series also develops transferable academic skills.

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Suitable for 10-14 year olds
4 levels
10+ hours of English per week
American English (AE)
Mapped to the Global Scale of English

What's new in New Keystone?

Selected new readings provide topics with international appeal.
New and engaging videos explore the unit themes.
Simplified grammar presentations and additional practice support language development.
Extra Online Practice Activities (in Digital Resources) give students additional practice, with a focus on grammar and vocabulary.

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**Mapped to the Global Scale of English (GSE)**: providing focused learning objectives at the start of each unit and facilitate greater precision in performance assessment.

**Drives student progress**: a flexible reading and language development program that accelerates student achievement through scaffolded, sustained instruction and language development strategies.

**Thematic units**: each level has 6 thematic units organized around a Big Question.

**Authentic reading**: lessons center on a wide range of genres, including biographies, informational texts, and poems, as well as classic and contemporary literature.

**Reader+**: a digital copy of the book with audio and video embedded. It is possible to highlight text, make notes, bookmark pages, and zoom.

**EXAMVIEW™**: allows teachers to create and customize a test, edit and delete questions from a question bank, and print tests.

**Accelerates students' development**: explicit, intensive, and focused instruction develops English language skills to ensure academic success for all learners.

**Aligned to the Common Core State Standards**: offers the rigor of a first language course, while care has been taken to scaffold learning so it is an appropriate pace for second-language learners.

**Reading is at the heart of every unit**: each reading focuses on comprehension, reading strategies, and building fluency.

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ISBNs

	Level A	Level B	Level C	Level D
Student Edition with Digital Resources	9780135232743	9780135232767	9780135232774	9780135232781
Workbook	9780135233771	9780135233788	9780135233795	9780135233801
Teacher’s Edition with Digital Resources	9780135233818	9780135233849	9780135233825	9780135233764
Teacher’s Resource Book	9780135237526	9780135237519	9780135237502	9780135237496
Assessment	9780135237724	9780135237717	9780135237694	9780135237687
Reader's Companion	9780135237670	9780135237663	9780135237755	9780135237748

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New Cornerstone is 6-level primary series designed for children aged 6-11 years.

Together with New Keystone, New Cornerstone provides support for teaching students to gain the highest level of language proficiency and academic success.

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