Description
Reading Level 3 - 5Interest Level 5 - 12
Teach strategies for reading many different types of print found in the real world. Students learn survival reading techniques along with key vocabulary words for a variety of everyday texts, such as menus, labels, maps, bills, credit card statements, and job applications. Activity sheets include realistic graphics of each type of text to provide "real-life" reading practice.
LessonsEach unit begins with a lesson plan that provides ideas for helping students become familiar with a particular type of print. Both pre-reading and comprehension strategies are introduced along with ways to learn key vocabulary.
ActivitiesMultiple activity sheets follow each lesson, allowing for extensive individual practice in reading and understanding the texts covered. Several ideas for fun and unique extension activities are also included.
AssessmentsUnit assessments test students' ability to read and interpret each type of text. Questions include matching, multiple choice, true/false, and short answer.
Topics Real-World Reading 1 covers menus and recipes, labels, instructions, maps, driving-related items, and schedules. Real-World Reading 2 covers phone books; newspapers; catalogs; mail and postal forms; bills, statements, and invoices; Web sites and e-mail; and applications and other forms.
Features Each Real-World Reading book features lesson plans, parent letters, reproducible activity sheets, extension activities, assessments, and an answer key.
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