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-prep activities for the full class. Activities are grouped within seven units, each focusing on an important aspect of comprehensionUnits increase in difficulty level so that students gain proficiency as they work through the materialHigh-interest themes include stories about robots, animal helpers, space, and famous peopleOffers 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.
Author(s): Thomas G. Gunning
Edition: 1
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 483
Reading Comprehension Boosters: 100 Lessons for Building Higher-Level Literacy, Grades 3-5......Page 1
About This Book......Page 7
About the Author......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Strategies Presented......Page 11
Overriding Strategies......Page 12
Getting Started......Page 14
Assisting English Language Learners......Page 15
Introducing the Program......Page 16
Teaching the Main Idea and Supporting Details......Page 35
Lesson 1: Identifying Topic Sentences......Page 39
Lesson 2: Nile Crocodiles......Page 44
Lesson 3: Snake Killer......Page 49
Lesson 4: The Hornbill Alarm Clock......Page 52
Lesson 5: Chasing Crowned Eagles Away......Page 54
Lesson 6: The Tree Hyrax......Page 58
Lesson 7: Strange Catfish......Page 61
Lesson 8: Insect Sounds......Page 64
Lesson 9: Watch the Ears......Page 66
Lesson 10: The Whale Shark......Page 69
Lesson 11: Keeping Safe......Page 71
Lesson 12: Alligators......Page 74
Lesson 13: Parrotfish......Page 77
Lesson 14: Meerkats......Page 80
Lesson 15: Two-Headed Snakes......Page 82
Lesson 16: The Mouse That Howls......Page 86
Lesson 17: The Fish That Fishes......Page 90
Lesson 18: The Goliath Birdeater Spider......Page 93
Lesson 19: The Giant Squid......Page 95
Lesson 20: Review of Topic Sentences......Page 103
Lesson 21: Sawfish......Page 106
Lesson 22: Rovers......Page 110
Lesson 23: T-52......Page 115
Lesson 24: The Pet Contest......Page 117
End-of-Theme Reflection......Page 120
Teaching Summarizing......Page 123
Lesson 25: How Dogs Help Disabled People......Page 127
Lesson 26: 4 Paws for Ability......Page 131
Lesson 27: Where Service Dogs Can Go......Page 134
Lesson 28: Service Dogs at Work......Page 137
Lesson 29: Morris Frank and Buddy......Page 139
Lesson 30: Raising Puppies for The Seeing Eye......Page 143
Lesson 31: Getting to Know Their Dogs......Page 146
Lesson 32: Guide Horses......Page 149
Lesson 33: Hearing Ear Dogs......Page 152
Lesson 34: Paws for Reading......Page 157
Lesson 35: Using Monkeys to Help Disabled People......Page 160
Lesson 36: Dogs That Help People Who Are Sick, Sad, or Lonely......Page 166
Lesson 37: Assistance Dogs......Page 172
End-of-Theme Reflection......Page 176
Introducing Inferring......Page 181
Lesson 38: Dan West Making Inferences......Page 186
Lesson 39: Not a Cup But a Cow......Page 190
Lesson 40: Getting Started......Page 192
Lesson 41: A Big Dream......Page 196
Lesson 42: Not Just Cows......Page 198
Lesson 43: Helping Families......Page 202
Introducing Predicting......Page 204
Lesson 44: Young Helper......Page 206
Making Predictions......Page 208
Lesson 45: Starting Free the Children......Page 209
Lesson 46: The Growth of Free the Children......Page 213
Lesson 47: Helping with Health......Page 217
Lesson 48: Youth in Action......Page 220
Lesson 49: Saint of the Gutters......Page 222
Lesson 50: Helping the Poorest of the Poor......Page 226
Lesson 51: The Most Admired Person in the World......Page 229
Lesson 52: Craig Kielburger and Mother Teresa......Page 233
Lesson 53: The Meeting......Page 235
Lesson 54: The Next Day......Page 238
Lesson 55: BookEnds......Page 240
Introducing Concluding......Page 242
Lesson 56: Conclusions......Page 244
Lesson 57: Need for Clean Water......Page 246
Lesson 58: A Well for Jimmy’s Village......Page 250
Lesson 59: Pen Pals......Page 252
Lesson 60: School Visit......Page 255
Lesson 61: Brothers......Page 257
Lesson 62: Greg’s Plan......Page 260
Lesson 63: Finding His Life’s Work......Page 264
End-of-Theme Reflection......Page 267
Unit 4: Facts and Opinions......Page 271
Lesson 64: Facts and Opinions......Page 274
Lesson 65: A Sticky Invention......Page 278
Lesson 66: A Frozen Invention......Page 282
Lesson 67: An Invention for a Cold Day......Page 287
Lesson 68: Young Inventors......Page 292
Lesson 69: A Walk in a Field......Page 296
Lesson 70: A Time-Saving Invention......Page 301
Lesson 71: The Letter That Changed a Life......Page 306
Lesson 72: The X-Y Position Indicator......Page 310
End-of-Theme Reflection......Page 313
Introducing Comparing and Contrasting......Page 319
Lesson 73: African and Asian Elephants......Page 322
Lesson 74: Savanna and Forest Elephants......Page 326
Lesson 75: Dugongs and Manatees......Page 328
Lesson 76: Alligators and Crocodiles......Page 332
Lesson 77: Squid and Octopuses......Page 334
Lesson 78: Frogs and Toads......Page 337
Lesson 79: Champion Mistakes......Page 344
Lesson 80: Late Start......Page 347
Lesson 81: Famous High School Students......Page 351
Lesson 82: Two Kinds of Sleep......Page 359
Lesson 83: Half Asleep......Page 362
Lesson 84: Sleeping in Space......Page 366
Lesson 85: Our Changing Sleep Needs......Page 369
Lesson 86: Night Sleepers and Day Sleepers......Page 373
Lesson 87: Larks and Owls......Page 378
End-of-Theme Reflection......Page 380
Unit 6: Review and Application......Page 383
Lesson 88: Parachutes for Planes......Page 386
Lesson 89: Flying Cars......Page 390
Lesson 90: Aerocar......Page 394
Lesson 91: Skycar......Page 398
Lesson 92: Rocket Planes......Page 403
Lesson 93: The Catseye......Page 406
Lesson 94: Grease Mobiles......Page 411
Lesson 95: A Better Idea......Page 413
Lesson 96: Planetran: Tomorrow’s Superfast Train......Page 417
Lesson 97: A Day in a One-Room Schoolhouse......Page 425
Lesson 98: Teacher in the House......Page 430
Lesson 99: A Young Teacher’s First Day on the Job......Page 434
Lesson 100: Study Time......Page 439
End-of-Theme Reflection......Page 441
Answer Key......Page 445
References......Page 475
