Experts agree that an improvement in thinking power leads to an improvement in reading comprehension, problem-solving ability, writing skills, and more! So give your students the tools they need to help them in the coming years with these clever activities that guide young students from simple, concrete activities to abstract levels of thinking.

These brief, high-interest stories and cloze procedure to increase comprehension! Besides stories and context clues, each book provides word lists and comprehension questions to promote greater understanding of each selection. A good tool for students who need help with word order or sentence structure. The 20 cloze procedure lessons in each book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary. Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring that students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship.

Help your students develop important life skills with these easy-to-use activities sure to strengthen their abilities in reading, writing, spelling and following directions!

High-interest, short stories describe a variety of objects. Students use the information to label diagrams of the objects. A great way to enhance reading and thinking skills!

Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Comprehension Quickies! Very short, easy-to-read paragraphs are followed by comprehension activities that require students to pay attention to details, understand the content, know word definitions, draw conclusions, write complete-sentence answers, and more. These quick, non-threatening reading activities are terrific for: students of all ages, students with short attention spans, students who have difficulty reading longer passages, students reading below grade level, anxious and reluctant readers, ESL students, Inclusion, daily enrichment and review. "

The Wonder Stories are the perfect way to improve the reading comprehension of reluctant readers and those who are reading below grade level. The engaging stories will appeal to all age groups and will instantly capture the reader’s attention with “I Wonder…” questions such as: “What are hiccups?” “What is a tornado?” and “What is a mirage?” These high-interest questions motivate the student to read further and discover the surprising answers. Following each story, comprehension activities focus on the following basic skills: finding the main idea, finding a fact, locating an answer, inference, vocabulary, reading for details, word analysis, and more!Reading Level 1-5

This bundle is packed with 120 low readability stories about fun and unique careers. The included comprehension exercises are designed to teach students to better understand what they read, to follow directions, and to increase their critical thinking. A variety of jobs are covered in the informative articles that start-off each exercise. The eight comprehension questions that follow each reading exercise work to boost comprehension skills. Reading Level 2-5 | Interest Level 4-12 120 Jobs Include: - President - Teacher - Judge - Florist - Veterinarian - DJ - Realtor - Pharmacist - and more!