Reading Detective® Book, A1, Grade 5-6

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These highly-effective, literature-based thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. This 192-page activity book is especially effective at helping students in Grades 5-6 understand challenging critical reading concepts such as making inferences, drawing conclusions, determining cause and effect, using context clues to define vocabulary, and making predictions and generalizations.

Students read and analyze short literature passages and stories that include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence evidence to support their answers. Concepts and skills covered include:

Literary Analysis Skills
• Define vocabulary using context clues
• Recognize figurative language
• Identify main idea, supporting details, and theme
• Recognize literary devices
• Identify story elements: theme, plot, setting, and characters

Reading Detective® A1 includes the following genres:

Award-Winning Literature Excerpts
• Fudge-A-Mania
• Mr. Popper's Penguins
• Maniac Magee
• Owls in the Family
• Blue Willow
• The Jungle Book
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Where the Red Fern Grows

Stories and Articles
• Mystery
• Humor
• History
• Adventure

Nonfiction Topics
• Science
• Math
• Geography
• History
• Biography
• Inventions
• Sports

The Grades 5—6 (A1) level include mixed-skills throughout. All levels provide an introductory lesson for each skill.

Key Features

These fiction and nonfiction activities use higher-order thinking to develop reading comprehension
Students answer multiple-choice and short-response questions then provide sentence-level evidence for their answers
Each reproducible book contains goals, pretests and posttests, 50 activities, a glossary of terms, and answers with evidence and detailed explanations
answer guide included
112 pages

Specifications

Age	10-12 years
Assembly Required	No
Balloon	No
Battery Included	N
Brand	The Critical Thinking Co.™
Color	Multi
Contains Aerosol	No
Contains Chemicals	No
Contains Pesticide/Herbicide/Fungicide	No
Contains a Circuit Board	No
Contains a Light Bulb	No
Contains a Marble	No
Contains a Small Ball	No
Contains or is a Small Magnet	No
Eco Friendly	No
Free Flowing Liquid	No
Grade	Grade 5-6
Has Warranty	No
Height (in)	1.000000
ISBN (Mfr Reference)	9780894557675
Is a Marble	No
Is a Small Ball	No
Length (in)	11.000000
Material	Paper
Media Mail Eligible	Yes
Package Contains	1 Book
Package Count	1
Registered with WERCS	N
Regulated by the US FDA	No
Sharp Points or Edges	No
Small Parts	No
Suitable for Consumption	No
Unit of Measure	EA
Vendor	CRITICAL THINKING CO.
Width (in)	8.600000

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