Tips & Tricks for Comparing and Contrasting Texts
Tips & Tricks for Comparing and Contrasting Texts

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1477775439

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One important part of the Common Core Standards for Reading is the ability to read two (or more) separate pieces of writing and then find their similarities and differences. This volume, penned by two teachers, provides that important piece of the Common Core Standards by including several lengthy pieces of writing that students can read and enjoy and then study, with a new eye for comparing and contrasting, using the provided interactive quiz questions and tips from an expert reader.

Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Ideas, Events, and Individuals
Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Ideas, Events, and Individuals

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1477775315

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The Common Core Standards guide students through developing the skills they need to succeed throughout their education, whether it is in regular studies or on tests. This comprehensive volume includes lengthy passages from classic literature and historical documents, allowing readers to read, analyze, and understand the ideas, events, and individuals contained within each work. It includes some valuable hands-on tools, including quiz questions, expert guidance call-outs, and summaries that give readers a more interactive reading and learning experience that aligns with the Common Core.

Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Structure and Evaluating Ideas
Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Structure and Evaluating Ideas

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1477775374

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The ability to recognize and analyze the structure and ideas behind a piece of writing is an enormous part of the Common Core Standard for Reading. The Common Core was developed to give readers and students the tools they need to succeed in school and in a career situation. This volume contains poetry by Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe and science writing excerpts, with quiz questions and advice from experts on how to best read and interpret the work.

Tips & Tricks for Determining Point of View and Purpose
Tips & Tricks for Determining Point of View and Purpose

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1477775560

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The Common Core Standards for Reading were developed to help students read and analyze a piece of writing more effectively, giving them the tools they need to succeed on college applications, in college, and in the world of employment. One important factor of the reading standards is the ability to determine point of view and the purpose of a piece of writing. This volume provides guided lessons using excerpts from well-known pieces of writing, Core-focused quiz questions, and advice from an expert reader on how students can get the most out of their reading.

Tips & Tricks for Evaluating an Argument and Its Claims
Tips & Tricks for Evaluating an Argument and Its Claims

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1477775609

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The Common Core curriculum is designed to make students better readers, writers, listeners, and critical thinkers. This volume fulfills that mandate by teaching readers how to assess if an argument's reasoning is sound and the evidence presented is valid, relevant, and sufficient. Identifying both the strengths and weaknesses of an argument, along with an author's point of view and possible intentions or agenda, students become better able to separate fact from opinion and reality from spin. They form educated opinions and become better, more persuasive presenters of their own arguments.

Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Text and Citing Evidence
Tips & Tricks for Analyzing Text and Citing Evidence

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1477775412

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The Common Core standards were created to help readers get the most out of every book they read, inside and outside of the classroom. Training students to understand how to read critically is highly important and will help prepare them for college, career, and life beyond that. This engaging volume asks readers to look closely at individual passages of text, analyze their meaning, and look at the evidence that supports their meaning. Quiz questions create an interactive experience for readers, allowing them to get the most out of what they read.

Tops & Bottoms
Tops & Bottoms

Author: Janet Stevens

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1995-03-29

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 0547351763

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Hare solves his family’s problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one’s wits to overcome hardship. “As usual, Stevens’ animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful. . . . It’s all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly, from top to bottom instead of from side to side, making it perfect for story-time sharing.”--Booklist

Tips and Tricks for Summarizing Text
Tips and Tricks for Summarizing Text

Author: Sandra K. Athans

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1477775854

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The Common Core is an important tool that schools use to help students get the most out of everything they read. The ability to summarize text is one that is needed from the earliest reading comprehension lesson up through high school, college, and beyond. Lengthy nonfiction passages are included in this comprehensive volume, along with expert reader advice, quiz questions, and charts that help to guide the reader through using his or her newly discovered skills at the highest level.

The Comprehension Toolkit (Ages 5-8)
The Comprehension Toolkit (Ages 5-8)

Author: Angela Ehmer

Publisher:

Published: 2019-06-10

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780646802435

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Teacher reference resource containing comprehension lessons for teachers of children in the early years of school.