Building Reading Comprehension

by Riley, Gail Blasser

• ISBN13: 9781568229126
• ISBN10: 1568229127
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-15
• Publisher: Instructional Fair

Summary

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 in this book offers the practice students need to build important reading skills. Drawing conclusions, identifying the main idea, examining the writer's purpose, mapping story elements, building vocabulary, and determining fact or opinion are among the many reading skills covered.

Table of Contents

Jan's Job (sequencing)	4	(1)
Rain, Rain, Go Away (inferencing)	5	(1)
Ouches in Our Pouches (drawing conclusions)	6	(2)
Egg-stra Safe! (cause and effect)	8	(1)
Taking Care of Fifi (classifying)	9	(1)
What Makes You Special? (picture clues)	10	(1)
Go! (summarizing)	11	(1)
And Then What Happens? (predicting)	12	(2)
Trunks and Necks (compare and contrast)	14	(2)
Fishing for Light (sequencing)	16	(1)
Rhyme Time (cloze)	17	(1)
Bink! Bonk! (analyzing character)	18	(2)
Agree to Disagree (fact or opinion)	20	(1)
Riddle Around (following directions)	21	(1)
Whose Shoes? (reading for details)	22	(2)
In the Rain Forest (reading a graph)	24	(2)
Reduce, Recycle, Reuse (classifying)	26	(2)
Go Anywhere! (following directions)	28	(2)
Flying the Friendly Skies (compare and contrast)	30	(1)
It's a Fact! Or Is It? (fact or opinion)	31	(1)
Team Work (main idea)	32	(2)
Tornado! (critical thinking)	34	(1)
Under the Sea (following directions)	35	(1)
Robbie's Job (analyzing character)	36	(2)
Way to Grow! (predicting)	38	(1)
I Can! (inferencing)	39	(1)
Moon Walk (reading for details)	40	(1)
Pet Match (critical thinking)	41	(1)
Clowning Around (sequencing)	42	(2)
Yum! Yum! (inferencing)	44	(2)
Hats Off! (classifying)	46	(2)
A Horse of a Different Color (reading for details)	48	(2)
It's Cold Outside! (inferencing)	50	(2)
Could This Really Happen? (reality or fantasy)	52	(2)
Long Ago (generalizing)	54	(1)
Talk to the Animals (summarizing)	55	(1)
Who's Afraid? (analyzing plot)	56	(2)
Where and When? (recognizing setting)	58	(2)
Up, Up, and Away (context clues)	60	(1)
Paul's Pasta (sequencing)	61	(1)
Ocean View (compare and contrast)	62	(2)
Planets and Moons (reading a graph)	64	(2)
Could This Be Real? (reality or fantasy)	66	(2)
Picnic Poster (reading for details)	68	(2)
Ring Around the Moon (sequencing)	70	(2)
Too Big (analyzing character)	72	(2)
Time to Camp (main idea and details)	74	(2)
Elephant Gardens (following directions)	76	(1)
Guiding the Way (analyzing character)	77	(1)
The Earth Is a Puzzle (summarizing)	78	(2)
Through the Hoop (critical thinking)	80	(2)
Building Up (reading a chart)	82	(2)
What Would You Expect? (predicting)	84	(2)
Earthquake! (generalizing)	86	(1)
Up in the Sky, Down on the Ground (main idea)	87	(1)
Pollution Solution (cause and effect)	88	(2)
Sing a Song (cloze)	90	(2)
Queen for a Day (compare and contrast)	92	(2)
I Can Do It! (analyzing plot)	94	(2)
Where the Wild Things Live (compare and contrast)	96	(2)
Spider (picture clues)	98	(1)
On the Go! (classifying)	99	(1)
Wah Chang (analyzing character)	100	(2)
So Many Places (recognizing setting)	102	(2)
What Do They Grow? (cloze)	104	(1)
Points (critical thinking)	105	(1)
Family Help (analyzing plot)	106	(2)
Farm or Beach? (compare and contrast)	108	(2)
What Will They Do? (predicting)	110	(2)
Party Mask (reading for details)	112	(2)
Ocean Food (main idea)	114	(1)
Feathered Friends (generalizing)	115	(1)
Finish the Line Rhyme (predicting)	116	(2)
On the Coast (compare and contrast)	118	(1)
Answer Key	119	(9)
Writing Lines (when extra paper is needed for written responses)	128