Students analyze what they read as they answer questions based on a passage and then provide supporting evidence from the text for their answers.

Standards-based higher-order activities develop analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills reguired for exceptional reading comprehension.

Science Detective uses topics and skills drawn from national science standards to prepare your child for more advanced science courses and new assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in science. Grades 3-4.

Standards-based higher-order activities develop analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills reguired for exceptional reading comprehension.

Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. The authors explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning. With an array of methods and assignments to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and reflective classroom, you’ll encourage students to find meaning and cultivate thinking from even the most challenging expository texts.