Literary Passages: Close Reading: Grade 4: 20 Reading Selections With Text-Marking Exercises

ISBN: 0545793874

Author: Lee, Martin

Condition: Used

Product DescriptionThe higher standards expected today call for literacy instruction that focuses on the close reading of complex texts. In this book, twenty literary text passages are organized around high-interest topics connected to the curriculum and to key comprehension skills. Each reading is specially formatted to provide practice with text markinga proven, powerful tool for building comprehension skills, such as describing characters, settings, key events and details, and story structure; identifying points of view; determining the meaning of key vocabulary and figurative language; and making inferences.About the AuthorEducational consultants and former teachers from New York, Martin Lee and Marcia Miller have written many books for Scholastic including 25 Complex Text Passages to Meet the Common Core (series for grades 27/8),Morning Jumpstarts: Reading (series for grades 16), Differentiated Activities for Teaching Key Comprehension Skills (grades 23 and 46), and many more.Educational consultants and former teachers from New York, Martin Lee and Marcia Miller have written many books for Scholastic including 25 Complex Text Passages to Meet the Common Core (series for grades 27/8),Morning Jumpstarts: Reading (series for grades 16), Differentiated Activities for Teaching Key Comprehension Skills (grades 23 and 46), and many more.

• 20 Reading selections with text marking exercises | Powerful tool for building comprehension skills | Skills include describing characters, settings, key events and details, and story structure, identifying points of view, and more | Available in various grade levels