For over 30 years, BE A BETTER READER has been the premier content-area reading program for students in grades 6-12, featuring time-tested skills, as well as content from social studies, science, math, and literature. Within each of these content areas, content-specific skills are introduced and reinforced. This proven series increases reading skills in a challenging, comprehensive, and practical format. Skills featured in this series include: Main Idea, Outlining, Cause and Effect,... Read full description

For over 30 years, BE A BETTER READER has been the premier content-area reading program for students in grades 6-12, featuring time-tested skills, as well as content from social studies, science, math, and literature. Within each of these content areas, content-specific skills are introduced and reinforced. This proven series increases reading skills in a challenging, comprehensive, and practical format.

Skills featured in this series include: Main Idea, Outlining, Cause and Effect, Sequencing, Following Directions, Using Graphs, Inferential Comprehension, Classifying, Problem Solving, Previewing, Word Problems and Map Reading.

Program Features:

• Over 30 new selections focusing on multiculturalsim, current social issues, science, health, literature, and technological breakthroughs, with updated life and school-to-work applications.
• At the end of each unit, students apply their new reading strategies to essential life skills such as reading a bus schedule, a paycheck stub, a bank statement, a classified ad, and a job application.
• Self-directing, flexible lessons support individual learning as well as group and whole-class instruction.
• Students learn how to read maps, charts, and graphs to increase their understanding.
• Direct-recall and inferential questions build essential reading and thinking skills.

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