Focus on Reading Strategies

Engage struggling readers with short passages, multiple choice questions, and illustrations that serve as visual cues.

Skills Within Each Level Each level devotes 20 passages and companion comprehension questions to each of the following skills: Context Clues, Cause and Effect, Details, Main Idea, Story Elements, Sequencing, Predicting Outcomes, Drawing Conclusions, Summarizing, and Fact and Opinion. Reading comprehension skills are featured on large activity cards. Cards feature paragraphs or groups of sentences, followed by questions in standardized test formats. Cross-curricular fiction and nonfiction topics for each skill are relevant to "real-world" experiences.

Two Levels Levels 1 and 2 each contain 200 reading passages. Passages in Level 1 range from 1.0 to 2.9 Spache readability. Level 2 passages range from 2.5 to 4.0 Spache readability. Passages within each skill progress in difficulty, based on their readability levels. Each level is divided into two boxes and features five skills per box.

Nonfiction Passages High-interest topics focus on famous women and men, fascinating animals, sports, places around the world, disasters, safety, the world around us (like clouds, planets, space travel), and technology.

Fiction Passages "Real-world" topics focus on contemporary issues such as a student council fundraiser, video games, work ethics, friends, outdoor activities, celebrations, social Issues, Peer Pressure, Family Relationships, And More.

Each Colorful Box Includes 100 leveled passages and questions, suggested activities, and Answer Key.