reading comprehension

Contains fifteen short readers' theater plays on the lives of notable Americans, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Tubman, with background information and activities to help teach key concepts and vocabulary.

Contains strategies, lessons, and activities for using fluency instruction in prekindergarten through fourth grade, and includes teacher interviews, effectiveness studies, and resource materials.

Twenty-one stories of deception, followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.

Nonfiction articles profiling adventurers, sports heroes and stuntmen followed by reading comprehension and critical thinking exercises.

Presents twenty-one lessons in three units, each lesson consisting of an article on a heroic person or persons, such as Jackie Robinson, Cesar Chavez, Mahatma Gandhi, Nellie Bly, or Hans and Sophie Scholl, followed by four reading comprehension and four critical thinking exercises; and includes graphs and charts for tracking individual progress throughout each unit.

Develop reading comprehension skills with this amusing story about two very messy kids and their mom.

An expert in the ways young children develop literacy, Gretchen Owocki offers primary teachers just what they need for effective reading comprehension instruction.