Language Arts & Disciplines : Reading Skills

The fun and easy way® to become a more efficient, effective reader!. Want to read faster — and recall more of what you read? This practical, hands-on guide gives you the techniques you need to increase your reading speed and retention, whether you're reading books, e-mails, magazines, or even technical journals! You'll find reading aids and plenty of exercises to help you read faster and better comprehend the text.:. Yes, you can speed read — discover the skills you need to read quickly and effectively, break your bad reading habits, and take in more text at a glance;. Focus on the fundamentals — widen your vision span and see how to increase your comprehension, retention, and recall;. Advance your speed-reading skills — read blocks of text, heighten your concentration, and follow an author's thought patterns;. Zero in on key points — skim, scan, and preread to quickly locate the information you want;. Expand your vocabulary — recognize the most common words and phrases to help you move through the text more quickly. Open the book and find:. Tried-and-true techniques from The Reader's Edge® program;. How to assess your current reading level;. Tools and exercises to improve your reading skills;. Speed-reading fundamentals you must know;. Helpful lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots, and prime words;. A speed-reading progress worksheet;. Exercises for eye health and expanded reading vision;. Tips for making your speed-reading skills permanent more...

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This book focuses directly on the classroom, on the challenges individual teachers face in classroom-based assessment, and how these challenges have been and are being met in a range of international contexts. more...

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Read, Reflect, Respond is a Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Series. The A to D organization of the worktexts provides progressively challenging activities ranging from simple recall to evaluations requiring higher- order thinking skills. All four 64-page worktexts are also equally appropriate as a refresher course for on-level students or as primary instruction for struggling students. more...

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Read, Reflect, Respond is a Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Series. The A to D organization of the worktexts provides progressively challenging activities ranging from simple recall to evaluations requiring higher- order thinking skills. All four 64-page worktexts are also equally appropriate as a refresher course for on-level students or as primary instruction for struggling students. more...

Price: $3.95

Read, Reflect, Respond is a Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Series. The A to D organization of the worktexts provides progressively challenging activities ranging from simple recall to evaluations requiring higher- order thinking skills. All four 64-page worktexts are also equally appropriate as a refresher course for on-level students or as primary instruction for struggling students. more...

Price: $3.95