Using Higher-Order Thinking to Improve Reading Comprehension
Grade(s): 3-4
Description & Features
Reading Detective's standards-based critical thinking activities
develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need
for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially
effective at helping students understand more challenging reading
concepts such as drawing inferences, determining cause and effect,
and using context clues to define vocabulary.
Methods
Students read and analyze short literature excerpts and stories that
include fiction and nonfiction content. Then they answer
multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence-level
evidence to support their answers.
Price: $23.99
