Engaging stories covering current personalities, popular sports figures and events, mysteries, disasters, legends and mythology, and amazing facts in science and nature hold students’ interest and capture their imaginations. A controlled vocabulary averaging two readability levels below content ensures understanding and promotes confidence.

Engaging stories covering current personalities, popular sports figures and events, mysteries, disasters, legends and mythology, and amazing facts in science and nature hold students’ interest and capture their imaginations. A controlled vocabulary averaging two readability levels below content ensures understanding and promotes confidence.

Engaging stories covering current personalities, popular sports figures and events, mysteries, disasters, legends and mythology, and amazing facts in science and nature hold students’ interest and capture their imaginations. A controlled vocabulary averaging two readability levels below content ensures understanding and promotes confidence.

The high-interest, low-vocabulary stories in this book feature diversified subject matter, including: current personalities, popular sports figures and events, ghosts, monsters, and mysteries, visual and performing arts, disasters, excerpts from legends and mythology, and amazing facts and wonders in science and nature. The stories are written with a controlled vocabulary averaging two readability levels below the content. A male-female, ethnic, and geographic balance has been maintained in the selections. Follow-up questions reinforce key comprehension skills. These include: recognition of main idea, significant details, word meaning in context, inference, and drawing conclusions. Thoughtful discussions and on-going projects can be generated from many of the stories. Where space permits, a follow-through activity has been included to lead to self-motivated reading or to valuable discussion, also allowing the teacher opportunity to award extra credit.

Common Core Top Pick for Reading Literature and Informational Text Key Ideas and Details Craft and Structure Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity View all Common Core Top Picks for Reading Literature and Informational Text Daily instruction on the reading strategies and comprehension skills your students need to improve reading comprehension and raise test scores! Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts! Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 6 presents your students with the reading strategies and comprehension skills they need to become strong and successful readers. 30 weeks of instruction cover the following reading skills and strategies: Skills: Theme Evaluating Evidence Character & Setting Main Idea & Details Visual Information Author's Purpose Make Predictions Draw Conclusions Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Text Features Sequence Strategies: Monitor Comprehension Make Connections Visualization Organization Determine Important Information Ask Questions

"This program helps students unlock the meaning of over 60% of the words they encounter in the classroom and beyond with a systematic approach to teaching vocabulary using Greek and Latin prefixes, bases, and suffixes. Students are introduced to one new root per lesson with daily activities to ensure that they learn the root and the many English words it generates. The teacher's guide includes lesson plans with detailed notes about words from each root, overhead transparencies for introductory activities, standards-based connections, and differentiation strategies."--Publisher website.

Engaging stories covering current personalities, popular sports figures and events, mysteries, disasters, legends and mythology, and amazing facts in science and nature hold students’ interest and capture their imaginations. A controlled vocabulary averaging two readability levels below content ensures understanding and promotes confidence.