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| | Reading Comprehension 5
by Jane Ervin
Item number 604-W5.
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ISBN 083880604X ISBN 0-8388-0604-X
Published by Educators Publishing Service
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| This book is part of the Reading Comprehension in Varied Subject Matter series. This popular series offers nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions on a variety of subjects for students in second grade through junior high school and beyond. Topics and questions prepare students for standardized tests and provide valuable practice in nonfiction reading comprehension. The entire Reading Comprehension series is particularly useful in a classroom that has students of varying reading abilities. Themes such as "Great Americans" and "What Do You Think?" reappear in each book, with the exact focus of the passage changing according to the level of the material. Used successfully by classroom teachers, tutors, ESL teachers, and parents, these workbooks have been revised and updated, with the addition of new reading selections, new vocabulary, and a new writing exercise. Each workbook has 31 selections in these subject areas: social studies; science; literature; mathematics; philosophy, logic, and language; the arts; and combined subjects. Each book in this series is arranged thematically. The themes relate the selections to one another, show different aspects of a topic, and give students a broader knowledge of a subject. Each selection follows a consistent format 7-step format in presenting the passage, and includes exercises on vocabulary and writing. |
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Reading Comprehension Book 5 includes 31 selections in the following 7 subject areas. A sample passage title is given for each subject area: Social Studies - An Inuit Tradition, Science - Marie Curie, Philosophy, Logic, and Language - Probability and Chance, Combined Subjects - What It Takes to Fly, Math - Math in Music, Literature - Haiku, The Arts - Music in Our Lives. In each lesson, the presentation of the passage consistently follows the same 7-step format: About the Passage - introduces the selection to the reader and activates prior knowledge, Reason for Reading - explains the reading skill emphasized, The Selection - thematically organized selections across subject matter, Thinking it Over - lists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing, Studying the Passage - asks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret, Using the Words - encourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph, Writing about It - has students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion |
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