Reading Comprehension and Skills, Grade 4

Reading Comprehension and Skills, Grade 4
Author:
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2014-03-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483810941

Reading Comprehension and Skills for fourth grade is designed to help students develop a strong foundation of reading basics so that they will become competent readers who can advance to more challenging texts. It includes engaging passages and stories about a variety of subjects to appeal to all readers. The book also encourages vocabulary development and reinforces reading comprehension through leveled activity pages that target each student's individual needs for support. Kelley Wingate's Reading Comprehension and Skills series is the perfect choice for both teachers and parents. This valuable reading and comprehension skills practice book provides nearly 100 reproducible pages of exciting activities, 96 durable flash cards, and a motivating award certificate. The differentiated activity pages give students the practice they need at a level that is perfect to help them master basic reading comprehension skills necessary to succeed and are great for use at both school and home.

Leveled Books (K-8)

Leveled Books (K-8)
Author: Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN:

For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.

Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade 4

Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade 4
Author: Spectrum
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2014-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1483812170

Strong reading skills are the basis of school success, and Spectrum Reading for grade 4 will help children triumph over language arts and beyond. This standards-based workbook uses engaging text to support understanding theme, summarization, knowledge integration, key ideas, and details. --Spectrum Reading will help your child improve their reading habits and strengthen their ability to understand and analyze text. This best-selling series is a favorite of parents and teachers because it is carefully designed to be both effective and engagingÑthe perfect building blocks for a lifetime of learning.

Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 1

Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 1
Author: Spectrum
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2015-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1483818578

Spectrum Test Prep Grade 1 includes strategy-based activities for language arts and math, test tips to help answer questions, and critical thinking and reasoning. The Spectrum Test Prep series for grades 1 to 8 was developed by experts in education and was created to help students improve and strengthen their test-taking skills. The activities in each book not only feature essential practice in reading, math, and language arts test areas, but also prepare students to take standardized tests. Students learn how to follow directions, understand different test formats, use effective strategies to avoid common mistakes, and budget their time wisely. Step-by-step solutions in the answer key are included. These comprehensive workbooks are an excellent resource for developing skills for assessment success. Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students’ learning achievement and success.

Reading, Grade 4

Reading, Grade 4
Author: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2015-06-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483824772

Standards-Based Connections Reading for grade 4 offers focused skill practice in reading comprehension. A skill assessment will point out students' learning gaps. This allows teachers to choose appropriate student pages for individualized remediation. The student pages emphasize five important reading comprehension skills: summarizing, inferring, story elements, comparing and contrasting, and cause and effect. The book includes high-interest fiction and nonfiction, with texts about genres, summer camp, American Indians, fireflies, the wide world of animals, bees, and more. --Each 96-page book in the Standards-Based Connections Reading series includes a skill assessment, an assessment analysis, targeted practice pages, and an answer key, making this series an ideal resource for differentiation and remediation. The skill assessments and assessment analyses help teachers determine individualized instructional needs. And, the focused, comprehensive practice pages and self-assessments guide students to reflection and exploration for deeper learning!

The Strangeness of Beauty

The Strangeness of Beauty
Author: Lydia Yuri Minatoya
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2001
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780393321401

After several years in the U.S. a Japanese woman returns to Japan, taking along a niece raised in the U.S. The novel describes their adjustment to Japanese culture, different for each generation.

Reader's Theater Scripts: Improve Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension: Grade 4

Reader's Theater Scripts: Improve Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension: Grade 4
Author: Melissa A. Settle
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 106
Release: 2010-02-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1425891985

It's show time for learning! Improve Grade 5 students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful reading practice for performance. You'll motivate students with these easy-to-implement reader's theater scripts that also build students' knowledge through grade-level content. Book includes 12 original leveled scripts, graphic organizers, and a Teacher Resource CD including scripts, PDFs, and graphic organizers. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards. 104pp.

Strategies that Work

Strategies that Work
Author: Stephanie Harvey
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 157110481X

Describes strategies teachers can use to promote reading comprehension in students from kindergarten through eighth grade; and includes examples of student work, illustrations, and other reference tools.

Improve Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension, Grade 4

Improve Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension, Grade 4
Author: Melissa A. Settle
Publisher: Shell Education
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010-02-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781425806941

It's show time for learning! Improve Grade 5 students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful reading practice for performance. You'll motivate students with these easy-to-implement reader's theater scripts that also build students' knowledge through grade-level content. Book includes 12 original leveled scripts, graphic organizers, and a Teacher Resource CD including scripts, PDFs, and graphic organizers. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards. 104pp.