Reading Comprehension

The 1962 Newbery Medal Winner. Angry and vengeful at the death of his parents, Daniel bar Jamin joins an outlaw Zealot band pledging to do all he can to rid the land of the hated Romans. But Daniel's life is forever changed after an encounter with a wandering teacher named Jesus. Setting: Palestine, 30 A.D. Pgs: 70

Stanley's family never has any luck, and they jokingly blame it on his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing great-great-grandfather. Accused and convicted of a crime he did not commit, Stanley Yelnats goes to Camp Green Lake, a misnamed juvenile detention camp on a dried up, barren Texas lakebed. Every day each boy must dig a five-foot hole in the dry lake bed to "build character"; but it soon becomes clear that the warden is looking for something. The warden's secret, the history of Green Lake, and Stanley's own family history all fit together like pieces of a puzzle as choices made in the past continue to have an effect on the present. Soon Stanley's very life depends on his own choices and events that happened over 100 years ago. 1999 Newbery Medal winner. Setting: modern U.S., Imaginative

Prepare second grade students for college and career readiness with 12 close reading units designed to support content-area instruction and literacy development. Each unit includes text-dependent questions and paired fiction and nonfiction texts.

Chester Cricket from Connecticut is accidentially transported to New York in a picnic basket. Alone and afraid in a strange city, Chester is befriended by Harry and Tucker, a cat and mouse, who help him adjust to city life and discover his amazing musical talent that brings success to a failing subway station newsstand. Setting: New York, 1940s Pgs: 60

Bring The Classics To Life series -Reading Level 4. This novel has been adapted into 10 short chapters that will excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. There are student activity pages following each of the 10 chapters. Key words are defined and used in context. Multiple-choice questions require the student to recall specific details, sequence the events, draw inferences from story context, develop another name for the chapter, and choose the main idea. An Answer Key is in the back of the book. In our society, knowledge of these Classics is a cultural necessity. This adapted and abridged classic will improve fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. The content is appropriate for elementary level readers as well as adults reading below level. Reading level measured by the Fry Readability Formula and McGraw-Hill's Core Vocabulary. This title is also available in Audio-Book CD format (order #EDCTR401A)