Beech, Linda

Presents forty short passages for close reading for third graders, focusing on main ideas and details, fact and opinion, inferences, and more.

Presents forty short passages for close reading for second graders, focusing on main ideas and details, fact and opinion, inferences, and more.

Presents forty short passages for close reading for fourth graders, focusing on main ideas and details, fact and opinion, context clues, and more.

Introduces the sight words "play" and "with" through a story in which a young girl plays with different things.

Introduces the sight words "you" and "and" through a story about a girl and her dog.

Introduces the sight words "find" and "the" through a story about a family who are packing for a trip to the beach.

Introduces the sight words "me" and "too" through a story in which a young boy mimics the activities of his older brother.

A literature guide to "Island of the Blue Dolphins", designed for students in grades four through eight; featuring a summary of the story, a list of characters, an author biography, vocabulary lists, chapter summaries, discussion questions, suggested activities, and reproducible worksheets.

Introduces the sight words "run" and "said" through a story in which a group of animals has fun running.