Reading Detective® Beginning : Using Higher-Order Thinking to Improve Reading Comprehension

by Block, Cheryl; Beckwith, Carrie; Hockett, Margaret; White, David

• ISBN13: 9780894557699
• ISBN10: 0894557696
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-02
• Publisher: Critical Thinking Co

Table of Contents

Introduction
Teacher Overview	p. v
Lesson and Practice Activity Answers	p. vi
Student Lesson: How to be a Reading Detective	p. ix
Pretests
Mighty Hunter	p. 2
Bandit	p. 6
Inference
Lesson: Drawing Conclusions and Making Inferences	p. 10
Wagons West	p. 14
Why Dogs Wag Their Tails	p. 16
Did Time Stand Still?	p. 18
An Old-fashioned Saturday	p. 20
Teeger	p. 22
Lead on, Sacagawea	p. 24
The Barn	p. 26
Sable	p. 28
Vocabulary
Lesson: Defining Vocabulary Using Context	p. 30
Frontier Women	p. 34
Lizard on the Loose	p. 36
George Washington Comes to Class	p. 38
Desert Survivor	p. 40
New World for the Old	p. 42
Help Solve the Garbage Problem	p. 44
Story Parts
Lesson: Story Parts	p. 47
A View from Above	p. 52
A Foolish Wish	p. 54
First Wave	p. 56
Surprise Vacation	p. 58
A Puff of Smoke	p. 60
Invisible Spy	p. 62
Dexter	p. 64
Main Idea
Lesson: Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details	p. 67
Your Sense of Taste	p. 70
The Wright Stuff	p. 72
False Face Society	p. 74
Theme
Lesson: Identifying Theme	p. 76
A Nutty Modern Folktale	p. 78
Home Away From Earth	p. 80
Giant Hoax	p. 82
The Cricket in Times Square	p. 84
Cause/Effect
Lesson: Cause and Effect	p. 86
High-rise Doghouse	p. 90
Cat and Mouse	p. 92
Streetball Hero	p. 94
Northern Lights	p. 96
Space Chase	p. 98
The Secret of Popcorn	p. 100
"Tracks" from The Stories Huey Tells	p. 102
Prediction
Lesson: Making Predictions	p. 104
Missing Ring	p. 106
The City Street Game	p. 108
Real Pirates	p. 110
Pinch, Pull, Coil	p. 112
Eddy the Bully	p. 114
How Lies are Detected	p. 116
Sideways Stories from Wayside School	p. 118
Mixed Skills
Down the Drain	p. 120
All About Ants	p. 122
A Skateboarder Speaks Out	p. 124
A Mystery in Time	p. 126
Island Patriot	p. 128
Meteors	p. 130
A Long Distance Adventure	p. 132
Masai Culture	p. 134
Seven Kisses in a Row	p. 136
Chocolate Fever	p. 138
Posttests
Grandfather's Medal	p. 140
Track and Field	p. 144
Answer Keys	p. 147
Glossary	p. 201
Literature Citations	p. 202
Sample Activity from Reading Detective A	p. 203
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