Helps Teach Critical Reading Skills in Grades 3-12
The Reading Detective Series covers reading comprehension and critical reading skills. [Read more…]
Reading Detective Beginning
Grades 3-4
Reading Detective A1
Grades 5-6
Reading Detective B1
Grades 7-8
Reading Detective Rx
Grades 6-12+
Features
- Sometimes children struggle with reading comprehension because they don’t know how to read.
- Please make sure your child has mastered basic reading skills: consonant sounds, long and short vowel sounds, blends, etc.
- If your student needs to learn to read, I suggest looking at the Explode the Code series. It also covers some basic reading comprehension.
- For younger children, there is the Early Reading Comprehension series.
- Each book includes pre-tests, post-tests, and an answer key.
- The books in this series are reproducible for single-classroom use.
- Reading Detective series is a secular curriculum; we believe that it is up to parents to guide their children as they use it.
Beginning
Reading Detective Beginning 9780894557699
Reading Detective Beginning
ISBN-13: 9780894557699
Reading Detective Beginning has 52 readings with comprehension and critical reading questions.
- It covers seven skill units: inference/conclusion, vocabulary, story elements, main idea/themes, cause/effect, prediction, and mixed skills.
- The beginning book contains three types of reading passages:
- Nonfiction articles on various subjects
- Fictional stories in a variety of writing styles
- Literature excerpts from award-winning and well-known authors
- Most of the questions are short answer or multiple choice.
- Each book has a teacher overview with basic information about the course.
- Reproducible for up to 35 copies per page per year per homeschool or single classroom.
View sample pages at the publisher’s website:
Grades 3-4
Price $24.99
Reading Detective A1
Reading Detective A1 9780894557675
Reading Detective A1 Complete Student and Teacher
ISBN-13: 9780894557675
Reading Detective A1 has 50 readings with comprehension and critical reading questions.
- Book A1 contains three types of reading passages:
- Nonfiction articles on various subjects
- Fictional stories in a variety of writing styles
- Literature excerpts from award-winning and well-known authors
- It includes a chart that lists the skills covered in each reading
- Most of the questions are short answer or multiple choice.
- Reproducible for up to 35 copies per page per year per homeschool or single classroom.
View sample pages at the publisher’s website:
Grades 5-6
Price $24.99
Reading Detective B1
Reading Detective B1 9780894557682
Reading Detective B1 Complete Student and Teacher
ISBN-13: 9780894557682
Reading Detective B1 has 51 readings with comprehension and critical reading questions.
- Book B1 contains three types of reading passages:
- Nonfiction articles on various subjects
- Fictional stories in a variety of writing styles
- Literature excerpts from award-winning and well-known authors
- It includes a chart that lists the skills covered in each reading
- Most of the questions are short answer or multiple choice.
- Reproducible for up to 35 copies per page per year per homeschool or single classroom.
View sample pages at the publisher’s website:
Grades 7-8
Price $24.99
Reading Detective Rx
Reading Detective Rx Book 9780894558016
Reading Detective Rx Book
ISBN-13: 9780894558016
Reading Detective Rx has 44 readings with comprehension and critical reading questions.
- Most of the questions are short answer or multiple choice.
- Book Rx contains three types of reading passages:
- Nonfiction articles on various subjects
- Fictional stories in a variety of writing styles
- Literature excerpts from award-winning and well-known authors
- Topics include relevant social and peer issues, career prep, and other pertinent subjects for secondary students.
- It has a readability level of grades 4 to 6 with story content for grades 6 to 12
- Helps “improve comprehension skills in low readers.”
- It includes a chart that lists the skills covered
- Reproducible for up to 35 copies per page per year per homeschool or single classroom.
View sample pages at the publisher’s website:
Grades 6-12+
Price $24.99
Beyond the Code
MCP Comprehension Plus
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