Using Higher-Order Thinking to Improve Reading Comprehension !

Teaches a depth of analysis that guarantees superior reading comprehension, top grades, and highest test scores!

Grades: 3 - 12+
Subject: Language Arts
The standards-based critical thinking activities of Reading Detective® develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping children understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary.

Students read and analyze short literature passages and stories that include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answer multiple choice and short response questions, citing sentence evidence to support their answers. (Software questions are all multiple choice.)

The Grades 3–4 (Beginning) and Grades 6–12+ remedial (RX) levels are organized into single-skills units with a concluding mixed-skills unit. The Grades 5–6 (A1) and 7–8 (B1) levels include mixed-skills throughout. All levels provide an introductory lesson for each skill.

(RX activities are “prescriptive” to help under-performing students in Gr. 6–12+ improve their comprehension skills. Reading level is Gr. 4–6; story content is Gr. 6-12.)

Assessment Test Preparation

Reading Detective guarantees top performance on assessment tests, including:


• Stanford Achievement Test™ (SAT/9; SAT/10)
• California Achievement Tests (CAT/6)
• Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)
• Iowa Tests of Basic Skills® (ITBS®)
• Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)
• Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP)
• Palmetto Assessment Challenge Test (PACT)
• NYC English Language Arts Test (ELA)
• and many more!

Teaching Support
Includes pretests, posttests, lesson guidelines, and answers with detailed evidence. Reading and literary analysis skills are based on grade-level standards.

Books or Software?
Both software and book versions provide the same engaging deductive thinking activities. Review the features listed below for additional benefits offered by the software.

Software Features

• 51–62 activities per CD
• Self-tutoring: includes quick or detailed instructions, hints, and explanations
  
• Self-scoring
• Saves unfinished games
• Fun reward games
• Administration (password protected)
• On-screen teaching guide: Answer keys; Glossary of Terms; Learning mode or test mode
• Reports: diagnostic, comparative, scoring details
• Password protected user login (optional)

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