{"product_id":"reading-comprehension-boosters-100-lessons-for-building-higher-level-literacy-grades-3-5-9780470399927","title":"Reading Comprehension Boosters: 100 Lessons for Building Higher-Level Literacy, Grades 3-5","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Thomas G. Gunning\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Jossey-Bass\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Teaching - Subjects - Reading \u0026amp; Phonics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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. Gaskins, founder and head of school emerita, Benchmark School, Media, Pennsylvania\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45116423733399,"sku":"9780470399927","price":2360.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780470399927.webp?v=1767271666","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/reading-comprehension-boosters-100-lessons-for-building-higher-level-literacy-grades-3-5-9780470399927","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}