Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Grades 3-6: 30 Reproducible, High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at HomeNWith Companion Activities [Paperback]

Mary Rose (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

30 Reproducible, High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at Home-With Companion Activities

Can a once-a-week homework activity really boost reading fluency and comprehension? Yes! One-page reading passages, a couple of quick comprehension activities, and a parent's signature are all you need to ensure success. Developed by a leading teacher, who says it's the most successful homework/parent connection she's ever done. Parents love it too!

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About the Author

Mary Rose received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Marshall University in Huntington, WV, and a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida. She has been a classroom teacher for 37 years and is currently teaching fourth grade in Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Florida. She is active in state and national assessment projects, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP - the "Nation's Report Card") and the New Standards Project. She has been trained as a scorer for the Florida State Writing Assessment and helped to write the reading portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. She presents at state and national conferences and is a national consultant on improving scores on writing assessments.

Mary Rose is a contributor to Storyworks and Instructor magazines and is the author of eight books, all published by Scholastic.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching (May 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439271649
• ISBN-13: 978-0439271646
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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81 of 84 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a gem in reading training, December 26, 2004

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Emily Hawkins (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Grades 3-6: 30 Reproducible, High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at HomeNWith Companion Activities (Paperback)

I have studied many reading books for my children. I cannot say enough good things about this one. Everybody seems to know what reading is about. Many parents buy reading materials without much thought. This book is about reading with "intention" and "purpose". It's skill-building drills with clear methods and objectives. It will boost your child's true ability effectively many other books won't do. It benefited my 4th grader so much that I bought another copy for my 2nd grader's future use. Before 3rd grade, I recommend the online weekly drills provided by Beestar (www.beestar.org). They are common in that reading skill objectives and techniques are meshed into nice informative material. Your child gets both in one run.

72 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good resource with some disappointing elements, June 13, 2007

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D. Smith - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Grades 3-6: 30 Reproducible, High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at HomeNWith Companion Activities (Paperback)

I am surprised other reviewers have not mentioned inaccuracies and errors in this book. For example, in the first story Mary Rose refers to the Arawak Indians as both the Arawak and the Arawaks. I consider this a big error considering the passage is only a few paragraphs long. The second story on the Pilgrims contains inaccuracies and many of the points she chooses do not support her thesis that parents are strict. Requiring children to stand at the dinner table is an example of parental strictness. Other examples were not at all related to strictness but instead to conditions of poverty.

The text is also fraught with typographical errors, some of which could be very confusing to a beginning reader. E.g. :"Then he returned home and happily at his dinner" (p. 32). Obviously this should read "ate" his dinner.

Additionally, many stories are overpunctuated. Some stories even have a double exclamation point in the title (e.g. Bananas!!).

Slang (improperly used at that) is another troubling element... a story on astronauts' water sources warns "Don't gross out!"

There are some inaccurate explanations. Rose's explanation of the use of italics is misleading. She italicizes words of foreign origin the first story. This use is correct, but her explanation of the use of italics does not correspond to the way she uses it.

There are positive aspects to this book, however. It clearly states the objectives for each section and has good questions to go with the passages. I also appreciated how the author related the content of the book to standardized assessments.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Parenting Tool!!, February 27, 2006

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Jill Abbott (Pell City, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Grades 3-6: 30 Reproducible, High-Interest Passages for Kids to Read Aloud at HomeNWith Companion Activities (Paperback)

This book is excellent for providing "at home" reading practice for your students. Our 4th grade teachers used this by sending one lesson home each week- due back on Friday. It was a great help for parents to understand ways to help their child while also giving students meaningful reading assignments at home. It has a space for parents to sign before the lesson is turned in, which is very helpful. The stories are also extremely engaging, with a variety of genres.