"Ideal for at-risk middle and high school students, Reading advantage is a complete kit designed to help struggling readers who are performing significantly below grade level become successful, strategic readers. At the heart of the program are colorful magazines based on high-interest themes that offer a variety of original selections (primarily nonfiction) written at a grade 1-8 reading level, across seven leveled units. Each magazine offers an engaging yet clear and organized design to help students: develop essential reading comprehension skills, including decoding multiple-syllable words, comprehending complex syntax, and understanding context clues; build reading strategies, background knowledge, and vocabulary; strengthen reading fluency and gain experience reading a wide range of nonfiction genres, including interviews, news articles, and photo essays; transition gradually from guided reading to independent reading; become proficient, confident readers who enjoy reading"--Page [4] of teacher's editions.