Scholastic Success with Reading Comprehension, Grade 3

by Scholastic Inc.

Give students the targeted, skill-building practice they need with these standards-based books! Each workbook includes more than 40 ready-to-reproduce practice pages. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own. Every activity in each book is correlated to state standards. For use with Grade 3.

48 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2010

About the author

For more than 100 years, Scholastic has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children's books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children's media.

Reviews

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

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What looks like a slim book is actually a very comprehensive book that approaches reading comprehension from several angles. There are paragraphs, pictures, inferences, word puzzles, inferences, predictions, fact/opinion, and more. I was both pleasantly surprised but also greatly appreciative of the depth and creativity used in providing the exercises here.

The cover, if you zoom in on Amazon, gives you a good idea of how the exercises are presented. Pictures are supplemental, black and white, and used mostly to further the point and not pad the problems or take up space.

In all, this is an excellent third grade reading comprehension book, suitable for home schooling or supplementary work.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the better reading comprehension workbooks out there. There are a variety of interesting passage topics, ranging from fiction to non-fiction, science, history, social science, etc. The passage questions include definitions, antonym/synonyms, idioms, analysis, inferences, opinions, etc. There are multiple choice questions as well as write-out questions (the write-out questions are my favorite as they teach students to come up with their own responses, synthesize ideas, and write coherently). What I like most about this book is that the passages and questions are of high quality compared to other books that have passages which are too easy and questions which are too straight-forward. This is the quality we see in Beestar ELA program. they both require some critical thinking and are thus useful in developing a child's reading and comprehension abilities. I use this book during tutoring sessions to help my 5th grade pupil with Beestar to develop a solid foundation in critical reading and analysis as well as writing. Having your child or student do one or two passages every day will likely help them to become better readers and critical thinkers.