{"product_id":"reading-comprehension-boosters-isbn-9780470399927","title":"Reading Comprehension Boosters","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn effective resource for improving young students' comprehension skills\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eActivities are grouped within seven units, each focusing on an important aspect of comprehension\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnits increase in difficulty level so that students gain proficiency as they work through the material\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh-interest themes include stories about robots, animal helpers, space, and famous people\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers activities that build the advanced cognitive skills called for in the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach lesson includes a teacher section with guidance on how to introduce the activities to students and support them in their reading practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Book v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit 1 Finding Main Ideas, Identifying Supporting Details, and Visualizing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme A: The Wonderful World of Animals 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme B: Robots 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit 2 Summarizing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme: Animal Helpers 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit 3 Inferring, Predicting, Concluding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme: People Helping People 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit 4 Facts and Opinions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme: Inventions 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit 5 Comparing and Contrasting\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme A: Confusing Animals 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme B: Famous People 332\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme C: Sleep 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnit 6 Review and Application\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme A: Transportation 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheme B: One-Room Schoolhouses 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnswer Key 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 465\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas G. Gunning, a consultant and former public school teacher, is professor emeritus in the Department of Reading at Southern Connecticut State University and adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State University. He teaches a variety of courses on literacy, remedial reading, and reading diagnosis. \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003eReading Comprehension Boosters features 100 high-interest readings and activities designed to help students improve their comprehension and response skills. Classroom-tested lessons include brief reading selections followed by constructed response and multiple-choice questions and thinking and writing activities. Reading Comprehension Boosters is flexible and can be used as a core or supplemental program, as test prep, or for intervention with individual students or groups.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLessons include easily reproduced worksheets grouped within six thematic units. Each unit builds background knowledge and focuses on an important aspect of comprehension: 1) comprehending main ideas and details and visualizing; 2) summarizing; 3) inferring, predicting, and concluding; 4) understanding facts versus opinions; 5) comparing and contrasting; and 6) review and application. These units gradually build in level of challenge so that students gain proficiency and confidence as they move along. Each unit includes a teacher section that offers extensive guidance on how to introduce the lessons to students and support them in their development of essential reading and responding skills.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for Reading Comprehension Boosters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Reading Comprehension Boosters is exactly what struggling readers need to improve their comprehension. The best part: the texts for each task are included—saving teachers countless hours of hunting for high-interest short passages. Teachers will love this resource!\" —Nancy Boyles, professor of reading, Southern Connecticut State University, and Independent Literacy Consultant\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Reading Comprehension Boosters provides teachers with critical comprehension strategies that all students need to know. The lessons are well-organized for the teachers, as well as interesting and motivating for the students. This book is an incredible resource for all classrooms.\"—Jennifer Brodeur, reading specialist, Old Saybrook, Connecticut\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book performs the real service of guiding teachers in developing a step-by-step approach to teaching students strategies for improved comprehension.\" —Irene W. 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