Developing Reading Skills: Beginning

by Linda R. Markstein, Louise Hirasawa (Joint Author)

Authentic, high-interest passages are paired with reading, writing, comprehension, and discussion activities that integrate new skills and ideas into students' knowledge and experience. -- A thematic organization in each book allows for natural recycling and spiralling of concepts, vocabulary, and syntactic structures, and develops a comprehensive range of reading skills that promote critical thinking and writing skills. -- Pre-reading activities activate background knowledge and set the stage for successful integration of new ideas and concepts. -- Three interesting reading selections per unit, drawn from a variety of genres, promote the acquisition of a diverse and broad-based set of reading skills. Compelling themes include Names and Naming Customs, Cities, Education, Sports, and Superstitions.

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First published July 1, 1997