Daily Reading Comprehension Semester 1

Daily Reading Comprehension books present high interest, low readability stories for every day of the school year. Each one-page story tells of a particular event that happened on that date. Some events are well known—like Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on January 15. Others are more obscure—like the first Academy Award presentation on May 16. All stories are well-written, concise and present reading levels at 3rd to 4th grade. Corresponding activity pages assess reading comprehension skills. . Stories and activities can be photocopied or printed from the PDF.
Daily Reading Comprehension books are arranged by date: Semester 1 takes students from September through January 14; Semester 2 continues from January 15 through May 31.

Activities
• Students practice skills like reading for details, locating information, finding facts and improving vocabulary.
• Activity pages vary format to maintain student interest using word pyramids, crossword puzzles, fill-in-the-blanks and true/false questions.
• A related research option for each story encourages students to use a dictionary, atlas or encyclopedia to gather additional information.
• Reading at Home: Daily Reading Comprehension books are an excellent resource to share with parents for home-based reading practice

Topics
• Political, sports, and entertainment figures
• Famous dates in history
• Human interest themes

Semester 1 book, covered spiral bound, 282 pp, includes a Win/Mac CD with printable PDF, 2005. Semester 2 book, covered spiral bound, 286 pp includes a Win/Mac CD with printable PDF, 2005.
Attainment and Remedia Publications.

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