"Activities to improve reading comprehension and help build an appreciation for cultural diversity"--Cover

"An important skill for effective writing is knowing how to organize information. Webbing (sometimes called "mapping") is a practical method of grouping related subjects, facts, and details in logical order for use when writing stories, reports, and other compositions. Webbing provides practice in this skill ..."--Introduction.

Grade Level: 2-5 Interest Level: 4-8 Reading Level: 4 A springboard for comprehension! The 20 cloze procedure lessons in this book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary. Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship. Of course, creative content choice keeps it all interesting with subjects ranging from “helicopters” to “the saltiest lake” and “Houdini the great escape artist” to “close encounters.”

Interest Level: 5-12 Reading Level: 4 This creatively illustrated, 25-lesson book breaks down into parts such things as the human digestive system, a space suit, and a bar of music. After reading a few information-packed paragraphs on each subject, students are challenged to label up to 10 different aspects of the item. What part of an ant hill is the “queen’s chamber”? Reading, comprehension, writing, spelling, and penmanship are all practiced.