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Do your students fail to even finish a timed test? Do they read word by word? Do they simply move their eyes over the page, never remembering what they read? If you suspect that students' test scores are being confounded by any of these traits, or if you have students who need to process greater amounts of information, the Timed Readings books can help. For over thirty years, Jamestown has been helping students increase their reading rate and fluency while maintaining comprehension. Timed Readings is the original series of timed reading books; 400-word nonfiction timed passages in science, social studies, the humanities, and more.
Twenty-six short comprehension passages. This text is a great resource for teachers, tutors and parents looking to engage learners with reading. Included are tried and tested Literal, Vocabulary and Inference questions designed to get your learner imaging, exploring, analysing, and responding. Included; - 26 reading passages matched with four, five or six questions. - Introduction to Simple Comprehension and the importance of developing learner confidence and ability in reading. - Clickable table of reference, excellent for those looking for an easy to use eBook. - Guide to instructional strategies to use with any learner. - Low anxiety layout, no use of lists or numbers to encourage positive engagement Get started with Simple Comprehension today!
Twenty-six short comprehension passages. This text is a great resource for teachers, tutors and parents looking to engage learners with reading. Included are tried and tested Literal, Vocabulary and Inference questions designed to get your learner imaging, exploring, analysing, and responding. Get started with Simple Comprehension today!
LSAT Reading Comprehension: Passage Type Training provides you with the complete text of every LSAT Reading Comprehension passage from LSAT PrepTests 1 through 20, sorted according to the passage classification system used in the PowerScore LSAT Reading Comprehension Bible. Containing 80 different passages, including hard-to-find passages from the early PrepTests, this book is an ideal training tool to increase your LSAT Reading Comprehension score. Included are Line Reference Notes for every correct answer choice.
**This is the chapter slice "Reading Passages" from the full lesson plan "Word Families: Short Vowels"** Increase vocabulary, sight word recognition and comprehension as you help your students identify the correct pronunciation of short vowel phonograms (word families) using real life pictures as an aid. We also highlight the “Dolch” high frequency words which encourage beginning reading skills. As students begin to read and understand more about the onset and rhyme connection found in word families, they will begin to think of words as not only a series of individual letters and sounds, but as easily recognizable segments or chunks of language. Reproducible worksheets include, rhyming, writing, poetry, cloze sentences, riddles and chunking. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
**This is the chapter slice "Reading Passages" from the full lesson plan "Word Families: Long Vowels"** Increase vocabulary, sight word recognition and comprehension as you help your students identify the correct pronunciation of long vowel phonograms (word families) using real life pictures as an aid. We also highlight the “Dolch” high frequency words which encourage beginning reading skills. As students begin to read and understand more about the onset and rhyme connection found in word families, they will begin to think of words as not only a series of individual letters and sounds, but as easily recognizable segments or chunks of language. Reproducible worksheets include, rhyming, writing, poetry, cloze sentences, riddles and chunking. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.
