Just for Boys Reading Comprehension, Grades 3-6
What young boy can resist topics such as heroes, monster trucks, mysterious planets, pirates, and building a skateboard park? This outstanding collection of original short stories, articles, interviews, biographies, and more is sure to capture - and hold - the interest of all your male students. The subject matter, characters, and graphics have been carefully chosen to relate to boys' lives, and are just the right length. Real-world applications address students' emotional development as they delve into issues like 9/11, advertisements, recycling, and body image. The before, during, and after reading exercises incorporate effective, research-based reading comprehension strategies including: activating prior knowledge, predicting, visualizing, questioning, drawing inferences, summarizing, synthesizing, monitoring, and repairing comprehension, and evaluation. Includes a teacher guide, teacher and student rubrics, read aloud observation form, and answer key.

Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6 and up