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An effective resource for improving young students' comprehension skills

With 100 high杋nterest reading activities, this book is designed to help students gain fundamental comprehension skills so they can succeed in reading complex and varied types of texts. Each lesson includes a brief reading selection followed by questions, multiple朿hoice selections, and thinking and writing activities. The activities, all on reproducible worksheets, can be used to give individual students or groups extra practice, or as supplemental skill朾uilding and test杙rep activities for the full class.

旳ctivities are grouped within seven units, each focusing on an important aspect of comprehension

昒nits increase in difficulty level so that students gain proficiency as they work through the material

旽igh杋nterest themes include stories about robots, animal helpers, space, and famous people

昈ffers activities that build the advanced cognitive skills called for in the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)

Each lesson includes a teacher section with guidance on how to introduce the activities to students and support them in their reading practices.

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features 100 high杋nterest readings and activities designed to help students improve their comprehension and response skills. Classroom杢ested lessons include brief reading selections followed by constructed response and multiple朿hoice questions and thinking and writing activities. is flexible and can be used as a core or supplemental program, as test prep, or for intervention with individual students or groups.

Lessons include easily reproduced worksheets grouped within six thematic units. Each unit builds background knowledge and focuses on an important aspect of comprehension: 1) comprehending main ideas and details and visualizing; 2) summarizing; 3) inferring, predicting, and concluding; 4) understanding facts versus opinions; 5) comparing and contrasting; and 6) review and application. These units gradually build in level of challenge so that students gain proficiency and confidence as they move along. Each unit includes a teacher section that offers extensive guidance on how to introduce the lessons to students and support them in their development of essential reading and responding skills.

Praise for

" is exactly what struggling readers need to improve their comprehension. The best part: the texts for each task are included梥aving teachers countless hours of hunting for high杋nterest short passages. Teachers will love this resource!" 桸ancy Boyles, professor of reading, Southern Connecticut State University, and Independent Literacy Consultant

" provides teachers with critical comprehension strategies that all students need to know. The lessons are well杘rganized for the teachers, as well as interesting and motivating for the students. This book is an incredible resource for all classrooms."桱ennifer Brodeur, reading specialist, Old Saybrook, Connecticut

"This book performs the real service of guiding teachers in developing a step朾y杝tep approach to teaching students strategies for improved comprehension." 桰rene W. Gaskins, founder and head of school emerita, Benchmark School, Media, Pennsylvania

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