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This book is part of the Success in 20 minutes a Day series, a proven program, now revamped, with an eye-catching, modern design and updates throughout.This invaluable skill-building guide features:a pretest, pinpointing strengths and weaknesses; hundreds of exercises in test format for essential practice, including lessons on point of view, finding the main idea, diction, and more; a posttest to reveal progress;additional resources and tips on preparing for important tests. ... Read more

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reading comprehension success in 20 minutes a day
This book is really great because i have been out of school for a while and this book helps me brush up on my reading comprehension.

Compact and to the point!
I am an education college major, and a literacy tutor for school age children for 2 years now. I borrowed this text from my local library because I am tutoring my first high schooler this school year--no time to "re-invent the wheel" and Dr. Suess is NOT an option! (lol) It comes with a pre & post test section, and additional online resouces/assistance--for a fee! The wookbook style is concise and effective and compact! My tutee is progressing quite nicely through the exercises.

IT IS REALLY A GREAT BOOK
If you read and can't understand what you just read, but you have to read several times, this is the book for you.This book will help you to break down the paragraphs in a way to understand so you read with a purpose.It also helps you to focus better on what you are doing since you have work to do, to obtain the jewel of understanding.

High school level
Not expert level.
May be high school level. I am not about sure about American schooling but I think my guess is right about the level of the students who should be using this book.
I was looking for GMAT or MCAT entrance level reading comprehension and I found one by ARCO to be very good. Product link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0028632494

clear, concise, effective lessons
I really liked the clear format, the focused lessons, and the areas covered.I have used the lessons effectively with junior high school students as well as adults. ... Read more

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30 Reproducible, High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at Home‹With Companion Activities
Surefire Comprehension Booster!
Can a once-a-week homework activity really boost reading fluency and comprehension? Yes! One-page reading passages, a couple of quick comprehension activities, and a parent's signature are all you need to ensure success. Developed by a leading teacher, who says it's the most successful homework/parent connectionshe's ever done. Parents love it too! ... Read more

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I enjoyed reading these passages with my son.
An interesting reading passages , made it fun for my son to read. The activities that followed these passages has efficiently helped me evaluate my son's reading and comprehension skills. The book would've helped my son more if the passages were more challenging in both vocabulary and structure.

Spec Needs book
This was very informative for my Spec Needs classroom. Thank you. It came quickly and in excellent shape!

Not bad. But not great either.
The author said that this book wass designed for 4th graders with reading problems. My kid had no reading problem and was about to enter 3 grade. I thought this book might be of the right level. But I was wrong. This book may be good for 2nd graders.
But if the level is good for your kid, the book itself is not bad. The articles are interesting. But still, I think "wordly wise 3000" is a better choice. The "wordly wise 3000 book A" is about the same level.

Good resource with some disappointing elements
I am surprised other reviewers have not mentioned inaccuracies and errors in this book.For example, in the first story Mary Rose refers to the Arawak Indians as both the Arawak and the Arawaks.I consider this a big error considering the passage is only a few paragraphs long.The second story on the Pilgrims contains inaccuracies and many of the points she chooses do not support her thesis that parents are strict.Requiring children to stand at the dinner table is an example of parental strictness.Other examples were not at all related to strictness but instead to conditions of poverty.

The text is also fraught with typographical errors, some of which could be very confusing to a beginning reader.E.g. :"Then he returned home and happily at his dinner" (p. 32).Obviously this should read "ate" his dinner.

Additionally, many stories are overpunctuated.Some stories even have a double exclamation point in the title (e.g. Bananas!!).

Slang (improperly used at that) is another troubling element... a story on astronauts' water sources warns "Don't gross out!"

There are some inaccurate explanations.Rose's explanation of the use of italics is misleading.She italicizes words of foreign origin the first story.This use is correct, but her explanation of the use of italics does not correspond to the way she uses it.

There are positive aspects to this book, however.It clearly states the objectives for each section and has good questions to go with the passages.I also appreciated how the author related the content of the book to standardized assessments.

Best Resource for Teaching Reading I've Found...
I absolutely love this book for both teachers or parents looking to improve reading skills.My daughter first came home with these stories from her 4th grade teacher and I loved them so much I bought a copy to use with the students I tutor.Now I'm teaching basic skills to fifth graders and do these stories one-on-one.Each story is intelligently written with a touch of humor and jam-packed with interesting facts.Topics include American History ("Thomas Jefferson and the Big Cheese"), fiction, biography, poetry, science (Star Trek!"), and popular culture. There is one reading skill to work on per story such as using context clues, italics, or main idea/supporting details.I've just ordered Mary Rose's other similar books for math and other reading levels.One word of caution:the vocabulary may be too advanced for a struggling third grader--best for grades 4-6 unless the child is already a fluent reader. ... Read more

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The definitive guide to the Reading Comprehension section of the LSAT, featuring real LSAT passages and questions with complete explanations! ... Read more

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The best available
It's not perfect, but it's the best available book to help with Reading Comprehension for prospective LSAT takers.

Much of this material is the same as you will get in the $1,000+ face to face course. As long as you have the self motivation to study hard, this book will pay for itself in a few weeks.

Still, this is the weakest of the three bibles - after all, it's not going to teach you how to read and comprehend 220 words of really dense text in under four minutes. Instead it will teach you how to focus your reading so you get the most useful information as quickly as possible.

Before buying this book, you'll probably also want the Logical Reasoning and Logic Games bibles and a good selection of past tests to complete your study materials.

Powerscore Reading Comprehension Bible
This product is amazing! It was shipped extremely rapidly in mint condition. A really great resource for those who want to master the LSAT. Reading Comprehension is my most difficult subject and this books helps you from A-Z with understanding the concepts. I would really recommend using Powerscore for this section of the LSAT.

Review from the GMAT perspecitve
There is actually quite a bit of overlap between LSAT and GMAT Verbal section. LSAT of course is harder and more hardcore, which makes it a great source of extra hard (sometimes way too hard) questions. In additionm, GMAC, unlike LSAC does not post/license official questions, and thus LSAT materials become very attractive for GMAT test takers who have exhausted traditional books or are looking for an extra challenge. I appologize to the LSAT takers for tainting this review but I think it will be helpful to many GMAT test takers who are looking to get a higher verbal score.

Pros:
1. Difficulty - Passages are longer and more complex than their GMAT counterparts. At times, questions can be quite difficult and convoluted.
2. Practice - There are about 100 real LSAT RC questions. There are also some exercises developed by Powerscore in the beginning of the book.
3. Discussion - The book does an excellent job at explaining RC and discussing strategies and technique.
4. Product Quality - Although a minor issue, the pages and book cover are of good quality.

Cons:
1. *** WARNING: Intended Use - This book is an LSAT guide. Obviously, there will be some irrelevant topics covered. Reading some sections might actually do harm.
2. Price - At 38 dollars, not cheap cheap.
3. Size - The book is 360 pages long. Granted, a considerable portion of the book should be skipped, but this is a serious investment in time for most people.
4. Style - The book's content is extremely dense! Some days, ten pages felt like an eternity. I swear, sometimes this book emits sleeping gas. I literally fell asleep once or twice while reading. And this is coming from a person who thinks Powerscore CR is a smooth and enjoyable read!

Overall Assessment:
After reading this book, you could expect to be a much more active and aggressive reader. The book will help anticipate shifts in a passage, as well as identify a potential question source. But a 360-page book is asking an awful lot from people who need to invest their limited time and money in other GMAT areas. But if you are particularly weak in RC, and MGMAT RC or Veritas RC books don't cut it for you (and you have extra time), then this is a very powerful guide.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this book - I reply to comments.
Best Regards,
BB, GMAT 750.
Founder of GMAT Club

Got extra cash..need help with RC? this is for you
I am a BIG fan of power score products. I utilized this series for GMAT and now for LSAT and each time I saw results. I am fortunate to have a small budget to purchase these basic prep books and followed a stringent 3 month self study plan (I didn't have 1500 to spend on a professional prep program) and I did well on the test. It takes focus , discipline and great prep books, such as POWER SCORE!

Ok I love Power score can you tell?! BUT this is my least fav in the LSAT series but it is still a great book. I just believe that RC is well the easier of the sections to study for that is why I am "iffy" about the need for this book. I worked my way through the entire book and I did walk away with some decent knowledge but honestly I only applied about 1/3 of it on the test simply because of time. I just found their approach to be really time consuming however I also tend to be a fast reader so the thought of doing the breakdown they suggest was just overwhelming for me. I will say this, if this is a section you are struggling with buy the book but if you are a-ok put your pennies toward more lsac preptest's.

Unnecessary
I am a huge fan of his other two LSAT prep books, but I found the reading comprehension book to be slightly unnecessary. It was basic, intuitive information. I did find the "common errors" section helpful, seeing as I am now more aware of traps. I basically found out from this book that completing each prompt in 8 minutes and 45 seconds (their recommendation) to be extremely doable, without using any of their tips. A good book to skim, but not worth spending precious study time over. ... Read more

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Master Skills Reading Comprehension, grade 3 is the perfectworkbook to help children “master” reading comprehension skillsnecessary to succeed in school!

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When you need a little extra help
I got this book to help my son with reading comprehension over the summer.He finished it in a few weeks and it was relatively pain free.He's not interested in reading comprehension, but it wasn't so difficult that he was turned off, but it was challenging enough that he wasn't bored.

What was helpful was the way they broke it down and asked questions that he had to think about.It also helped to make him feel successful in reading.The answers are in the back, so make sure you remove and put in a special place only you know about.We corrected his together and that was pretty fun to go over the answers and ask why he chose the ones he did.

I'll use this series again next summer to keep his brain stimulated and active.

standard reading practice book
I was looking for a reading comprehension workbook to prepare my third grader for Beestar online reading assessment. This book provides fairly short paragraphs composed at grade 2-3 level. The topics are very kids friendly. It is perfect for your child to practice and get ready forstate standard tests. We don't see any challenging words in the text, so your third grader should proceed lesson by lesson without difficulty. The book contains colorful pictures that attract children's attention. My child's Beestar assessment test was slightly harder than this book. But the concepts and skills are the same. Overall it's a fair book serving the purpose.

It's just what we wanted!
We were looking for a book that would provide practice specifically in reading comprehension skills, for a child in second grade who is reading above grade level in most other respects (vocabulary, etc.). This book suits that need very well.

We wanted our young student to have some short reading assignments, and to develop the discipline of answering questions *only using information from the text* -- as opposed to answering from personal experience, or guessing, etc. It's not really the same thing as being "smart" and it's not the same thing as understanding the vocabulary. I was glad to see that this book does indeed offer plenty of practice in that skill area, as well as various other activities, as described in the product listing.

Another reviewer here has observed that the book does not appear to be truly geared for third grade, despite its title. My guess is that it probably is indeed geared for *some* third graders, considering that kids in this age range have widely-varying skill levels.

Still, I'd tend to agree with that reviewer, because our second-grader's teacher had used a few of the pages from this book (or one like it) for homework assignments! I mean, word-for-word, they were the same pages, and these are just regular kids in second grade. Presumably most of them were able to do the homework, but I can't vouch for it.

I also haven't had a chance to find out if the teacher was using this same book, or another one from the same publisher, or what. It would not surprise me if an educational publisher reprints the same thing in different products, geared toward supposedly different markets.

The contents are not great literature, and I have small quibbles with the quality and precision of a few things here and there. But overall I'm happy with the purchase. I wouldn't want to rely on it for a child's entire education, but I don't think that's its purpose. It is a useful tool for extra enrichment for kids somewhere in this general age range (6 at the very lowest to 9 at the highest, I'd guess).

It's okay
I was looking for a good reader's comprehension book to use on my third grader.This book is very short (4 to 5 sentences) paragraphs followed by 3 questions.I was looking for something a little longer.The topics in the book are fairly kid friendly and if you are just looking for something for you child to practice on for test taking purposes, I guess it's okay.The vocabulary is very simple (more like 1st or maybe 2nd grade) so there is nothing that your 3rd grader won't understand.Graphics are good and colorful, although they are mostly just covering blank parts of the page and not adding to the stories they illistrate. Just didn't seem like a 3rd grade leve.I'm going to use it for my 2nd grader. ... Read more

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Fun practice!
Practicing skills has never been so easy! This ready-to-use resource includes more than 40 fun practice pages. The simple directions and fun exercises make them perfect for kids to use independently in school or as homework. ... Read more

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Very helpful workbook
Another great Scholastic reading comprehension book.My son completed this one first this summer before moving on to the third grade reading comprehansion book.Since this is something that is difficult for him, these workbooks really help him break it down.This workbook was the extra help he needed to really get the material.

Not much reading comprehension
My child is a fluent reader, but has problem processing what he reads. I thought this book would help him. The book has many very easy tasks that have little to do with actual reading comprehension: sequence a set of 4 pictures, general question not about the story. Some exercises a good, but mostly this book is not for fluent readers who need help with comprehension.

great workbook
This is a wonderful workbook. The stories are cute and often funny,and the questions are often in the form of a game, riddle or joke. My son HATES to do work but actually enjoys these workbooks. The work is challenging enough to be interesting (which many of these type of workbooks are not)and also smart and varied,it's not the same type of question rephrased for the next exercise. When my twin girls are old enough I hope to buy it for them too.

Exactly what I was looking for
This workbook was exactly what I was looking for. My son was having problems with Reading Comprehension and this workbook was perfect. We've seen results already.

Great book for tutoring
I think this is a great book for tutoring students who need to get comprehension mastered.It breaks reading into steps that help aid in comprehenion that others take for granted. ... Read more

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Master Skills Reading Comprehension, grade 4 is the perfectworkbook to help children “master” reading comprehension skillsnecessary to succeed in school!

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Part of another book
This book is essentially the Reading Comprehension section already included in the Grade 4 COMPREHENSIVE CURRICULUM OF BASIC SKILLS published by American Education Publishing (Cover has a tiger wearing glasses in front).The questions are fill-in- the blanks (no bubbles).It would have been better if they gave sample responses instead of "Answers will vary" to so many of the questions!

Reading
This book has been a big help for my son.He now understands what he's reading ... Read more

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Master Skills Reading Comprehension, grade 2 is the perfectworkbook to help children “master” reading comprehension skillsnecessary to succeed in school!

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Very pleased!
This is a great book with exercises that work well for reading comprehension!my sons is 7 yrs old and I find this book to work very well.it meets my needs. ... Read more

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Inferring, questioning, determining importance. It's not easy to explain these abstract reading strategies to elementary readers, yet knowing how they work and how to use them is an important first step to connecting with texts. Fortunately Tanny McGregor has developed visual, tangible, everyday lessons that make abstract thinking concrete and that can help every child in your classroom make more effective use of reading comprehension strategies.

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Great book, wish there was more.
This book is great.I just wish there was more examples.I feel like I needed a few more pages in each chapter so I could figure it out a little better.I do own "Strategies that Work" by Harvey which she refers to often in this book, and once I get through reading that, I'm sure I'll know.This book has wonderful examples of each strategy for reading comprehension.You can use these methods for pretty much any subject where comprehension is involved.McGregor uses lots of visuals in her classroom and since I homeschool, I'm not sure if I could hang as many posters as she does, but she gave some great examples. I also like that she has books listed at the end of each chapter for further reading.

I have recommended this book to most of my homeschool friends.It's wonderful and helped me view comprehension and how kids can learn it in a very different light.Buy this book and also be sure to get Strategies that Work as well!The two go great together.

YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK!!!
This book was recommended to me at a recent TEPSA conference in Austin, TX, by a school district that has seen great results with it.If you are looking for a fool-proof way to build the comprehension skills of your students, then this book is for you.It will ultimately revolutionize your approach in teaching reading comprehension. It is a quick-read that provides you with guaranteed strategies to implement in your classroom instantly.This book is worth every penny!!!

I LOVE this book!!!
This is an awesome book for concrete examples of abtract thinking. My students were having a difficult time when I decided to purchase this book. I have used a few of the lessons from the book and it has made a huge improment in my student's understanding of comprehension strategies. GET THIS BOOK!

great resource, every teacher would benefit
This book is a wonderful resource for teaching comprehension strategies.I love how the author gives you concrete examples of thereading strategies so that you can model with your students and "anchor" their learning.I think this book is a must have for all teacherswho do "think alouds" to model reading strategies. It is well worth the money.I refer to it again and again!!

All I can say is....wow!
This book is just...... wow.I feel like it should be way more known in the teacher crowd than it is. Every elementary teacher should have this book.I kept reading chapter after chapter getting more and more excited, thinking-- this is what I've been looking for all along!Tanny takes each "big idea" comprehension strategy-- matacognition, schema, etc.and gives you a handful of perfect lessons to teach it.When I say perfect, I mean PERFECT. They are so engaging and cute, yet drive the idea home so no student will ever forget it.The lessons all start with something concrete, like paint color samples, salad bowls, a lint roller.These props are the things that make the lessons stick in kids' minds, yet they are the things that I am never creative enough to come up with on my own.After the idea is introduced with this concrete object, students explore it with wordless picture books and then move on to texts.I can't remember the last time I've been so excited about a teachingbook.It definitely goes in my top 3 teaching books ever. (The other two are The Daily 5 and On Solid Ground.) ... Read more

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This ready-to-use resource contains 15 exciting-and true-stories for kids to read and then write or discuss their predictions about the story's ending. The stories are perfect for building essential reading skills such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, summarizing, and more. Each reproducible nonfiction story comes with a companion teacher page, which includes suggested discussion topics to activate students' prior knowledge, a vocabulary list, and more. Plus, the stories span the curriculum, providing students with valuable reading in the content areas.For use with Grades 4Ð8. ... Read more

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Great Book!
I used these stories once-a-week for read-alouds.The students listened intently to these interesting stories for details as they looked forward to writing their own ending. Whether they worked in small group, pairs, or individually, they enjoyed sharing their predictions and eagerly anticipated the "true" ending from the story. Fiction Comprehension Cliffhangers is fun too. ... Read more

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Master Skills Reading Comprehension, grade 1 is the perfectworkbook to help children “master” reading comprehension skillsnecessary to succeed in school!

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Master Skills very helpful
This Reading Comprehension workbook has been very helpful in reinforcing skills my granddaughters are learning in their school setting.The workbook is fun, colorful, and holds their interest very well.I would recommend this product and would buy the next grade level workbooks to continue reinforcement of their learning in other areas of their school work. ... Read more

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Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension & Fluency, Grade 1Students take these passages home with companion comprehension activities and practice reading with the support of an adult. Includes tips for caregivers. The results are phenomenal! Teachers, caregivers, and students alike rave about this simple, effective way to boost reading skills. 96 pages each. Grade Level: 1 ... Read more

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Good purchase
I have been able to use the beginning stories for my struggling first graders, and the stories towards the end of the book are great for my struggling second graders. Being able to incorporate comprehension is an added bonus.

Level appropriate
Looking over the comprehension books, I felt the reading passages were grade level appropriate. Sometimes it will be listed as 2nd or 1st and be too difficult or easy. These would have pleased Goldilocks.

great idea to involve parents and improve reading skills
This has been a great resource to me as a First Grade Teacher.The book is mostly ready to copy printables.Each week, you make photocopies for the students of the two pages of homework.One page is a short story with illustrations, and the other page has questions or a quick activity, along with a note to parents.I have found these to be very helpful in building comprehension and fluency skills.I also think that it has been good for the parents of my students because they have more direction, as far as what they can do to help their child read.Each assignment focuses on a different skill (cause and effect, punctuation, sequence of events, etc.), and the parent note really helps to inform and guide parents through the homework as they help their child.I also like that the homework is due at the end of the week, so parents can pick which night is more convenient to help their child with the homework.
Overall I am very pleased with this resource. ... Read more

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We read every day. We read books, poems, assignments, lists, signs,directions, recipes, letters, and more. To face a world of print,students must read critically and for meaning. A variety of formats inthis book offers the practice students need to build important readingskills. Drawing conclusions, identifying the main idea, examining thewriter's purpose, mapping story elements, building vocabulary, anddetermining fact or opinion are among the many reading skills covered.

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Good book, reasonable price
I have another book 100+ series high interest reading for grade 3-4. These are great books with reasonable prices ... Read more

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Middle and high school coaches and content teachers: Here are great suggestions for teaching comprehension skills to students at varied reading levels and from different cultures and linguistic backgrounds.

This second edition of Jeff Zwiers' bestseller features more than 80 classroom-tested, research-based ideas. These engaging activities are organized around six strategies of reading comprehension that need to become habits:

Organizing text information by sculpting the main idea and summarizing
Connecting to background knowledge
Making inferences and predictions
Generating and answering questions
Understanding and remembering word meanings
Monitoring one's own comprehension

You'll also find 35 reproducible graphic organizers and variations on the activities to help support English learners, struggling readers, and other students who need extra support.

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Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better.

Some of the many areas we publish in include:

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Great resource!
This book is a great resource for scientifically sound strategies for teaching reading. It is chock full of good chapters and an excellent resource for graphic organizers. The strategies and organizers have been ramped up to be relevant for teenage learners and teachers who expect students to arrive in their high school classrooms already knowing how to read, but who still need some direct instruction and specific strategies for being successful in school. THis resource would be helpful for typical, special ed, esl, all learners.

Not for upper grades
This is a great book for teachers instructing the lower grade levels or ELL classes.Very easy assignments that are great for practicing foundation skills; by grade 11 & 12 the foundation should be solidly in place, making this paper too low of an expectation for students from teachers at this grade level.

Great tips on teaching
Mr. Zwiers has come up with some great reading activities for the classroom. They are easy to understand and modify. It is a great resource for teachers looking for ways to reach their students.

Reading Comp Made Easy
This book gives good strategies to use with students to increase their reading comprehension. I am using the textbook for my reading and writing class but I know I will refer to it once I start teaching.

Great Ideas
The book arrived in time for me to use it for my Master's class. It was also utilized by a friend of mine who is already a teacher. She said the book is one of the best she's seen and needs to be used as textbook by Master's Programs in Education.
This is definitely a must-have for anybody who is going into teaching ... Read more

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Contains exercises based on national standards to ensure that studentsmaster skills before progressing. Entertaining and interactiveactivities with eye-catching graphics make learning and reviewing funand effective. A great tool for keeping children current during theschool year or preparing them during the summer for the grade ahead.Supports NCTE standards.

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Good book for summer skill sharpening
My daughter worked on this book over this summer.She states she feels very confident in her reading comprehension skills as she enters 8th grade.
Thank you for supplying parents with these books.

Read a 8th grade book instead!
This is a small workbook and it has short reading passages.Your average 8th grader should be reading longer passages and studying more complex literature.However, I do see how this workbook as a supplemental activity.

A good skill builder for the SOLs
We homeschool, so good workbooks are a major part of our curricula.I definitely have seen my share of workbooks written well and those that I find confusing and contradictory of the way we teach.This workbook is easy to understand and in an easy format that keeps my child's interest.We will be getting others from the same publisher.

Great Flash Cards
I needed to make sure my 8th grader was where he should be with regard to his reading skills. We used this book. I like Kelly Wingate books. My favorite part are the vocabulary flash cards. I carry the flash cards in my back pack and we review them at odd times, such as waiting at the doctor's office or before a ball game is to start. ... Read more

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Good reading skills are essential not only for fourth-grade academic success, but also for lifelong learning. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:

READ BETWEEN THE LINES
Do-it-yourself essays on games, camping trips, and more teach kids how to grasp inferences within a story.

COMPARE & CONTRAST
Diagrams show how to figure out what similar subjects such as "comets or asteroids?" have in common and how to tell them apart.

FACT & OPINION
Interesting articles help kids back up opinions with facts from the text on topics such as "Should kids have cell phones?"

QUESTION BUSTERS
Right There and Think-and-Search questions explain how to find the answers to straightforward and not-so-straightforward questions about a story.

STORY PLAN
Fill-in-the-blank sections aid in building story structure, including setting, main characters, problems, and solutions.

Plus!
CHECK IT! STRIPS
Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work.

Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Success.


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Wonderful Ideas for parents who can't afford Sylvan
I bought this book after attempting.without success.to help my granddaughter comprehend what she reads.

We spent the summer months doing the activities. which are easy to understand and FUN. At the end of summer.I fell my granddaughter was in a better position to be successful in the 5th grade.She learned HOW to read.

I recommend this book to any parent/caregiver who cannot afford to put their child in the actual Sylvan learning centers. ... Read more

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Repeated practice builds mastery, and this book provides exactly the practice students need to master the reading skills of making inferences and drawing conclusions. The 35 reproducible pages in this book feature high-interest nonfiction reading passage with short-answer practice questions that target one of these essential reading comprehension skills. Flexible and easy to use—in school or at home—the book also includes model lessons, assessments, and an answer key. For use with Grades 4-8. ... Read more

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Drawn to conclude: Great book
Written for the average 4th to 8th grader, this book offers 35 worksheets for students to learn test practice and quickly draw conclusions and inferences.

Page illustrations are minimal, appropriate for students up through high school. The last few worksheets are for testing a student's written skills of mastery of the topic at hand.

I would have liked to see a broader spectrum of reading levels addressed in the reading samples. Still worth the purchase. ... Read more

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GROUPED by Passage Type is the complete collection of all Reading Comprehension sections from the first 20 LSAT PrepTests released by the Law School Admission Council. All Reading Comprehension passages are sorted and grouped by the following passage types:

Humanities Passages
Social Sciences Passages
Biological & Physical Sciences Passages
Issues Related to the Law Passages

Contains every Reading Comprehension passage from PrepTests 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20! ... Read more

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Great accompaniment to recent tests for Reading Comprehension practice.
While this book is not sufficient to ensure success on the reading comprehension section, I use it regularly as an LSAT tutor with my students. Many students particularly dislike the passages about art or literature, and this book's categorization of passages by subject matter helps students to get over the psychological barrier associated with a given type of passage. It is true that the more recent tests have comparative reading passages that were not present in tests 1-20, but students would be wise to use the more recent tests for full-length test practice. This book is ideal for supplementary practice, or for practice on improving speed.

Grouped by Passage Type is Better Than Kaplan LSAT Mastery Practice
In a few days, I will post a more detailed review of this book on my LSAT blog. However, I just wanted to briefly note that this book is much better than the previous alternative, Kaplan LSAT Mastery Practice.

Grouped by Passage Type contains every LSAT Reading Comprehension passage from PrepTests 1-20, so it includes some Reading Comp passages that are otherwise out-of-print and difficult to find in book form. It organizes Reading Comp passages according to various categories, but it also goes beyond the traditional Natural Science, Social Science Humanities, and Law categories.

For example, it divides Humanities passages into the categories of Art, Literature, and Music & Poetry.

The Kaplan Mastery book just sticks with the 4 basic categories and doesn't do a more detailed breakdown, which would allow you to focus on specific areas. (The Mastery Practice book also just includes a random assortment of passages.)

This book is definitely worth getting if you plan to go through Reading Comp passages in PrepTests 1-20.

Waste
Let me preface this by saying that I have not, and will not be purchasing this book, because it is a waste of money. This book will sell you the RC from tests 1-20. The Lsat is currently around test 60, and the Reading Comprehension has dramatically changed since around test 40. They now how comparative reading sections and the sections are generally much harder than they were before. If you buy this book you will fool yourself into thinking that you're prepared for the reading comprehension section when you will not be. Do yourself a favor and go out and buy the actual recent tests here on Amazon. ... Read more

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Contains exercises based on national standards to ensure that studentsmaster skills before progressing. Entertaining and interactiveactivities with eye-catching graphics make learning and reviewing funand effective. A great tool for keeping children current during theschool year or preparing them during the summer for the grade ahead.Supports NCTE standards.

Customer Reviews (3)

ok book
Stories were shorter than expected but adequate. Short and sweet lessons. Wish I could have found another McGraw Hill seriers for 7th grade

MASTERS TEACHER
WE FOUND THIS PURCHASE TO BE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND SURPRISING FITS THE NEEDS OF MY CHILDREN. THANKS

Skill Builders
Exactly what we expected from Skill Builders.Allows my child to prepare for the next year over the summer. ... Read more

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Good information, but not the most interesting read
I appreciate all the information provided are research based, and for the most part are practical. The book nevertheless reads like a manual, and doesn't seem to offer much suggestions on how to make the teaching more fun and palatable for students with learning difficulties. More real-life examples would be good, as they will illustrate clearer how the tools can be applied. Definitely worth reading, but on the whole quite dull text.

Maestra
Excellent resource tool for special education professionals and reading specialists.Provides strategies to use with learning disabled students that are easy to implement in the classroom.These strategies also work well with general education students who are below grade level in reading skills.

Excellent resource for teachers
"Teaching Reading Comprehension" may be a rather stale title for a book on one of the most important (and, arguably, well-studied) components of education, but the content is highly enlightening and refreshing for those concerned with improving instructional practices with students with learning disabilities, as well as all other students.

Many highly effective, practical, and research-based ideas for teaching reading are provided in this well-organized book. A considerable amount of useful information will provide all teachers with many fresh ideas for enhancing their literacy program. My one criticism is that there are several (rather small, almost silly) errors that were missed by the publishers that appear to be the result of poor editing. Just the same, those errors do not subtract from the content and should (hopefully) be corrected in future editions.

Great Resource for Resource Teachers!
I'm usually pretty skeptical about new books for teaching. This book contains practical lessons that are easy to use in the classroom. I've already recommended it to several of the Language Arts teachers that I work with. These strategies are good for students with LD as well as all students in the classroom.

Definitely Needed
There are many books, but few are geared to the practical, everyday processes of reacing out to a child with a disability.This book does that.Everything is step by step, and easy to carry out. I have been a SPED teacher for over 33 years.You can never, ever learn enough.

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Master Skills Reading Comprehension, grade 6 is the perfectworkbook to help children “master” reading comprehension skillsnecessary to succeed in school!

Customer Reviews (2)

Inaccurate
The information provided for reading is inaccurrate, it seems to have an agenda, not very impressed with it. Good for brainwashing, I guess, but we're home schooling to AVOID that.

Really like this workbook
I am a eclectic home schooling mommy and I love this workbook. In just a few short days we were learning all sorts of information on gymnastics, which sparked interest and now my son is participating in gymnastics classes. ... Read more