Reading Comprehension Boosters : 100 Lessons for Building Higher-Level Literacy, Grades 3-5
ISBN: 9780470399927 | 0470399929
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Pub. Date: 4/19/2010
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An effective resource for improving young students' comprehension skillsWith 100 high-interest 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-choice 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-building and test-... MORE
About This Book.
About the Author.
Introduction.
Unit 1 Finding Main Ideas, Identifying Supporting Details, and Visualizing.
Theme A: The Wonderful World of Animals.
Theme B: Robots.
Unit 2 Summarizing.
Theme: Animal Helpers.
Unit 3 Inferring, Predicting, Concluding.
Theme: People Helping People.
Unit 4 Facts and Opinions.
Theme: Inventions.
Unit 5 Comparing and Contrasting.
Theme A: Confusing Animals.
Theme B: Famous People.
The... MORE Sleep.
Unit 6 Review and Application.
Theme A: Transportation.
Theme B: One-Room Schoolhouses.
Answer Key.
References.
Thomas G. Gunning, a consultant and former public school teacher, is professor emeritus in the Department of Reading at Southern Connecticut State University and adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University. He teaches a variety of courses on literacy, remedial reading, and reading diagnosis.
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