This program includes interesting biographies of important historical and contemporary cultural figures to build skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary and language. It is appropriate for students reading at the grades 4-6 levels and for remedial readers in grades 7-10.
Among the people included in this program are: Carlos Santana, Cesar Chavez, Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, and Ellen Eochoa:
Targeted Skills
Drawing Conclusions
Getting the Main Idea
Factual Recall
Predicting Outcomes
Sequencing
Using Verbs
Using Words in Context
Word Meanings
Plurals
Pronouns
Phonics
Antonyms & Synonyms
Reading levels progress
from 4.0 to 6.0.
Interesting photos accompany
each page of text.
Reinforces correct answers to encourage students
Includes high interest, yet easy to read stories
Vocabulary, language and comprehension skill building mode for each story
A help system ensures that readers are never stuck
Each story includes a vocabulary,
language and comprehension mode.
Challenging words can be
heard by clicking on them.
More than 1000 questions in each program to develop comprehension, vocabulary and language skills
Can be used by any number of students, over and over, year after year
Drawing Conclusions
