Reading Comprehension Teaching Resource Book

Increasing Comprehension

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade

Price: $12.95

Product #: 2060910

Sample Pages

Any text, any time-activities to improve comprehension
Easy-to-do, engaging activities that grab students' attention
Standards-based work to build their comprehension skills
Skills grid helps you find what you need in a flash
Practice every day with any text

Use these reading and response activities with any fiction or nonfiction text to improve reading comprehension.

Students need comprehension practice every day. And now finding simple activities to give them that practice just got easier. This teaching resource features easy-to-do reading comprehension and response activities you can use with any text your students read, including:

realistic fiction
nonfiction
historical fiction
legends
tall tales
fables
fairy tales
folktales
biographies
fantasy

A handy skills grid helps you find an activity to fit your needs in a flash. Whether students are reading a story from a basal reader, a chapter from a class novel, or a selection from a science or social studies textbook, you'll find an engaging reproducible or easy-to-do activity that will grab their attention, increase their comprehension, and help them meet your state's standards.

To help you meet the diverse needs of your students, a wide variety of activities and reproducibles have been included.

80 pages

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Sight Words Bingo Game

Sight Words Bingo Game

Grade Level: Grades 1-8

Price: $9.99

Product #: 3008923

Includes 100 popular basic sight words

36 game cards

Bingo chips, calling cards and answer mat included

Comprehensive game guide

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Learning to Read Game

Learning to Read! Words with Blends Game

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 3003117


Two games to play!

Encourage beginning readers to make the connection between sounds and letter combinations by assembling colorful puzzles. Only the right pieces will fit together as players build 14 words by matching the pictures and word sounds.

For word recognition practice, flip over the pieces, assemble the words, and then match them with pictures.

The set includes 14 puzzles, 42 durable puzzle pieces and an activity guide.

Beginning blends: bl, cl, cr, dr, fr, gl,sc, sk, sl, sn, sp,st, sw,tr.

Educational value: Strengthen visual discrimination and word recognition skills.

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Reading Instruction

Dr. Fry's How to Teach Reading for Teachers, Parents and Tutors (5th edition)
Grade Level: Preschool - Adult

Price: $16.99

Product #: 1002766

Table of Contents and Sample Pages

This classic best-seller is a practical guide for bringing children or adults with no reading skills up to 5th grade reading ability.

This easy to use 6 step teaching strategy really works with young children, older children who are remedial, and even illiterate adults. The student can have no reading ability at all or some mix of elementary school abilities.

The book has been used by thousands of parents, adult literacy tutors, volunteers in programs for the disadvantaged, teachers' aides, and even classroom teachers who want a rapid overview of some proven methods of teaching reading. It has also been used by college students in laboratory and clinic-type teacher training courses.

This up-to-date version includes more emphasis on writing, fluency, and phonemic awareness. This new edition also has longer lists of phonic words, high-frequency words, and lists of reading materials. But basically, the 6 steps given in this manual have stood the test of time and have helped many thousands of students read better.

6 steps:
Find present reading ability
Select the right reading material
Stress comprehension and variety
Teach vocabulary
Teach phonics
Develop writing

This books also includes:
Sample Lessons
Phonics Charts
Reading Tests
Teaching Games
Instant Word Lists
Book Section Ideas

Pages: 144

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Reading First Teacher Resource Book for Third Grade

Reading First Activities, Grade 3

Grade Level: Third Grade

Price: $17.99

Product #: 1003023

Sample Pages

Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176

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Reading First Teaching Resource Book for Second Grade

Reading First Activities, Grade 2

Grade Level: Second Grade

Price: $17.99

Product #: 1003022

Sample Pages

Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176

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Reading First Teacher Resource Book For First Grade

Reading First Activities, Grade 1

Grade Level: First Grade

Price: $17.99

Product #: 1003021

Sample Pages

Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176

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